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Following 3-Day Truce, Rocket Fire Resumes In Gaza

11:15am August 08, 2014

by Jackie Northam

Gaza militants renewed rocket fire on Israel after a three-day truce expired on Friday. Israel fired back. Negotiations in Cairo on a new border deal for the coastal strip hit a deadlock.

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Latest Cease-Fire In Gaza Seems To Be Holding

10:47am August 05, 2014

A 72-hour cease-fire has taken hold in Gaza between Israel and Hamas. David Greene talks to Nick Casey, a reporter with The Wall Street Journal.

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Israeli Attacks In Gaza Crush Family's Nut Business

10:47am August 05, 2014

Dozens of family members are sharing a 2-bedroom apartment in a different part of Gaza City. Family patriarch and company founder Jabar Sukar says his losses are at least a couple million dollars.

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Gaza Family Mourns The Loss Of A Son, Brother — And Hamas Militant

7:09pm August 04, 2014

by Emily Harris

The brother and mother of a Hamas fighter who was killed in a tunnel recall his path into militancy. They're pleased he died for what they consider a good cause.

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On Either Side Of Gaza, Leaders' Gain Support — But Blame Game Awaits

7:35am August 01, 2014

Nearly a month into the war in Gaza, pollsters have been taking a look at how attitudes in the region have changed among Israelis and Palestinians.

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An Israeli army officer walks near the entrance of a tunnel allegedly used by Palestinian militants for cross-border attacks, at the Israel-Gaza border. A network of tunnels Palestinian militants have dug from Gaza to Israel is taking center stage in the

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Gaza's Network Of Tunnels Is A Major Hole In Israel's Defenses

9:24am July 31, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Hamas militants are using tunnels in and out of Gaza to strike inside Israel. Israelis are questioning how the tunnels grew to be so complex and why the military hasn't been able to shut them down.

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After War's Deadliest Day, Another U.N. School In Gaza Gets Hit

8:07am July 30, 2014

by Emily Harris

A U.N. spokesman said Israeli tank shells hit the school Wednesday, killing 15 Palestinians and wounding 90. The agency is housing scores of people displaced by the fighting in schools across Gaza.

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Israelis Broadly Support Military's Operation In Gaza

1:52pm July 28, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Recent polls show more than 8 in 10 Jewish Israelis support the military operation, even as the death tolls climb. And Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ratings are soaring.

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Smoke rises from buildings in May after shelling on the Iraqi city of Fallujah, which is currently held by anti-government fighters. Rights workers say civilians are being killed by government attacks with so-called barrel bombs.

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Barrel Bomb Attacks Devastate Iraqi Families

1:44pm July 26, 2014

by Leila Fadel

Rights workers say civilians are being killed by government attacks with so-called barrel bombs — the crude weapons made famous in Syria's current conflict.

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In A Complex Web Of Tunnels, Israel Draws Its Red Line

7:40pm July 25, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

Both the government and the people of Israel have been determined to continue the country's ground invasion in Gaza, despite a growing wave of international criticism. Israelis have been shaken by claims that Hamas has a heavily fortified network of tunnels leading from the Gaza Strip into Israel.

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