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Breaking News Israel Launches Major Gaza Offensive
Israel launched Saturday morning the start of a massive offensive against Qassam rocket and mortar fire on its southern communities, targeting dozens of buildings belonging to the ruling Hamas militant group. Palestinian medical sources said that at least 205 people had been killed in the strikes, which began with almost no warning at around 11:30…
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News Israel Embarks on Global PR Campaign To Recruit Support for Gaza Raids
Israel is kicking off a public relations campaign with the intention of widening a basis for international support of a military offensive on the Gaza Strip. Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has instructed Israeli representatives abroad to begin diplomatic efforts focused on members of the United Nations Security Council and Europeans states. The foreign minister told…
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Breaking News Indian Commandos Move on Mumbai Chabad House Seized by Terrorists
SEE LATEST NEWS HERE LAST UPDATE: 1:10 A.M. EST Indian commandos were dropped by helicopter on the roof of the besieged Chabad headquarters in Mumbai as Indian snipers at the site opened fire early Friday morning. Heavily armed Indian commandos, their faces covered by balaclavas, rappelled from helicopters onto the roof of the Chabad center…
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Breaking News Eight Killed in Shooting Attack at Jerusalem Yeshiva
Eight people were killed and nine others were wounded Thursday evening when a terrorist infiltrated the Mercaz Harav yeshiva in the Kiryat Moshe neighborhood in Jerusalem, police said. A single terrorist infiltrated the yeshiva and began firing in every direction. He was shot and killed, police said. Three of the injured were listed as being…
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Breaking News Hezbollah Terror Chief Imad Mughniyah Killed in Damascus Blast
The Lebanese-based guerilla group Hezbollah said Wednesday that its deputy leader Imad Mughniyah was killed Tuesday evening in a bomb blast in a residential neighborhood of Damascus, and accused Israel of responsibility for the explosion. “With all pride we declare a great jihadist leader of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon joining the martyrs… The brother…
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News Donors Pledge $7.4 Billion To Boost Palestinian Economy
International donors pledged $7.4 billion for the Palestinians at a conference in Paris on Monday, a massive sum that beat the Palestinians’ own expectations, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said. “The real winner today is the Palestinian state,” Kouchner told a news conference after the gathering of nearly 90 countries and international organizations. “We wanted…
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Breaking News Israel, P.A. Agree To Strive for Accord by End of 2008
Israel and the Palestinian Authority agreed Tuesday to immediately launch peace negotiations in order to reach an agreement by the end of 2008, President Bush said in his remarks at the Middle East peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland. Prior to his prepared address, Bush read a joint statement agreed on by the sides during last-minute…
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