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Breaking News Quiet Day on Both Sides of Gaza Border
A ceasefire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers took hold on Thursday after eight days of conflict, although deep mistrust on both sides cast doubt on how long the Egyptian-sponsored deal can last. Quiet reigned on both sides of the frontier overnight and during the morning after a dozen rockets landed in Israel in the…
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Breaking News Iron Dome Rocket Shoot-Downs Cost $30M
Israel’s Iron Dome interceptions of Palestinian rockets during eight days of Gaza fighting cost $25 million to $30 million, the government said on Thursday, arguing the U.S.-backed system was well worth the money. “Were Iron Dome traded on the (Tel Aviv) stock exchange or Nasdaq, it would have multiplied its share value several times over,”…
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Breaking News Hamas Military Might Crippled, Israel Claims
Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defence has crippled the military power of Gaza’s ruling Islamist movement Hamas, the Israeli military said on Wednesday, as an Egyptian-brokered truce halted eight days of combat. In a statement, the military named key militant leaders killed by Israel and listed weapons and bases destroyed. Referring to the confrontation pitting Hamas…
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Breaking News Joy Over Gaza Ceasefire Could be Shortlived
Triumphal Hamas celebrated a “victory” in their Gaza stronghold on Wednesday after a truce was declared with Israel, where a sober reckoning of how the next round may go underscored the total lack of trust between the two foes. Palestinians and Israelis alike were relieved that their eight-day conflict had come to an end without…
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Opinion Poetry Can Wait, the Siren Is Blaring
In the middle of a class I was giving on Renaissance poetry, the students uncharacteristically started checking their phones all at once. Another siren, I learned afterwards, was warning of an incoming missile, this time one fired at Jerusalem. My day had passed at Bar Ilan, the university where I teach near Tel Aviv, surprisingly…
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Breaking News Gaza Peace Deal Starts To Take Hold
Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip agreed on Wednesday to an Egyptian-sponsored ceasefire to halt an eight-day conflict that killed 162 Palestinians and five Israelis. Both sides fought right up to 9 p.m (1900 GMT) when hostilities were due to stop, with several explosions shaking Gaza City and rockets hitting the…
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Breaking News As Bombs Fly, Pushing for Three-Day Ceasefire
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday pursued a Gaza truce, with Israel and Hamas still at odds over key terms, as Israeli air strikes shook the enclave and a bomb exploded on a Tel Aviv bus. After talks in Ramallah with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Clinton held a second meeting with Israeli Prime Minister…
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Breaking News Terror Bus Bomb in Tel Aviv Wounds 15
A bomb exploded on a bus in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday, wounding 15 people in what Israeli officials said was a terrorist attack that could complicate efforts to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Celebratory gunfire rang out across Gaza as the news spread and the territory’s Islamist rulers Hamas praised the bombing,…
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