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09/07/2008 - TOP STORY

How far will Iran go?

Iran test-fired a missile it says can reach Israel, one day after an aide to the supreme leader suggested his country would burn Tel Aviv and hit US interests in the Gulf if attacked. How serious is the threat of military confrontation?
IRAN - MISSILE
Iran test fires long-range Shahab 3 missile
One day after an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader Khamenei issued a dire warning to the US and Israel, Tehran test fired a Shahab 3 missile with enhanced range, sufficient to put Israel within reach, Iran's state channel said.
IRAN
Khamenei aide: Iran to target US, Israel if attacked
Ali Shirazi, an aide to Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei, said that if "Zionist" pressure leads to a US attack on Iran, they will target Tel Aviv and US shipping in the Persian Gulf. An Israeli spokesman said the words "speak for themselves."
ISRAEL - LEBANON
Israel to exhume bodies of Hezbollah fighters
The Israeli army should exhume bodies of Hezbollah fighters ahead of a prisoner swap with the Shia Lebanese movement, in exchange for two captured Israeli soldiers, according to military officials.
GAZA - EGYPT

Inside Gaza's tunnels

Along the Egyptian border Hamas controls hundreds of tunnels through which all types of goods are smuggled. The Israeli embargo helps to legitimize this kind of commerce. (Report: M. de Chalvron and R. Abou Dagga)
HAMAS - ISRAEL
Hamas suspends swap talks with Israel
Hamas said on Friday it was suspending indirect talks with Israel over a prisoner swap deal, citing Israeli violations of a declared truce in Gaza as the reason.
ISRAEL - LEBANON
Hezbollah claims Israeli airman dead for 10 years
A Hezbollah report sent to the Israeli government has revealed that Ron Arad, an Israeli navigator reported missing since 1986, has been dead for more than 10 years.
ISRAEL - SYRIA
Olmert: Peace talks needed 'soon'
As a third round of indirect talks between Israel and Syria came to a close in Turkey on Thursday, Israeli PM Ehud Olmert said that direct peace talks between the two countries would have to be conducted "very soon".
ISRAEL
Israel considers demolishing terrorist houses
Israeli authorities on Thursday were considering demolishing the homes of Arabs in East Jerusalem who attack Israelis after a Palestinian man killed three people on a bulldozer rampage in the city before he was shot dead.
ISRAEL - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Bulldozer attack: Israel threatens military action
An Israeli minister said that his country was ready to use force "without hesitation" in Gaza after a Palestinian rammed a bulldozer into cars and a bus on a busy Jerusalem street on Wednesday, killing three people. (Report: J. Le Masurier)
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