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ISRAEL - GAZA
Israel reopens Gaza border to goods
Israel reopened on Sunday one of two crossing points used to ferry vital commercial goods into the Gaza strip. They had been closed in retaliation to rockets fired by Islamic Jihad, in breach of a recently negotiated truce.
ISRAEL - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Israel shuts borders with Gaza Strip
Israel kept three border crossings with the Gaza Strip closed on Wednesday following rocket attacks that breached an Egypt-brokered truce with the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers, a military spokesman said.(Report: A Yeoh)
ISRAEL - GAZA
Gaza rocket attacks overshadow tenuous truce
In the first attack since an Egyptian-brokered truce began last week, two rockets from Gaza slammed into southern Israel Tuesday, causing no casualties. The Palestinian Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the attack. (Report: J. Creedon)
ISRAEL - PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES
Israeli court rejects appeal to maintain Gaza blockade
An Israeli court has overturned an appeal by the relatives of Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier held by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip. Shalit's family wanted the court to overturn the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.
EGYPT - PEACE TALKS
Olmert and Mubarak discuss Gaza truce
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has met with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Shar el-Sheikh to discuss the recent and fragile truce in the Gaza Strip. Mubarak brokered the peace talks between Israel and Hamas. (Report : A. Wodli)
ISRAEL - FRANCE
Captive soldier's parents appeal Israeli court
The parents of Franco-Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit captured in 2006 by Palestinian gunmen have petitioned Israel's high court to delay the reopening of Gaza border crossings. A meeting with President Sarkozy is in the works. (Story: K.Williams)
ISRAEL - GAZA
Israel-Hamas ceasefire goes into effect
An Egyptian-brokered truce between Israel and Gaza began Thursday, but with an Israeli missile strike killing one Palestinian barely an hour before the ceasefire came into effect, there was little hope the peace would hold.
ISRAEL - GAZA
Israel agrees to a truce with Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has approved a six-month truce with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip, according to an israeli public radio. The ceasefire, brokered by Egypt, is due to begin at 6 a.m. Thursday morning.
ISRAEL - GAZA
Hamas confirms truce with Israel in Gaza
An Egyptian-mediated truce between Palestinian groups in Gaza and Israel will go into effect on Thursday. Hamas confirmed the truce but has also stressed that the talks were not yet concluded.
GAZA - HAMAS
Hamas in Cairo for Gaza truce talks
A Hamas delegation is in Cairo to meet Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, who will act as intermediary in Israeli-Palestinian talks about a ceasefire in Gaza.
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