Posts Tagged ‘Hamas’

Arab and Western diplomats made a statement saying that the U.N Security Council had finally reached an agreement on a cease fire resolution for the Israeli-Gaza conflict. The preliminary draft of the resolution expressed its grave concerns over the humanitarian suffering and the large number of ... Full story

Wednesday saw another episode of ongoing attacks by Israel on the Gaza strip. Israel had suspended its military operation in certain areas for three hours in order to let some humanitarian aid through. Following which it resumed its attacks on suspected smuggling tunnels and rocket launching sides. In response to Wednesday’s attacks Hamas shot back a barrage of rockets. ... Full story

Tel Aviv – 8.1.09 - In a surprising move, Israel’s main ally, United States urged them to accept truce in Gaza.   Joining voice with the rest of Europe, United States on Wednesday advised Israel to accept the ceasefire to the twelve day long offensive in Gaza, proposed ... Full story

Hamas’s rocket attacks on Israeli territory have been termed as an “act of terror” by the U.S president George W. Bush. The president went further on to outline his conditions for a cease fire in the troubled Gaza region. He made it clear that a peace deal cannot be initiated or accepted until and unless the smuggling of weapons to the terrorist groups in Gaza ... Full story

Israel is getting ready to take its military operation against Hamas in the Gaza strip to the next level. It has stepped up the offensive and deployed more troops towards the Gaza border on Wednesday. Israel is making preparations to initiate a ground assault to compliment the deadly airstrikes. International powers ... Full story

The bloody attacks on the Gaza strip conducted by Israel may be halted for a 48 hour period as international powers pressurize Israel to give the Palestinians a break. The four day air campaign that was launched in retaliation of the rocket attacks has been the deadliest military campaign pursued against the Palestinians in decades.  ... Full story

It has been three days since Israel has launched its military offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip but the defiant militant group continues to send rockets flying into Israel. The continuing rocket firing into Israel shows that Hamas still has plenty of firepower at their disposal. ... Full story

Renewed rocket attacks by Hamas have triggered the Israeli government to consider taking tough military action against the group. The government feels as though it is under great pressure to step up its actions against Hamas as the group tries to plunder the Israeli election campaign. More than twenty ... Full story