Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller

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  Netanyahu Unfazed by Hamas Warnings in Gaza Truce Talks

  (Reuters) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday any deal on Gaza’s future had to meet Israel’s security needs, warning Hamas it faced “harsh strikes” if it resumed firing into the Jewish state. With a five-day ceasefire due to expire late on Monday, negotiators returned after consultations to Cairo to seek an end to five…

  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller Aug 17, 2014 | 3 min read
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  Israel Shelling Kills 15 at Gaza U.N. School — 17 at Market

  (Reuters) — Israeli shelling killed at least 15 Palestinians sheltering in a U.N.-run school and another 17 near a street market on Wednesday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, with no ceasefire in sight after more than three weeks of fighting. Israel’s security cabinet convened to discuss a revamped Egyptian proposal for a truce but it was…

  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller Jul 30, 2014 | 3 min read
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  Fierce Israel Attack on Gaza Neighborhood Kills 62 — Bodies Strewn in Street

  (Reuters) — More than 60 Palestinians and 13 Israeli soldiers were killed as Israel shelled a Gaza neighborhood and battled militants on Sunday in the bloodiest fighting in a near two-week-old offensive. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of carrying out a massacre in Shejaia in the eastern suburbs of the city of Gaza and declared…

  By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Jeffrey Heller Jul 20, 2014 | 3 min read