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Fast Forward Small Israel Rally Slams Gaza War
More than 150 Israelis protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday against a Gaza war entering its second month, in defiance of a police ban on the assembly that cited military restrictions on public gatherings in cities within range of rocket fire. The relatively small turnout was similar to the numbers that have shown up for…
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Fast Forward Israel Pounds Gaza Killing 9 — Hamas Hits Back
Israel launched more than 30 air attacks in Gaza on Saturday, killing nine Palestinians, and militants fired rockets at Israel as the conflict entered a second month, defying international efforts to revive a ceasefire. The violence seemed at risk of jeopardizing talks brokered by Egypt aimed at securing a permanent truce. The Palestinian delegation in…
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Fast Forward Israel Soccer Season Delayed by Gaza War
The start of the Israeli soccer season was delayed for the second weekend in a row on Friday following the resumption of rocket fire by Islamist militants in the Gaza Strip, the Israel Football Association said. Play in the secondary Toto Cup competition, a regular precursor to the start of league action, was due to…
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Fast Forward Israel Launches Gaza Strikes After Hamas Fires 18 Rockets
Israel launched air strikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday in response to Palestinian rockets fired after Egyptian-mediated talks failed to extend a 72-hour truce in the month-long war. Egypt later called for a resumption of the ceasefire, saying only a few points remained to be agreed. Palestinian factions said they would meet Egyptian mediators…
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Fast Forward Jesse Steinfeld, Surgeon General Who Fought Smoking, Dies at 87
Former U.S. surgeon general Jesse Steinfeld, who warned of the perils of second-hand smoke and was famously not asked to return for the Nixon administration’s second term after clashing with the tobacco industry, has died at 87, his daughter said. Steinfeld, a former official at the National Cancer Institute who was named surgeon general in…
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Fast Forward Hamas Armed Wing Urges No Truce Extension
The armed wing of Hamas called on Palestinian negotiators in Cairo not to extend a 72-hour truce unless their demands, in particular for the opening of Gaza’s port, were met and warned it was ready to engage in a long war. “We urge the Palestinian delegation negotiating not to renew the truce except after the…
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Fast Forward Israel Wants Bodies of Slain Soldiers Back From Gaza
Israel asked the Red Cross on Thursday to help recover the remains of two soldiers killed in Gaza, Israeli officials said. They said the request was made to Peter Maurer, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), who met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon during an Egyptian-mediated…
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Fast Forward Palestinians Move Closer To War Crimes Case Against Israel
The possibility of a war crimes investigation into the conduct of Israeli forces in Gaza, until recently unthinkable, has grown after the Palestinians said this week they wanted to become a party to the International Criminal Court. The world’s permanent war crimes court in The Hague declined two years ago to investigate allegations against the…
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