This is the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Fast Forward Ready for War, Israel Still Pushes for Peace
Israel bombed dozens of targets in Gaza on Monday and said that while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire from the enclave. As international pressure mounted for a truce, mediator Egypt said a deal to end the fighting…
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Fast Forward Israel Repels 44M Cyber Attacks on Web Site
Israel has repelled some 44 million cyber attacks on government websites since the start of Operation Pillar of Defense, a government minister said. Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz told reporters that all the attacks have been thwarted except one, which brought down a website for a short time. On Saturday, the online terror group Anonymous announced…
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News Amid Rubble, Resolve in Rocket-Hit Israeli Town
They pick through the tangled foliage, Orthodox men with long beards and black kipahs, wearing white gloves and bright yellow vests, searching for body parts. A few yards over and four stories up, construction workers drive drills into a bombed apartment building. They speak to each other in Arabic. Can they read the Hebrew banner…
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The Schmooze What a Boob! Kardashian Deletes Gaza Tweet
Reality television star Kim Kardashian apologized for tweeting about the Gaza conflict. Kardashian apologized after two tweets in which she first told her followers she was “Praying for everyone in Israel,” and then tweeted that she was “Praying for everyone in Palestine and across the world!” Kardashian later deleted both tweets and issued an apology:…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Sacks: Gaza War ‘Got To Do With Iran’
The BBC issued an apology to British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks after a presenter asked him about the Gaza operation while he thought he was off the air. Sacks presented the “Thought for the Day” on BBC Radio 4 Today on Friday. After the segment, presenter Evan Davies asked the rabbi’s opinion on the conflict…
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Israel News Real Winner in Gaza War? Could Be Hamas.
As Israel bombed Palestinian militant targets in the Gaza Strip for a fifth day, Ali Al-Ahmed took to the streets of Gaza city in his pyjamas on Sunday to buy eggs and chocolate for his three children. “Terrifying, that’s how it feels,” he said. “But they are also terrorised on the other side of the…
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Fast Forward Gaza Journalists Wounded by Israeli Attack
Israeli aircraft hit two Gaza media buildings on Sunday, wounding eight journalists and drawing concern from press covering the fighting between Palestinian militants and the Jewish state. The Israeli military said the attacks were pinpoint strikes on Hamas communication devices located on the buildings’ roofs, and accused the Islamist group of using reporters as human…
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Israel News As Rockets Fly, Israel’s Grumpy Old Men Shrug
Emanuel Hatzofe, 84, took his time getting to the shelter of the thick concrete sea wall in Jaffa on Sunday when Israeli air-raid sirens over Tel Aviv warned of incoming rockets from the Gaza Strip. The retired sea captain, once a guerrilla with the pre-state Jewish underground, carried his wooden stool with him, as well…
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