High-ranking officials from Israel and the Palestinian Authority came together Friday in one of their first meetings since an Israeli attack on a boat delivering aid to the Gaza Strip at the end of last month.
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Israelis, Palestinians hold meetings
TEHRAN, June 23 (Bernama) — Islamicc Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRB) department will be making an animation on the Israeli attack on the Gaza Freedom Flotilla, Iran’s Mehr News Agency (MNA) reported.
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The Israeli cabinet ended a meeting to discuss abandoning a three-year-old economic blockade of the Gaza Strip without a decision on Wednesday, deferring action until tomorrow even as most signs point to a significant easing of Israeli restrictions on imports of foodstuffs and construction materials into the impoverished Hamas-run territory.
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After Gaza flotilla raid, Israel close to easing Gaza blockade
An Irish-owned aid ship could arrive close to the Gaza coast Friday afternoon, four days after Israeli commandos stormed a flotilla in order to stop it from reaching Gaza.
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Irish aid ship closes in on Gaza coast
A day after a botched Israeli raid to stop the Gaza “Freedom Flotilla” from carrying some 700 activists and 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid to the besieged territory, details remain scant about the operation, in which at least nine activists were killed.
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After Israeli raid, Freedom Flotilla aid starts to flow to Gaza
Organizers say a flotilla carrying hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists is now on its way to the Gaza Strip and a likely confrontation with Israeli naval forces.
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Pro-Palestinian flotilla sets sail for Gaza
‘We are determined to reach Gaza,’ says an activist on one of the vessels gathered in international waters off Cyprus. Israel vows to intercept the boats and deport or arrest those aboard. A flotilla packed with hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists, food and other humanitarian supplies was headed for a high-seas standoff Sunday as it attempts to break Israel’s longstanding blockade of the Gaza …
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Gaza aid flotilla anticipates high-seas standoff with Israel
AFP – Israel on Friday threatened a widescale military operation against the Gaza Strip after a string of air strikes which injured three Palestinian children following rocket attacks from the enclave.
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Israel warns of new Gaza assault after air strikes
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AFP – Three children were injured by flying glass as Israeli F16 fighter planes flew six raids against the Gaza Strip overnight, hospital staff, witnesses and Hamas officials said Friday.
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3 children hurt in Israeli air raids on Gaza: hospital
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Reuters – Israel will allow a shipment of clothes and shoes to be delivered to Palestinians in the Gaza Strip for the first time in its almost three-year-old tight blockade of the enclave, Palestinian officials said on Monday.
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Israel to allow clothes, shoes into blockaded Gaza
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AP – Israel withdrew its troops from the Gaza Strip Saturday after some of the fiercest gunbattles with Palestinian militants in the Hamas-run territory since last year’s military offensive.
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Israeli soldiers leave Gaza after fierce clash
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Reuters – Israeli tanks advanced into the Gaza Strip on Friday after the worst clash with Palestinian fighters in 14 months killed two on each side, and Palestinian sources reported more casualties in the fighting.
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Israeli tanks in Gaza in worst clash in year
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AFP – UN chief Ban Ki-moon slammed Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip during a tour of the war-battered coastal territory on Sunday, saying it was causing “unacceptable suffering.”
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UN chief urges Israel to lift Gaza blockade
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Reuters – Palestinian militants fired a rocket into Israel from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing a Thai agricultural worker, while the European Union’s foreign affairs chief was visiting the Hamas-controlled enclave.
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Rocket kills 1 in Israel while EU top diplomat in Gaza
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A 23-year-old American activist stands in front of an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza. The bulldozer drives over her, crushing her to death. These are the facts.
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Fury over Israel ‘bulldozer death’