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GAZA — Israel’s attack has razed buildings and upended families in much of crowded Gaza. But few neighborhoods suffered more than Zeitoun, a district of eastern Gaza City. And few families felt the wrath of the Israeli military more than...
JERUSALEM — Israel and Hamas rebuffed a United Nations call for a cease-fire in the 14-day Gaza war on Friday, with Israel saying continued barrages of rocket fire from its adversaries made the U.N. resolution “unworkable.”
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JERUSALEM — Israel’s conflict with Hamas in Gaza threatened to broaden on Thursday as at least three rockets were fired into the north of Israel from Lebanon.
Soldiers rested on the Israeli side of the border with Gaza during the three-hour...
GAZA — Under international pressure to ease its 12-day bombardment of the Gaza Strip, Israel agreed on Wednesday to suspend the fighting for three hours a day and permit humanitarian relief goods to reach the beleaguered population. It was...
LAHORE, Pakistan — When Muhammad Saad Iqbal arrived home here in August after more than six years in American custody, including five at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, he had difficulty walking, his left ear was severely infected,...
JERUSALEM — Israel said on Tuesday that four of its soldiers in Gaza were killed by shells from their own tanks — the first known “friendly fire” deaths in the 11-day-old offensive — as Israeli troops were reported to be pushing toward...
GAZA — Israeli troops advanced into Gaza on Sunday under cover of heavy air, tank and artillery fire after opening a ground war against the militant group Hamas on Saturday night.
Smoke rose from central Gaza as Israeli soldiers crossed the...
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia — As Ahmad al-Shugairi took the stage, dressed in a flowing white gown and headdress, he clutched a microphone and told his audience that he had no religious training or titles: “I am not a sheik.”
Ahmad al-Shugairi,...
JERUSALEM — As Israel sought to fend off growing international pressure over civilian casualties from its military assault on Gaza, its air force kept up attacks for a sixth day on Thursday, bombing the Parliament building among other targets.
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GAZA — In a third straight day of deadly airstrikes against the emblems and institutions of Hamas on Monday, Israeli warplanes pounded targets in Gaza, including the Interior Ministry. Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak described the bombings...
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