Israel will not break us, say defiant Palestinians
First Published:آ Januaryآ 9,آ 2009
CAIRO: Death, injuries and trauma have not managed to diffuse Palestinian desire to stand firm in the face of the Israeli operations against Gaza, now into its second week and a death tally of 760 with over 3,000 wounded.
Thirty-six wounded Palestinians currently receiving treatment at Cairo’s Nasser Medical Institute appear unequivocal in their Read the rest of this entry »

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top ten next weekend.
Though the box office has had an unimpressive December thus far, this Thursday will bring the most impressive set of new releases and expansions all year. Near the top of that list is the Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett starring “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which will reach nearly 3,000 theaters across the country. The David Fincher directed “Button” brings with it serious Read the rest of this entry »

Israeli forces have attacked a children’s hospital in Gaza in a fourth day of attacks after a UN Security Council call for ceasefire.
The al-Dorra children’s hospital was targeted by Israeli forces, the Palestinian al-Aqsa TV station reported early on Monday.
The attack came as clouds of smoke filled Gaza’s skyline in day 17 of Israel’s deadly military onslaught in the region.
On Sunday, Israeli aircraft also bombed and destroyed a clinic in Read the rest of this entry »

GAZA CITY: Israel announced an all-out war on Hamas yesterday as it flattened buildings that housed government departments in a third day of bombings in the Gaza Strip. US-supplied F-16s also bombed homes of at least two top Hamas commanders. They were not at home at the time but several family members were killed.
The death toll since Saturday's massive air attacks reached 327 yesterday.
Palestinians retaliated with firing a salvo of rockets Read the rest of this entry »

Israel has dropped leaflets on the Gaza Strip warning residents that it is to escalate its military action.
There is speculation the leaflets may mean Israel will adopt new tactics in its battle with Palestinian militants.
On Saturday, Israel attacked dozens of Hamas targets, including what it says were rocket-launching sites, weapons stores, and smuggling tunnels.
Meanwhile, Hamas militants have fired several rockets at Israeli towns, injuring Read the rest of this entry »

Israeli forces have widened their attacks in the Gaza Strip to include Khan Younis in the south, reports say.
The fresh attack follows heavy fighting overnight near Gaza City in the north.
At least 20 Palestinians were killed on Tuesday and three Israeli soldiers were killed by fire from one of their own tanks in northern Gaza.
Palestinian medical officials say at least 110 people have died since the ground assault began while Israel says it Read the rest of this entry »

GAZA CITY, 30 December 2008 (IRIN) – Gaza’s main hospital, Al-Shifa, is struggling to cope with the influx of people injured in the Israeli air strikes which started on 27 December, according to medical sources.
Staff and patients are also fearful Israel might target it, as the leaders of Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the enclave, have held press conferences there.
The hospital has already moved some medical facilities below Read the rest of this entry »

Israeli jets have attacked the Gaza Strip for a fourth day, with raids on a number of Hamas government buildings and security installations.
Air strikes early on Tuesday killed at least 10 people, medical officials in the coastal enclave said.
About 320 Palestinians have died since Saturday, the UN says. Four Israelis have been killed by rockets from Gaza.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate ceasefire and condemned both Read the rest of this entry »

January 7, 2009
GAZA, (PIC)– The Israeli occupation army that launches a monstrous military aggression on Gaza Strip has threatened to reduce Al-Shefa hospital to rubbles, alleging that Hamas leaders were hiding inside it.
The hospital is considered the biggest hospital in the tiny Strip where hundreds of patients are lying.
Dr. Muaweya Abu Hassanein, the director of the emergency department in the hospital categorically denied the Israeli Read the rest of this entry »

Israel shells Gaza U.N. warehouse, hospital, news bureaus
The Israeli military punched deeper into Gaza City on Thursday with a series of strikes that hit the United Nations’ headquarters, a major hospital and the offices of international news media groups, even as Israeli leaders weighed an Egyptian initiative for ending the 20-day-old conflict.
For the second time in the offensive, Israel said it had killed a top Hamas political leader in the Read the rest of this entry »