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Four dead in Israeli air strikes
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| Jan.9 |
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 Bush in Israel amid tight security| Bush arrived to spur the fragile Mideast peace process and to encourage Israeli and Palestinian negotiators 'to stay focused'. Bush was welcomed at Ben Gurion Airport by Israeli P... | |
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Bush 'hopeful' for Mid-East peace  US President after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has said he is 'very hopeful' that Israeli and Palestinian peace talks can ...
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| Jan.10 |
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Bush predicts 'state of Palestine' President Bush called on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to make painful concessions to reach a peace agreement
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 Blair optimism on Mid-East peace Middle East Quartet envoy and former UK PM believes it is possible for a peace deal to be reached between the Israelis and Palestinians
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| Jan.13 |
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 Mideast leaders put 'final status' on table Israeli Prime Minister Olmert and Palestinian President Abbas agreed to authorize peace talks, which could begin Monday
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| Jan.15 |
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 Israeli Gaza City raid kills 16  Map of Gaza City Israel| Hamas leaders have declared a 3-day mourning period after an Israeli raid on eastern Gaza City left at least 17 dead | |
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| Jan.18 |
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Israeli attack levels Hamas building Israel Defense Forces carried out two airstrikes, killing one Palestinian woman and injuring 14 people
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| Jan.19 |
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Israeli airstrikes kill 2 militants The aerial attacks against rocket launchers and a car carrying rockets east of Jebaliya. Palestinian militants fired 2 rockets into Israel
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| Jan.20 |
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Gaza City plunged into darkness | The only power plant in the Hamas-run Strip has shut down because of a lack of fuel. Palestinian officials are blaming Israeli restrictions | |
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| Jan.21 |
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UN says Gaza facing food shortage UN food aid to about 860,000 people in the Strip will have to be suspended within days if Israel's blockade continues
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Israel to ease blockade
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| Jan.22 |
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 Gunfire at Egypt's Gaza crossing Egyptian guards have fired into the air and used water cannon to drive back Palestinian women who tried to surge across the border from Gaza
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 Palestinians blow up border wall Thousands of people fled after hearing explosions. Masked Palestinian gunmen blew holes in a border wall
| The Gazans rushed to buy food, fuel that have become scarce because of a blockade
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| Jan.23 |
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Gaza embargo 'will not be crisis' Prime Olmert has said he will not let his country's blockade of the Gaza Strip turn into a humanitarian crisis
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| Jan.25 |
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Gazans make new border wall hole Palestinians have bulldozed down part of the Gaza-Egypt border wall, hours after Egyptian troops blocked holes recently made by militants
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Egyptians retreat from Gaza fence Egyptian security forces have pulled back from the border after an apparent failure to reseal it. Palestinians still crossing freely in and out of Egypt
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| Jan.26 |
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'Dozens hurt' in Gaza border clashes At least 38 Egyptian security force members have been hurt as riot police and armored vehicles sought to restore control over crowds
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Palestinian radical founder Habash dies The founder of the radical Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), George Habash, has died of a heart attack
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| Jan.27 |
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Israel 'to resume Gaza supplies' Israel says it will resume supplying fuel, 10 days after it stopped shipments following continued rocket attacks by Palestinian militants
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Israel: No talks on Gaza border crisis Israeli officials expressed hope that Egypt will regain control of its border crossing as the flow of Palestinians slowed to a trickle
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| Jan.28 |
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Palestinians: Soldiers kill jihadist teen Israeli forces killed a teenage member of Islamic Jihad during clashes between the Israeli military and Palestinians in the town of Bethlehe...
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| Jan.30 |
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 War report piles pressure on Olmert A report about inconclusive war in Lebanon could determine whether PM holds onto his job long enough to try to make peace with the Palestinians
| 2006 war against Hezbollah was a 'large and serious' failure
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Snowfall shuts down Jerusalem A heavy overnight snowstorm blanketed Jerusalem in white, closing schools and stores and grounding public transportation
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| Jan.31 |
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Gunmen target Israeli embassy 6 men traded fire with embassy guards before shouting 'Allah Akbar' as they fled the scene. Some people were wounded
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