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US Man Charged in Afghanistan Rocket Attack

Long Islander also gave al-Qaeda info on NYC mass transit: feds

Jul 22, 09 1:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - An American arrested in Pakistan last fall faces charges for firing rockets at a US military base in Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. Bryant Neal Vinas, 26, also allegedly gave al-Qaeda detailed information about the New York City transit system and Long Island Railroad in return for military training. More »

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Israel Vows 'Strong'
Reply to Hamas Rockets

Six more Qassams hit following announcement

Mar 1, 09 5:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Ongoing rocket attacks on southern Israel will elicit "a serious, painful, strong and uncompromising" response, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today. At least eight rockets from the Gaza Strip struck the western Negev desert Friday and Saturday, with no casualties or injuries, the Jerusalem Post reports. Six... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict

 Hamas Rivals 
 Violating Ceasefire 

Olmert promises to strike back after rocket attacks

Feb 1, 09 3:35 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel’s military intelligence chief says Hamas “is conducting serious soul-searching on its strategic mistakes and operational failures" in the wake of the Gaza war, the Jerusalem Post reports. Rival Palestinian groups “are challenging the organization and carrying out attacks in order to bring on another escalation,”... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict

Israelis Near Gaza See Slim— or No—Victory

Residents still fear rockets, think war should have continued

Jan 21, 09 8:18 AM CST
(Newser) - When Israel began its raid of the Gaza Strip three weeks ago, the government said its goal was to end rocket attacks and sniper fire into the country's south. Polls show that most Israelis supported the war, despite the staggering civilian casualties. But in interviews with farmers and other residents... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • war • Qassam • Sderot


 Gaza Skirmishes 
 Defy Ceasefire 

Militants fire rockets; Israel responds with air strike

Jan 18, 09 7:08 AM CST
(Newser) - Skirmishes have continued in Israel and Gaza after Israel declared a unilateral ceasefire yesterday, the New York Times reports. Militants fired rockets at an Israeli border town, and Israel responded with an air strike. In Gaza, a lone gunman faced off against Israeli troops. Hamas has said it will fight... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Arab Israeli conflict • airstrike

 Lebanon 
 Rockets 
 Hit Israel 
 2nd Time 

Soldiers move into Gaza City; UN chief arrives in region

Jan 14, 09 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Rockets from Lebanon landed in northern Israel for the second time since the start of the Gaza invasion two weeks ago, Reuters reports. No group has claimed responsibility for the rocket attacks, and Israeli police say no one was hurt. This morning Israeli troops moved closer to the heart of... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Gaza • rocket attacks • Arab Israeli conflict

 Hamas Down But Not Out: Israel

Rift between Syrian, Gazan wings of Hamas hamper negotiations

Jan 13, 09 3:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Hamas forces in Gaza have been damaged but remain intact enough to fight on, Israeli officials told the New York Times. The onslaught of Israeli airstrikes and ground attacks has shaken the Hamas network, with some groups fighting randomly without coordination from senior leadership. Infrastructure in Gaza has taken several... More »

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Iran • Israel • Syria • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Egypt • negotiations

(Newser) - Israel dropped leaflets on the Gaza strip today warning inhabitants of an escalation in the 2-week offensive against Hamas militants, the BBC reports. The leaflets assured civilians that the action was against “Hamas and the terrorists only” and urged people to stay away from military targets. The development could... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Fatah • rocket attacks • Egypt • Palestinians • tanks • ceasefire • Israeli offensive • escalation

OPINION

Gaza Blowup Could've Been Avoided: Carter

Agreement on aid crossings would've prevented recent violence

Jan 8, 09 2:24 PM CST
(Newser) - The destruction being visited upon Gaza could easily have been avoided, Jimmy Carter writes in the Washington Post. The former president, during visits last year, saw both the effects of Hamas rockets on Israeli communities, and the misery and malnutrition caused by the Gaza blockade. He details his own efforts,... More »

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Israel • Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Gaza blockade • humanitarian aid

 Israel Hit by Rockets 
 Fired From Lebanon 

Attack raises fear that Gaza conflict will widen to second front

Jan 8, 09 3:30 AM CST
(Newser) - At least three rockets fired from Lebanon hit northern Israel today, raising fears that the Gaza conflict is widening, reports the International Herald Tribune. Israeli authorities say the rockets, which they presume were fired by Hezbollah in support of Hamas, landed near the town of Nahariya and injured two Israelis.... More »

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Israel • Lebanon • Gaza • Hezbollah • rocket attacks • Arab Israeli conflict • rocket fire

OPINION

Gaza Attack a 'Catastrophe': Boutros-Ghali

Assault will strengthen religious extremists, former UN Sec-Gen says

Jan 6, 09 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The assault on Gaza is a terrible mistake for Israel, Boutros Boutros-Ghali tells Der Spiegel in an interview in which he is deeply pessimistic about the prospects for peace. “The war in Gaza strengthens the position of radical Islamists in the entire Arab world,” the former UN secretary-general... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Hamas • rocket attacks • America • violence • peace

 Israel Fears Rocket Attack 
 on Nuke Plant 

Size, sophistication of Hamas rocket arsenal shocks Israeli security forces

Jan 2, 09 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli officials, shaken by the size and sophistication of Hamas' rocket arsenal, fear the country's nuclear center at Dimona may be targeted, the Times of London reports. The group's new, more accurate, Grad missiles, smuggled in by land and sea, can penetrate significantly farther into Israel than the crude, home-made... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • nuclear reactor • missile • Qassam • rocket • nuclear power plant • Dimona

 Israel Weighs Truce 
 Backed by Ground Threat 

Barak favors ultimatum

Dec 30, 08 10:31 AM CST
(AP) - Israel is considering halting its Gaza offensive temporarily to give Hamas militants an opening to halt rocket fire, an Israeli defense official said today, but with the threat of a ground offensive if a ceasefire does not hold. Ehud Barak will raise the proposal during a meeting tomorrow of Israel's... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks • Ehud Barak • Israel and Palestinians • ceasefire

 Israel Bombs 
 Gaza Supply Tunnels 

Egypt begins stopping Palestinians from entering

Dec 28, 08 11:40 AM CST
(Newser) - As Gaza air strikes raged on for a second day, Israel said it bombed more than 40 Palestinian supply tunnels used to transport weapons, BBC reports. Palestine said one tunnel intended to carry fuel from Egypt to Gaza had been destroyed. Fleeing the southern strip into Egypt, hundreds of Palestinians... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Egypt • bombing • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinian people • militant • tunnels • Gaza Egypt border

 Israel Readies Gaza Strike 

Attack planned on Hamas stronghold

Dec 26, 08 4:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel is preparing a short, intense air and ground assault on militant positions in Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip, Haaretz reports. The Israeli cabinet has given the green light for an operation in retaliation for recent rocket attacks on civilian targets within Israel. Officials will meet again Sunday before any incursion, according... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Jerusalem • Palestinians • IDF • Gabi Ashkenazi • Ashkelon

 Livni Threatens 
 Hamas as Rockets 
 Fall on Israel 

In Cairo, foreign minister says Israel will 'do everything necessary'

Dec 25, 08 7:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Tzipi Livni, the Israeli foreign minister, said today that her country would "do everything necessary" to fight Gaza militants, as four rockets landed near kibbutzes in the Negev. The chief diplomat and PM candidate met with Eygptian president Hosni Mubarak, who urged both sides to restrain themselves. Yesterday Hamas... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Hosni Mubarak • rocket attacks • Qassam

 Iraq Insurgents Gain
 Deadly New Weapon 

Rocket-bomb attacks can kill dozens at a time

Jul 10, 08 9:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shiite insurgents in Iraq have been attacking US forces with a new weapon the military fears could kill dozens of troops at a time, reports the Washington Post. Rocket-propelled bombs, made of propane tanks packed with hundreds of pounds of explosives, have killed at least 21 people this year, including... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • Baghdad • rocket attacks • IED • bomb • Shiite insurgents • rocket

 Hamas Truce 'Not 
 Serious': Israel 

But militants stopping rocket fire could bring de facto ceasefire in Gaza, official says

Apr 25, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israel said a Hamas truce proposal yesterday was not genuine, and the Islamist organization would only regroup and strengthen itself during the 6-month ceasefire, AFP reports. "Unfortunately, this appears not to be serious at all," an Israeli spokesman said today, although officials said a prolonged halt in the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • rocket attacks • Egypt • ceasefire • Gaza Egypt border • Gaza blockade

 Jihad Rockets Hit 
 Israel After Raid  

Moratorium collapses

Mar 13, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks • West Bank • Ismail Haniya • Israel and Palestinians • Islamic Jihad • Sderot

US Warning Shot
Kills Iraqi Girl

Troops fired toward woman who seemed to be signaling to confederate

Mar 13, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - A warning shot fired by US soldiers killed a young Iraqi girl yesterday, AP reports. Troops in an area of Diyala province where several roadside bombs have recently been found fired a shot "near a suspicious woman who appeared to be signaling to someone while the soldiers were in... More »

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Iraq • rocket attacks • US military • roadside bomb • shooting

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