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NEWS ABOUT: Gaza Egypt border

Gaza Egypt border stories: 14 news summaries

(AP) - Pulitzer-prize winning author Alice Walker, who wrote The Color Purple, is traveling to Gaza along with other female activists to highlight the devastation of the Israeli offensive on Gaza's residents. "I love people, and I love children and I feel that the Palestinian child is just as precious as... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Egypt • Gaza Egypt border • Alice Walker

 Israel Pounds 
 Gaza Targets 

Attacks follow militant fire in heaviest exchange since truce

Feb 2, 09 3:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip late last night after militants there unleashed 10 rounds of rocket and mortar fire on Israel. It's the region's heaviest exchange since a ceasefire began two weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times reports. Six explosions rocked Rafah, a border town near... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Palestine • bomb • attack • ceasefire • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza Egypt border • Rafah

 Israel Bombs Gaza Tunnels 

Escalating violence threatens ceasefire as US envoy heads to region

Jan 28, 09 3:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel bombed smuggling tunnels under the Egypt-Gaza border today in response to yesterday's killing of an Israeli soldier, CNN reports. The escalating violence is threatening the fragile ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians. The strikes occurred just as George Mitchell, President Obama's envoy to the Middle East, was scheduled to... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • IDF • tunnel • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border • Israeli offensive

Livni Heads to Washington to Cut Gaza Deal

Critical step toward truce would block Hamas arms smuggling

Jan 16, 09 3:47 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni is on her way to the US to sign a deal central to a Gaza ceasefire as diplomatic efforts intensify to stop the fighting, reports the Jerusalem Post. The agreement, designed to stop Hamas from rearming, would step up intelligence agency cooperation to stop... More »

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Tony Blair • diplomacy • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Egypt • ceasefire • Gaza Egypt border • Israeli offensive

ANALYSIS

Egypt, Jordan Fear Fallout
From Gaza War

Facing citizens' anger, governments may be held responsible

Jan 12, 09 6:28 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israel's Gaza offensive wears on, officials in bordering Egypt and Jordan worry that the carnage is imperiling the possibility of a two-state Israel-Palestine solution. Egypt and to a lesser extent, Jordan, fear that responsibility for the humanitarian crisis there will fall to them, and that they may be forced... More »

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Israel • Jordan • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • Arabs • Gaza Egypt border • two-state solution

(Newser) - The massive tunnels supplying food, medicine, and rockets from Egypt into Gaza are the bane of Israel's military, and a lifeline for Palestinians and the economy of Egypt’s destitute Sinai, the Los Angeles Times reports. Smuggling has been immune to military action, to the consternation of Israeli leaders.... More »

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Egypt on Gaza: Open Sympathy, Closed Border

Despite support for Palestinians, Egyptians don't want refugees

Jan 6, 09 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israel's military operation in Gaza continues, thousands of Palestinians have fled their homes and assembled at the Strip's southern border with Egypt. But except for a few severely wounded individuals, Egypt is not letting anyone through. It's not the first time, writes the Los Angeles Times, that national interest... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Egypt • Arabs • Gaza Egypt border • border • border crossing • Rafah

 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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(Newser) - Egypt called Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip "murder" today as world leaders appealed for peace in the region, the AFP and Jerusalem Post report. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon said he was "deeply alarmed" by the violence, and, like Russia and the European Union, called for a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Gordon Brown • Hosni Mubarak • civilian casualties • Egypt • Israel and Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza Egypt border

 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

 Egypt Works for Gaza Ceasefire 

Progress toward ceasefire after behind-the-scenes talks

Mar 12, 08 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Egypt is quietly working to broker a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, with its intelligence chief meeting with both Hamas and Israeli officials, allowing the two sides to formally deny that they are talking to each other, the Guardian reports. Israel is calling for a trial 30 days of calm... More »

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Israel • diplomacy • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • rocket attacks • Egypt • ceasefire • Gaza Egypt border

Gunfire Kills 1, Wounds Dozens in Gaza Clash

Palestinians and Egyptians exchange
fire at border crossing

Feb 4, 08 8:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Gunfire broke out between Egyptians and Palestinians today that left one dead and 59 wounded at the Rafah border crossing, Reuters reports. The skirmish erupted after Egyptian security stopped Gazans from returning home through the recently breached border. Palestinians threw stones and Egyptians tossed smoke grenades before the shooting started.... More »

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Palestine • Hamas • Egypt • Gaza Egypt border • Gaza blockade

Egypt Seals Gaza Border Breach

Ends 11 day supply grab under Israel's blockade

Feb 3, 08 9:48 AM CST
(Newser) - After 11 days, Egypt has sealed the gap in its border with the Gaza Strip, ending the stream of Palestinians in search of food and supplies, Reuters reports. Hundreds of Egyptian security officers used barbed wire and metal barriers to seal the last gaps in the wall. Hamas militants told... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Egypt • Gaza Egypt border • Mahmoud al-Zahar • Gaza blockade

Israeli Court to Rule on Gaza Blockade

Egypt border remains open, but humanitarian concerns grow

Jan 24, 08 7:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel's highest court will conduct an emergency hearing Sunday on suits filed by Palestinian organizations over the blockade that has cut Israeli shipments of fuel and gas to Hamas-controlled Gaza. The border to Egypt remains open, reports Haaretz, after militants in the Gaza Strip blasted open the fence and thousands... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Tzipi Livni • Shimon Peres • Gaza Egypt border • Ban Ki-Moon

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