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NEWS ABOUT: Gaza blockade

Gaza blockade stories: 17 news summaries

 Hamas 'Foiled Carter 
 Assassination Plot' 

Source tells Haaretz militants targeted former prez

Jun 16, 09 2:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas, the Palestinian group that rules the Gaza Strip, foiled an attempt by al-Qaeda-linked militants to assassinate Jimmy Carter, a source tells Haaretz. Hoping to kill the former president as his vehicle left Gaza, militants placed a pair of bombs at a border crossing. Witnesses say that they saw Hamas... More »

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Jimmy Carter • Gaza • Hamas • bomb • assassination attempt • border crossing • al-Qaeda • Gaza blockade

 Israel Captures 
 Gaza Aid Boat 

Aid will be delivered, members handed to police: navy

Feb 5, 09 7:42 AM CST
(AP) - The Israeli navy today intercepted a ship delivering 60 tons of supplies from Lebanon to the Gaza Strip and said it is towing the vessel into an Israeli port. The ship left Lebanon two days ago in a bid to defy Israel's blockade of Gaza. Arab TV reporters who are... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Israel and Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza blockade • humanitarian aid • Israeli Navy

Mitchell Calls for Lasting Peace as New Violence Hits Gaza

18 injured in Israeli counterstrike

Jan 29, 09 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - Fresh violence in Gaza today threatened the fragile ceasefire as George Mitchell called for a lasting truce between Hamas and Israel, AFP reports. An Israeli air strike wounded 18 Palestinians, including 11 children and a pregnant woman. The Israeli army said it was targeting a Hamas policeman responsible for a... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Hamas • Fatah • George Mitchell • smuggler • weapons • Gaza blockade • Obama administration

ANALYSIS

 Gaza Faces Years 
 of Reconstruction 

Blockade, destroyed tunnels make rebuilding nearly impossible

Jan 20, 09 8:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Now that the guns have fallen silent in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave faces what might be the most difficult reconstruction project in recent history, writes Patrick Cockburn in the Independent. Rebuilding in the densely populated zone will face two major obstacles: the economic blockade by Israel and Egypt, and the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Benjamin Netanyahu • tunnels • Gaza blockade • Gaza Strip border • United Nations Relief and Works Agency • post-war reconstruction

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

 Peace Team 
 Rushes to Gaza 
 as Toll Tops 520 

Sarkozy to meet with Israeli leaders today

Jan 5, 09 4:19 AM CST
(Newser) - A European peace and humanitarian team and French President Nicolas Sarkozy headed to the region today as Israeli ground-assault tanks pushed further into Palestinian territory, and edged the death toll close to 530, Reuters reports. Hamas militants have retaliated by firing rocket-propelled grenades at tanks in eastern Gaza, and at... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • civilian casualties • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • warfare • tanks • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza blockade

 Israeli Navy 
 Rebuffs 
 Gaza-Bound 
 Relief Boat 

Congresswoman aboard says collision was deliberate

Dec 30, 08 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - An Israeli warship collided with a boat of activists defying a blockade to deliver medical supplies to war-torn Gaza today, the Journal-Constitution reports. Georgia Rep. Cynthia McKinney, who was aboard, says the "peaceful mission was thwarted by Israel's aggressiveness." An Israeli spokesman denied that the ramming was... More »

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medicine • Congress • Israel • Gaza • Gaza blockade • activists • Israeli Navy • Cynthia McKinney

 Al-Qaeda Calls for Gaza War 

Message from Osama's deputy urges attack on 'treacherous regimes'

Jun 5, 08 3:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden's deputy has called on Muslims to launch a  holy war to break Israel's economic blockade of Gaza, reports AP. The call was issued in an 11-minute al-Qaeda audiotape by Ayman al-Zawahri, marking the anniversary of the loss of Gaza, the West Bank and the Golan Heights in... More »

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terrorism • Gaza • Palestine • jihad • Hamas • West Bank • Osama bin Laden • Islamic extremism • al-Qaeda • Gaza blockade • Islamic terrorism • Ayman al-Zawahiri

Liberate Palestine, Bin Laden Demands on New Tape

Second message blasts Arabs for 'sacrificing' Palestinians

May 19, 08 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new audio message apparently from Osama bin Laden blames Arab leaders for “sacrificing” Palestinians and calls for followers to "liberate Palestine," CNN reports. “Each one of us is responsible for the death of our people in Gaza,” the tape says. The message, posted on... More »

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Israel • Palestine • Osama bin Laden • tape • Gaza blockade

 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

UN Aid to Gaza Blocked by Israeli Embargo

Negotiations fall apart after Libyan compares Strip to Nazi camp

Apr 24, 08 6:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The United Nations announced today that it will have to suspend its humanitarian aid program in the Gaza Strip because of the Israeli fuel blockade. The UN can't distribute food or collect sewage in the Hamas-controlled territory now that its fuel supply has run out. A Security Council meeting was... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • embargo • Gaza blockade • Ban Ki-Moon

Islamic Groups Reject Truce in Egypt Peace Talks

Islamic Jihad, Hamas want more concessions before truce with Israel

Mar 27, 08 3:49 PM CDT
(Newser) - Egypt’s talks with Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad, aimed at establishing a truce with Israel, ended unsuccessfully today, Reuters reports. The militant groups demanded Israel stop Gaza and West Bank raids, end its Gaza blockade, and reopen border-crossings. Hamas and Israel already appear to have instituted a... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Egypt • Islamic Jihad • peace talks • Gaza blockade

 Bin Laden: 'Fire and 
 Iron' Can Free Gaza 

In new tape, al-Qaeda pushes continued violence against US in Iraq

Mar 20, 08 6:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - Osama bin Laden calls followers to arms to stop the blockade on Gaza in a tape broadcast today on Al-Jazeera. Israel did not take the Palestinian territory "by negotiations and dialogue but with fire and iron. And this is the way to get it back," he said, adding... More »

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Iraq • Gaza • jihad • Osama bin Laden • Gaza blockade • al-Jazeera • audiotape

Gaza in Worst Crisis in
40 Years, Charities Warn

Blockade destroying jobs, food supplies

Mar 6, 08 5:19 AM CST
(Newser) - As Israeli and Palestinian leaders tentatively prepared to resume peace talks, a new report by a coalition of British charities warns of a crushing humanitarian crisis in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. The international consensus to isolate Hamas has led to unemployment, medical shortages and hunger worse than at any time... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinian people • Gaza blockade

Gazans Form Chain at Border

Israel posts troops, accuses Hamas of endangering civilians

Feb 25, 08 11:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of Palestinians joined hands today in an attempt to form a human chain across the Gaza Strip, AFP reports. They were protesting the Israeli blockade that has left the impoverished region perilously low on supplies. Israel massed forces along the border, including a rare artillery battery, and accused Hamas... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • protests • Israel and Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza blockade • Gaza Strip 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

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