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NEWS ABOUT: Gaza Strip border

Gaza Strip border stories: 11 news summaries

 Texas Gov Compares 
 Mexico to Gaza Strip 

Trip to Israel is this third

Aug 14, 09 4:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - On a trip to Israel this week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry compared Mexico with the Gaza Strip and said his state could learn from his hosts when it comes to security. "Just like it's important to Israelis to keep heavy security on their border with Gaza, it's important to... More »

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Israel • Texas • Mexico • Rick Perry • border • Gaza Strip border • Kay Bailey Hutchison

(Newser) - Hamas says Israel is corrupting Palestinian youth with aphrodisiac chewing gum. “We have discovered two types of stimulants that were introduced into the Gaza Strip from Israeli border crossings,” a spokesman tells AFP. “The first type is presented in the form of chewing gum and the second... More »

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Hamas • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • chewing gum • aphrodisiacs • Gaza Strip border • intelligence agencies

Israeli Soldier Killed in Gaza Border Attack

Militants breaching ceasefire believed
to have set blast

Jan 27, 09 3:51 AM CST
(Newser) - An Israeli soldier has been killed and three wounded by an explosion along Israel's border with the Gaza Strip, reports the BBC. The attack appeared to have been carried out by militants in a breach of last week's ceasefire declaration, although no group has claimed responsibility, according to Palestinian authorities.... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • IDF • ceasefire • Gaza Strip border • Israeli Army

 US Navy Hunts 
 Hamas Arms Ship 

Iran sends supplies to allies in Gaza

Jan 25, 09 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - An American naval force is on the trail of a ship believed to be carrying Iranian arms bound for Hamas, the Times of London reports. Iran is working to resupply Hamas fighters in the wake of the three-week Israeli assault on Gaza using vessels purportedly sent to fight piracy along... More »

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Iran • Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Navy • smuggler • Gaza Strip border

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

Cynicism Key to Israel's Arsenal 

Aid to Palestinians 'not unlike raising animals for slaughter,' as Tel Aviv acts ever the victim

Jan 7, 09 2:13 PM CST
(Newser) - “The promulgation of a hyper-nationalist ethos” in Israeli media coverage of the Gaza situation doesn’t surprise Neve Gordon, he writes in the Nation—what’s unsettling is the cynical war ethic emerging around humanitarian aid. As one reporter explains, Israel gives assistance to Palestinians during times of war... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Jews • Gaza Strip border • humanitarian aid

OPINION

Israel Waging a Heartbreaking, Stupid War

Only 'a Marshall Plan' can bring lasting peace, writes rabbi

Jan 5, 09 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel's push to wipe out Hamas via military action "is understandable, but stupid," writes Rabbi Michael Lerner, editor of the Jewish progressive magazine Tikkun. While Israel clearly must defend itself, "the kind of response matters"—and the killing of Gazan civilians is "a crime... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • ceasefire • Gaza Strip border

updated

 Israeli Ground Troops 
 Enter Gaza 


Jan 3, 09 2:37 PM CST
(Newser) - Israeli tanks and infantry battled with Hamas forces today after Israeli ground forces rolled into the Gaza Strip after nightfall, Reuters reports. Israel says it plans to seize areas used by Hamas to fire rockets from northern Gaza. "The objective is to destroy the Hamas terror infrastructure in the... More »

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Israel • Arab Israeli conflict • Gaza Strip border

 Israel Lets Foreigners Flee Gaza 

Evacuation of spouses raises fears of imminent ground assault 

Jan 2, 09 7:40 AM CST
(Newser) - Israel has reopened a border crossing to let foreign passport holders flee Gaza, the New York Times reports. Hundreds of men holding only Palestinian travel documents have been forced to remain behind as their wives and children are evacuated. The move raises fears that a wider Israeli assault on the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians • Palestinians • airstrike • Gaza Strip border

 New Strikes Push 
 Gaza Toll to 275 

UN statement calls for 'immediate end' to violence

Dec 28, 08 4:51 AM CST
(Newser) - A new wave of Israeli missile strikes on the Gaza Strip today has hiked the death toll from the latest Israeli offensive against Hamas militants to 275, with closer to 800 wounded, reports CNN. UN Security Council members expressed "serious concern" and called for "an immediate halt to... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Hamas • Palestinians • Gaza Strip border • missile strike • rockets

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

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