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Israel Launches Large-Scale Ground Operation in Gaza Strip

The Israeli military reportedly sent thousands of troops into the Gaza Strip Thursday as part of a large-scale ground operation aimed at destroying underground tunnels and other "terror infrastructure" used by Hamas to target the Jewish State.

18 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

How Did This Happen? Iraq, Syria, Israel, Gaza and Libya All in Flames

Each day, they live in fear.

16 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Israel Accepts Egyptian Proposal for Cease-Fire; Hamas Rejects It

Israel has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire with Hamas. But with the militant group rejecting the gesture outright, there may be little hope of seeing an end to the near constant exchange of fire that has so far killed more than 190 Palestinians in Gaza.

16 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Thousands of Palestinians Flee Northern Gaza Strip

Thousands of Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Sunday and sought safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an offensive against Hamas that has killed more than 160 people.

14 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

More Rockets Into Israel After Israeli Troops Enter Gaza

Hamas continued to launch rockets into Israel today -- even after the Israeli military said ground troops entered northern Gaza to take out a number of missile launch sites.

13 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Missiles Fired at Haifa and Northern Israel

For the first time during the current military campaign, a missile was fired at Haifa in the early hours of Friday morning. No casualties or damage were reported.

11 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Hamas Fires Rockets Amid Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza

Palestinian militants have fired more rockets at Israeli cities and Israel carried out dozens of air raids on Gaza overnight, as hostilities intensified.

09 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Israel Steps Up Offensive Against Hamas in Gaza

Israel intensified its aerial offensive in Gaza early Tuesday, bombing about 50 targets, including four homes the military said belonged to militants, after about 80 rockets were fired out of Gaza on Monday, some of them reaching deep into Israel. Military officials said additional reservists were being called up in anticipation of a possible ground assault.

08 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Hamas Vows Revenge After Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza

The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has promised that Israel will "pay a tremendous price" after eight militants were killed overnight in Gaza.

07 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

'Hamas Will Pay': Israel Hits Back After Teens Found Dead

Nineteen days ago, three Israeli teenagers, trying to hitchhike home from the southern West Bank, disappeared.

01 Jul 2014, business.mega.mu

Hamas, Fatah Announce Talks to Form Palestinian Unity Government

Rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah announced Wednesday they've agreed to reconcile -- a development that could see the Palestinian territories under a unified leadership for the first time in years.

24 Apr 2014, business.mega.mu

Scarlett Johansson and Oxfam, Torn Apart by Israeli Company Deal

“Start with plain water and bubbles. Mix in the perfect flavor,” suggests Scarlett Johansson in the ad that is part of her new endorsement deal with SodaStream, the Israeli company that manufactures home carbonation systems.

31 Jan 2014, business.mega.mu

Was Yasser Arafat Killed by Polonium Poisoning?

JERUSALEM — On the evening of Oct. 12, 2004, Yasser Arafat, the flamboyant, autocratic and inscrutable chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, sat down for dinner at his besieged compound in Ramallah in the West Bank. And so began one of the great medical mysteries in the modern Middle East.

07 Nov 2013, business.mega.mu

UN Resolutions enforced against Libya but never against Israel

The West European-controlled United Nations are quick to act against Dictator Muammar Gadhafi of Libya, recently their staunch ally armed by them in suppressing its people in order to benefit... Read more »

21 Mar 2011, KotZot