With Longer Reach, Rockets Bolster Hamas Arsenal ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Ethan Bronner - November 17, 2012 - 1:00am TEL AVIV — When Israel assassinated the top Hamas military commander in Gaza on Wednesday, setting off the current round of fierce fighting, it was aiming not just at a Palestinian leader but at a supply line of rockets from Iran that have for the first time given Hamas the ability to strike as far as Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. » Read more

PLO leader: Ceasefire talks underway in Cairo ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 19, 2012 - 1:00am BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- Negotiations in Cairo for a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas have made progress, but a truce is unlikely in the coming days, PLO official Nabil Shaath said Sunday. Hamas chief Khalid Mashaal and his deputy Mousa Abu Marzouq updated Shaath on talks in Cairo between Palestinian factions and an Israeli delegate. Fatah leader and President Mahmoud Abbas is also in direct contact with Mashaal, Shaath said. » Read more

Fresh Israeli airstrikes raise Gaza death toll to 91 ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua November 19, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Newly launched two Israeli airstrikes killed three Palestinians in the Gaza Strip shortly before noon on Monday, as the raids against Gaza entered the sixth day, Palestinian sources said on Monday. » Read more

Medics: Israel Strike Kills 11 Civilians in Gaza ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Statesman.com November 18, 2012 - 1:00am An Israeli missile has flattened a two-story house in a residential neighborhood of Gaza City, as Palestinian militants in Gaza continue to fire rockets toward Israelis cities. (Nov. 18)

An Outgunned Hamas Tries to Tap Islamists’ Growing Clout ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by David Kirkpatrick - November 18, 2012 - 1:00am CAIRO — Emboldened by the rising power of Islamists around the region, the Palestinian militant group Hamas demanded new Israeli concessions to its security and autonomy before it halts its rocket attacks on Israel, even as the conflict took an increasing toll on Sunday. » Read more

Hamas links truce to end of Gaza border blockade ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Karin Laub - November 18, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Gaza's Hamas rulers are aiming high in the conditions they place on stopping rocket fire into Israel in indirect cease-fire talks launched this weekend. Emboldened by Arab support and confident in their arsenal, the Islamists say calm can only come if Israel opens the gates of the tiny, closed-off territory. » Read more

Israeli Airstrike Kills Three Generations of a Palestinian Family ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Jodi Rudoren - November 18, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY — An Israeli bomb pummeled a home deep into the ground here Sunday afternoon, killing 11 people, including nine in three generations of a single family, in the deadliest single strike since the cross-border conflict between Israel and the militant faction Hamas escalated on Wednesday. » Read more