November 19th, 2012

Gaza children struggle to cope with life under fire ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters by Noah Browning - November 18, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Barefoot boys chase each other in circles around the street, pointing pretend guns made out of rubber pipes up at the Gaza sky, which is thick with Israeli F-16s and surveillance drones. » Read more

Southern Israel residents scared but determined ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press by Aron Heller - November 18, 2012 - 1:00am BEERSHEBA, Israel — After days of incessant rocket fire, the largest city in southern Israel has been turned into a ghost town. Schools are closed, stores are shuttered and normally bustling streets are empty. » Read more

Abbas: Israel trying to undermine Palestinian UN move ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 17, 2012 - 1:00am RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday accused Israel of launching an deadly assault on the Gaza Strip to undermine his efforts to secure a diplomatic upgrade at the United Nations. Israel started an air offensive on Wednesday with the assassination of a Hamas commander. Medics say 28 Palestinians have been killed, and three Israelis died from rocket fire from Gaza. » Read more

Israel hits 2 Gaza media HQs, 6 journalists injured ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 19, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An Israeli airstrike damaged two media headquarters in Gaza City early Sunday, injuring at least six journalists, witnesses said. Khader al-Zahhar, a cameraman with al-Quds TV, had a leg amputated due to injuries sustained in the attack. The Al-Shawa building, struck in the early hours, houses a number of media organizations, including Ma'an News Agency's headquarters in the Gaza Strip. » Read more

Israel hits 2 Gaza media HQs, 6 journalists injured ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Ma'an News Agency November 19, 2012 - 1:00am GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- An Israeli airstrike damaged two media headquarters in Gaza City early Sunday, injuring at least six journalists, witnesses said. Khader al-Zahhar, a cameraman with al-Quds TV, had a leg amputated due to injuries sustained in the attack. » Read more

Iran denies supplying Fajr-5 rockets to Gaza militants-report ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters November 18, 2012 - 1:00am DUBAI, Nov 18 (Reuters) - A senior Iranian lawmaker denied his country had supplied Palestinian Islamist militants in Gaza with missiles capable of hitting Israel's commercial centre, Iran's Arabic-language Al Alam television reported. » Read more

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)