Egypt, Abbas see no foreign force on Gaza border ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters January 10, 2009 - 1:00am CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt and the Palestinian Authority said Saturday they did not envisage any international forces in Egypt or on the Gaza border under a possible truce agreement between Israel and Gaza. Egyptian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossam Zaki said Egypt had received no request. "No one has asked for this, and this is a non-issue for us," he said. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, after talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, said: "We want an international presence in the Gaza Strip, and not on the Egypt-Gaza border." » Read more

For Arab Clan, Days of Agony in a Cross-Fire ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times by Taghreed El-Khodary, Isabel Kershner - January 10, 2009 - 1:00am GAZA — Israel’s attack has razed buildings and upended families in much of crowded Gaza. But few neighborhoods suffered more than Zeitoun, a district of eastern Gaza City. And few families felt the wrath of the Israeli military more than the Samounis. » Read more

Israeli forces pound targets, draw near Gaza City ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The Associated Press by Ibrahim Barzak, Josef Federman - January 10, 2009 - 1:00am GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli forces pounded dozens of targets and edged closer to Gaza City on Saturday while southern Israel came under renewed rocket fire after one of its quietest nights in the two-week offensive against Hamas. In the day's bloodiest incident, an Israeli tank shell landed outside a home in the northern Gaza town of Jebaliya, killing nine people as they sat outside in their garden. Separately, a woman was killed by an Israeli airstrike in the southern town of Rafah. » Read more