Israeli army, Gaza militants in firefight
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM, Nov. 8 (Xinhua) -- A firefight erupted after Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired on an Israeli army patrol midday Thursday. "An Israel Defense Forces unit was on a regular patrol along the security fence alongside central Gaza" when militants opened fire and fired a rocket-propelled grenade at the force, an army source told Xinhua, adding that Israeli troops returned fire at " suspicious figures."

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Gaza: Boy Killed as Militants Clash With Israeli Force
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from The New York Times
by Fares Akram - (Analysis) November 8, 2012 - 1:00am

A Palestinian boy was kille

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3 Israeli soldiers wounded in bombing on Gaza border
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
November 6, 2012 - 1:00am

JERUSALEM, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Three Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers were wounded in a bombing by Palestinian militants along the southern Gaza border early Tuesday. The IDF said in a statement sent to Xinhua that one of the soldiers sustained moderate wounds and the other two were hurt lightly in the blast, which took place near Kibbutz Nirim.

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Gaza man killed by Israeli forces was mentally ill
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Diaa Hadid - (Analysis) November 5, 2012 - 1:00am



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Israeli shell wounds Palestinian in central Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Xinhua
(Analysis) November 2, 2012 - 12:00am

  A Palestinian was critically wounded on Friday by the shrapnel of an Israeli artillery shell fired at an area east of the central Gaza Strip al-Buriej refugee camp, witnesses and medics said.

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IDF reached a dead end in Gaza
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Haaretz
by Reuven Pedatzur - (Opinion) October 30, 2012 - 12:00am

  The Israel Defense Forces has reached a dead end in the Gaza Strip. The defense minister and the prime minister are arrogantly threatening Hamas day and night with a painful reaction if the rocket fire doesn't stop. And the chief of staff has declared that "the IDF is powerful and ready to react, initiate and respond to any threat at any time."

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Rocket fire from Gaza draws Israeli airstrike
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
(Analysis) October 29, 2012 - 12:00am

 

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Israel kills Hamas gunman, Gaza salvo hits Israeli city
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
by Allyn Fisher-Ilan - (Analysis) October 28, 2012 - 12:00am

  Israel killed a Hamas gunman it accused of preparing to fire a rocket from the Gaza Strip on Sunday and a separate Palestinian salvo struck a southern Israeli city, causing no damage.

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Lull in fighting between Israel, Gaza militants
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Associated Press
by Amy Teibel - October 25, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM —A deadly flare-up in fighting between Israel and Gaza's militant Hamas group subsided on Thursday after Egypt helped to restore calm ahead of a major Muslim holiday.

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Egypt brokers informal Israel-Gaza truce
ATFP World Press Roundup Article from Reuters
October 25, 2012 - 12:00am

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -- Palestinian fighters held fire overnight Thursday and Israel refrained from airstrikes as an informal truce brokered by Egypt appeared to take hold following two days of violence along the Israel-Gaza border. Palestinians had launched dozens of rockets into Israel over the preceding two days and Israel conducted a number of air raids on the coastal enclave, raising fears of a prolonged, bloody confrontation between the two sides. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the last known rocket was fired from Gaza on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m.

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