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Times Online World News, 09.01.09 22:03 UTC

Envoys draw up plan to carve out foothold for peacekeepers

A plan to create a new foothold in Gaza for the Palestinian Authority and international monitors was being drawn up by diplomats yesterday as a UN ceasefire call was dismissed by both sides. The plan ...

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NPR, 09.01.09 18:32 UTC

Despite U.N. Truce Call, Israel Vows To Fight On

NPR.org, January 9, 2009 · Israel said Friday it will press ahead in an offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza, despite a U.N. Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire. The ...

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San Francisco Chronicle, 08.01.09 16:06 UTC

UN halts Gaza aid shipments, cites Israeli attacks

(01-08) 07:32 PST JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) -- The United Nations halted aid deliveries to the besieged Gaza Strip on Thursday, citing Israeli attacks on its staff and installations hours after it said ...

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 08.01.09 16:05 UTC

Israel, Hamas resume fighting after lull

JERUSALEM -- A surreal calm settled over the Gaza Strip for three hours yesterday afternoon, as the 12-day-old Israeli military campaign to destabilize the militant Islamist group Hamas came to a ...

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New York Post, 08.01.09 11:44 UTC

A PASSING VICTORY

Last updated: 3:49 am January 8, 2009 Posted: 3:04 am January 8, 2009 ISRAEL'S critics have a point about the Gaza campaign: It won't do anything to end the "endless cycle of violence." But ...

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USA Today, 08.01.09 10:00 UTC

2 Israeli officials arrive in Cairo for cease-fire talks

CAIRO (AP) — Two Israeli officials are in Cairo for talks on an Egyptian-brokered plan to end the fighting in the Gaza Strip between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

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USA Today, 08.01.09 10:00 UTC

Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front

JERUSALEM (AP) — Lebanese militants fired barrages of rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, striking a nursing home and threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip.

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Belfast Telegraph, 08.01.09 09:31 UTC

Egypt hosts talks on Gaza ceasefire plan

Representatives of Israel, Hamas and the Palestinian Authority are due hold talks with Egyptian officials in Cairo today on a plan designed to secure a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Nearly 700 ...

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USA Today, 08.01.09 08:04 UTC

Attack on Israel from Lebanon threatens 2nd front

JERUSALEM (AP) — Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, threatening to open a second front for the Jewish state as it pushed forward with its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Gaza militants fired a rocket barrage into southern Israel almost simultaneously.