A Palestinian human rights group has revealed that only 95 resistance fighters were killed in the 23-day Israeli offensive into Gaza.
From the 1194 Gazans officially registered as killed in Israeli attacks from December 27 to January 17, a whopping 1099 were civilians, the Gaza-based Palestinian center for human rights [...]

Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said the Gaza war with Israel amounted to a “great victory” for the Palestinians, in a televised speech on Sunday.
“God has granted us a great victory, not for one faction, or party, or area, but for our entire people,” said Haniya, the prime minister appointed by the Islamist movement Hamas [...]

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 13:45:41 GMT

Israeli tanks retreat to the outskirts of Gaza City as the IDF began observing a unilateral ceasefire in the strip on Sunday.

Hamas has announced an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, giving Israel one week to completely withdraw its forces from the area.
The Sunday announcement was made by the [...]

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:00:29 GMT

A protester cries during a London protest as pro-Palestine emotions ran high.

London is beginning to witness major anti-Israel demonstrations with Britons coming to realize the role the UK plays in supporting Israel.
Several hundred pro-Palestinians protesters, including a group of Jews, voiced their concern at London’s Trafalgar Square, where several [...]

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 10:49:39 GMT

The bodies of 95 Palestinians, including children, have so far been pulled from the rubble in northern Gaza, Palestinian medics say.
The bodies were pulled by rescue teams in the towns of Jabaliya and Beit Lahiya and Zeitoun after Israel declared a halt in its attacks on Gaza.
The exact number [...]

rael has shelled Gaza with white phosphorus after it called for a unilateral ceasefire, in an obvious violation of its own declaration.
A Press TV correspondent on the ground in Gaza reported the event soon after the ceasefire the ceasefire was supposedly in afffect.
Earlier today, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that Tel Aviv will [...]

Some Israeli bombs still fall on Gaza eventhough cease fire time has started 10 minutes ago.
Aljazeera

Hamas says that it will not accept the presence of a single Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip as Israel’s PM, Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral ceasefire.
“The Zionist enemy must stop all its aggression, completely withdraw from the Gaza Strip, lift the blockade, and open the crossings. We will not accept the presence of [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says Tel Aviv will observe a ‘unilateral ceasefire’ after pounding Gaza non-stop for 22 consecutive days.
Olmert made the announcement in a press conference held in Tel Aviv, adding that Israel “has achieved the objectives set by the cabinet.”
The premier said the decision was made after talks with Egypt’s president [...]

Israel continues its offensive on Gaza for a 22nd consecutive day, pounding the Zaytun district of Gaza City with white phosphorous bombs.
Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa television reported on Saturday that many residential buildings have been hit by Israeli phosphorous bombs in the Zaytun district.
The Israeli phosphorous bombs also hit a UN school in Beit Lahia [...]

Israel continues its offensive on Gaza for a 22nd consecutive day, pounding the Zaytun district of Gaza City with white phosphorous bombs.
Hamas affiliated Al-Aqsa television reported on Saturday that many residential buildings have been hit by Israeli phosphorous bombs in the Zaytun district.
The Israeli phosphorous bombs also hit a UN school in Beit Lahia [...]

Update for 15 January ‘09, morning (GMT+2)
Gaza: at least 1,033 killed, of them at least 335 children and 98 women. More than half those killed since the ground incursion began (580) are women and children. Over 4,850 injured, of them over 250 severely so.
Israel: 13 killed, of them 1 woman and 10 soldiers. Over 82 [...]

Israeli strikes have struck at least three high-rise buildings in the Gaza City, including a main compound of UN agency for refugees.
The incident took place on Thursday as Israeli military intensified its attacks on the besieged Gazans, who have been under constant fire for 20 straight days.
The attacks also left five members of a [...]

Despite intensifying its military campaign and mobilizing its forces closer to the heart of Gaza, Israel has failed to break the resistance.
On Thursday, Israeli tanks and troops advanced to within 2 km of Gaza City, where they were met with fierce resistance by Palestinian fighters.
Palestinian fighters hit two Israeli tanks with RPG shells, Hamas [...]

Defense Minister Ehud Barak is promoting a week-long “humanitarian cease-fire” in the Gaza Strip. In contrast, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert believes the military operation still has not achieved its goals.
Olmert is delaying a meeting with senior ministers in an effort to allow the military operations in Gaza to continue.
On Tuesday, Olmert did not meet [...]

يقدم الطفل الفلسطيني لؤي صبح الذي فقد بصره ومواطنته جميلة هياش التي فقدت ساقيها، دليلا دامغا على استخدام قوات الاحتلال الإسرائيلي أسلحة أميركية جديدة ومحرمة دوليا في عدوانها المتواصل على قطاع غزة.
فقد أكد الأطباء الفلسطينيون الذي باتوا خبراء بالآثار التي تخلفها الآلة العسكرية الإسرائيلية، مشاهداتهم لحالات غريبة لم يسبق أن شاهدوا مثيلا لها في الإصابات [...]

Israeli forces have failed to capture Gaza City despite sending thousands of reserve soldiers to invade the city on Sunday, a Press TV correspondent reports.
Israeli troops and tanks which have been trying to enter the Gaza City are still engaging resistance fighters and have not succeeded to sweep into the city Press TV correspondent [...]

t least seven Palestinian civilians, four of whom were children, have been killed in an Israeli attack in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Gazan medics reported Sunday that Israeli tank shells have claimed the lives of two families in the northern Gazan town of Beit Lahia.
This comes shortly after authorities found 10 bodies in [...]

UN Details Latest Gaza Incident as Death Toll Passes 800
Israeli ground troops ordered around 110 Palestinian civilians into a single home in Gaza City’s Zeitun neighborhood and ordered them to stay indoors on Sunday. On Monday morning, Israeli forces repeatedly shelled the building, killing at least 30 of the civilians inside. [...]

By Reuters

The United States is seeking to hire a merchant ship to deliver hundreds of tons of arms to Israel from Greece later this month, tender documents seen by Reuters show.
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command said the ship was to carry 325 standard 20-foot containers of what is listed as “ammunition” on two [...]