India, Israel ink pact to boost tourism
June 25th, 2012 - 8:53 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, June 25 (IANS) India and Israel have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to boost their bilateral ties in the tourism sector, with Israel opening a tourism office in ... Read more...
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US funding for Israeli air defence
May 18th, 2012 - 4:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, May 18 (IANS) The US will give $70 million to help boost Israel's air defence capabilities to thwart rocket attacks by Palestinian militants."I was pleased to inform (Israeli ... Read more...
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Turkish PM warns of ‘disastrous’ consequence if Israel strikes Iran
April 1st, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Istanbul, March 31 (INAS) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned that the outcomes of an Israeli air strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be "disastrous", reports said Saturday.Erdogan ... Read more...
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Israeli army to acquire long-range rockets
March 15th, 2012 - 9:33 am ICT by IANS
Jerusalem, March 15 (IANS) In the wake of growing threats posed by rockets at the disposal of Israel's foes, the Israeli military will acquire rockets of its own, an Israeli ... Read more...
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Arab League to ask UN to impose no-fly zone over Gaza
April 11th, 2011 - 7:30 am ICT by IANS
Cairo, April 11 (IANS) The Arab League (AL) has said it will ask the UN to consider imposing a no-fly zone over the Gaza Strip to protect the civilians from ... Read more...
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Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike (Lead)
July 31st, 2010 - 10:22 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza, July 31 (DPA) A leading member of Hamas was killed and eight others were injured in Israeli airstrikes on three targets in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources confirmed Saturday.
The airstrikes took ... Read more...
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Two killed, three missing as Gaza tunnel collapses
September 12th, 2009 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Gaza/Cairo, Sep 12 (DPA) Two Palestinians were killed while three others were missing after a smuggling tunnel running under the border between the Gaza Strip and Egypt collapsed Saturday, witnesses and medical ... Read more...
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Two killed in Israeli air strikes on Gaza
March 5th, 2009 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, March 5 (Xinhua) Israeli jets Wednesday evening launched a missile in northern Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians and wounding five, medics and witnesses said.
Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters that ... Read more...
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Hamas calls on Gaza donors to recognise its legitimacy
March 3rd, 2009 - 1:45 am ICT by IANS
Gaza, March 3 (DPA) The Islamic Hamas movement Monday called on the international community to recognise its legitimacy as the ruler of Gaza Strip.
Speaking as international donors began a conference to discuss ... Read more...
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Iraqi lawmakers demand reparations for 1981 Israeli attack
February 12th, 2009 - 8:52 pm ICT by IANS
Baghdad, Feb 12 (DPA) Iraqi parliamentarians are demanding Israel pay billions of dollars in reparations for a 1981 attack on a nuclear reactor in the country, a media report said Thursday.
Mohammed Naji ... Read more...
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UN chief Ban calls for urgent aid to Gaza
January 29th, 2009 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
Davos, Jan 29 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday called on the international community to provide quick assistance for the people in conflict-torn Gaza Strip.At the World Economic Forum in Davos, ... Read more...
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Senior Hamas leader killed in Israeli airstrike
January 16th, 2009 - 3:15 am ICT by IANS
Gaza City, Jan 16 (DPA) An Israeli air strike Thursday afternoon killed Said Siam, minister of the interior in the Hamas administration in the Gaza Strip, the al-Quds radio station of the ... Read more...
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Two Israeli soldiers captured in Gaza: report
January 4th, 2009 - 4:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Jan 4 (Xinhua) The Palestinian Islamic Hamas movement claimed to have captured two Israeli soldiers while fighting early Sunday morning, the Hamas controlled Al-Aqsa TV reported.However, an Israeli Defence Force (IDF) ... Read more...
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Abbas calls for Security Council meeting on Gaza situation
January 4th, 2009 - 6:09 am ICT by IANS
Ramallah, Jan 4 (DPA) Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called Saturday for the UN Security Council to hold an urgent meeting to stop the Israeli air and ground offensives on the Gaza Strip.Palestinian ... Read more...
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Kolkata Muslims protest against Israeli air strikes
January 3rd, 2009 - 1:58 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Jan 3 (ANI): Muslims here staged a massive demonstration to protest against Israel''s offensive in Gaza that has claimed the lives of hundreds of innocent Palestine civilians.
The demonstrators, who gathered ... Read more...
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‘Israel-type retaliatory action not for India’
January 1st, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 1 (IANS) Despite mounting outrage over Pakistan's inaction against those who perpetrated the Mumbai terror rampage -- that provoked many in India to call for punitive military action -- ... Read more...
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Syria agrees to inspection by UN nuclear experts
June 2nd, 2008 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Vienna, June 2 (DPA) Syria has agreed to a visit by UN nuclear inspectors trying to verify if a site bombed by Israel in September 2007 was indeed an undeclared nuclear ... Read more...
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US notes three Syrian sites as nuclear suspects : Report
May 29th, 2008 - 2:06 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, May 29 (DPA) The United States has identified three sites in Syria as possible locations of secret nuclear facilities, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Unidentified US officials told the Post ... Read more...
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US envoy to return with North Korean nuclear documents
May 9th, 2008 - 10:52 am ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, May 9 (DPA) The US envoy to North Korea would return from Pyongyang with a "significant number" of documents detailing the communist country's nuclear programme, the US State Department said Thursday. ... Read more...
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Israel dismisses Hamas truce offer
April 25th, 2008 - 3:55 pm ICT by admin
(Lead, changing dateline)
Xinhua
Jerusalem, April 25 (Xinhua) Israel Friday dismissed a Hamas proposal for a conditional six-month truce in the Gaza Strip, calling it a ruse for the Palestinian Islamist group to recover ... Read more...
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US accuses Syria of having a secret nuclear programme
April 25th, 2008 - 9:54 am ICT by admin
DPA
Washington, April 25 (DPA) The US has said that Syria had a secret nuclear reactor, which was destroyed last year by an Israeli air raid, and it "was not intended for peaceful ... Read more...
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Three Hamas militants die in attack on Gaza crossing
April 20th, 2008 - 1:10 am ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza, April 19 (DPA) Three Palestinian militants were killed in one of the heaviest bomb attacks on Israeli soldiers at a Gaza Strip border crossing on Saturday. Sixteen Israeli soldiers were reported ... Read more...
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Israeli air strike on northern Gaza kills one militant
April 16th, 2008 - 4:44 am ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza, April 16 (DPA) A Palestinian militant was killed and three civilians wounded Tuesday night in an Israeli air strike on Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. ... Read more...
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Nine killed as Israel escalates military actions in Gaza
April 12th, 2008 - 5:19 am ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza, April 12 (DPA) Nine Palestinians, including five children and three Hamas militants, were killed Friday as Israeli army escalated military operations in the Gaza Strip, medical sources said. A Hamas militant ... Read more...
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Islamic Jihad says it has developed long-range rocket
March 16th, 2008 - 5:31 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Tel Aviv, March 16 (DPA) The radical Islamic Jihad organisation threatened to intensify its rocket attacks against Israel, saying in a leaflet Sunday that it has developed a new, longer-range rocket which ... Read more...
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No peace talks before ceasefire: Palestinians
March 11th, 2008 - 10:35 pm ICT by admin
DPA
Ramallah, March 11 (DPA) Peace talks with Israel will remain suspended until Jerusalem cancels a decision to expand settlements and accepts a ceasefire with the Palestinians, a Palestinian Authority official said Tuesday. ... Read more...
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Israeli air strike kills two militants in Gaza
March 3rd, 2008 - 1:56 am ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza, March 3 (DPA) An Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza Strip has killed two militants, witnesses and medics said. An Israeli military spokesman in Tel Aviv confirmed the air strike ... Read more...
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Death toll from Israeli offensive in Gaza rises to 20
March 1st, 2008 - 6:10 pm ICT by admin
Xinhua
Gaza, March 1 (Xinhua) The death toll from Israeli military operations in northeastern Gaza Strip rose to 20 while 60 more people were wounded, hospital sources said Saturday. Mo'aweya Hassanein, chief of ... Read more...
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Two Palestinian gunmen killed in Israeli air strike
February 22nd, 2008 - 6:10 pm ICT by admin
RIA Novosti
Gaza, Feb 22 (RIA Novosti) An Israeli missile killed at least two Palestinian militants and wounded one in central Gaza Friday morning, local radio reported. The militants were hit near Maghazi ... Read more...
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Explosion kills eight in central Gaza
February 16th, 2008 - 11:21 am ICT by admin
DPA
Gaza, Feb 16 (DPA) Eight Palestinians were killed and 40 wounded in an explosion in the al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, medics and witnesses said. Ten of the wounded were ... Read more...
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