Hamas armed wing vows to respond to Gaza strikes
Gaza, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Military wing of Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday vowed to respond to a series of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning in which around 10 Palestinians were wounded. "The Israeli escalation will not be ignored and Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades will not fail to take actions," said Abu Obaida, a spokesman for the Hamas armed wing. "We will defend ourselves with all means possible and we will counter any new offensives," Abu Obaida added in a...

Hamas Armed Wing Vows to Respond to Gaza Strikes
Gaza - The Military wing of Islamic Hamas movement on Sunday vowed to respond to a series of Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip early Sunday morning in which around 10 Palestinians were wounded. "The Israeli escalation will not be ignored and Ezz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades will not fail to take actions," said Abu Obaida, a spokesman for the Hamas armed wing. "We will defend ourselves with all means possible and we will counter any new offensives," Abu Obaida added in a...

Several Palestinians wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza
At least five Palestinians were wounded in a series of Israeli Air Strikes on the Gaza Strip overnight, medics said on Sunday. The Israeli Military said the Air Strikes on Sunday came in retaliation to rocket fire into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier and also targeted weapons-making factories in the Palestinian enclave controlled by the radical Islamic group Hamas. The Israeli attacks came a day after Hamas and other militants in the Gaza Strip said they were going to stop firing...

Israel military: 3 strikes against weapons operations in Gaza after rocket attack
Jerusalem — The Israeli Military says its Aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip. The Military says the Air Strikes Sunday were in retaliation for rocket fire into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier. Later Saturday, Gaza's Hamas rulers announced that militant factions in the territory had agreed to stop firing rockets. The goal is to prevent Israeli retaliation. Israel went to war against Gaza militants nearly a year ago to crush...

Israel military: 3 strikes against weapons operations in Gaza after rocket attack
Jerusalem — The Israeli Military says its Aircraft have attacked two weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip. The Military says the Air Strikes Sunday were in retaliation for rocket fire into southern Israel from Gaza a day earlier. Later Saturday, Gaza's Hamas rulers announced that militant factions in the territory had agreed to stop firing rockets. The goal is to prevent Israeli retaliation. Israel went to war against Gaza militants nearly a year ago to crush...

Israeli aircraft strike Gaza targets
Israeli Aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the Military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel . The airstrikes, which wounded at least seven people - including one seriously - came despite an announcement by Gaza's Hamas rulers that the territory's Military factions had all agreed to stop firing rockets. The Hamas announcement came late Saturday, after the rocket attack. Hamas'...

Israel Strikes Targets in Gaza: PHOTO
Israeli Military says its Aircraft struck two factories in Gaza and a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt; Palestinian medics say the air assault wounded at least seven people   22 November 2009 Photo: AP Palestinians check the damage at the site hit by an Israeli airstrike in Maghazi Refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, 22 Nov 2009 Share This Related Articles The Israeli Military says its Aircraft struck two factories in Gaza and a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and...

Israel Strikes Gaza
Israeli Aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories in the Gaza Strip on Sunday morning, wounding at least seven people, despite a recent informal promise of a ceasefire from Gaza. Gaza's Hamas rulers had recently agreed to stop firing rockets, which Hamas's interior minister said was designed to prevent Israeli retaliation. Israel's offensive in December and January killed 1,400 Palestinians, according to U.N. estimates. Thirteen Israelis were killed. The offensive was meant to...

Israeli airstrike injures eight
THREE Israeli Air Strikes on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight wounded eight Palestinians, one of them seriously, medics said today. Five people were wounded, including the one seriously, in a raid carried out on smuggling tunnels near the southern town of Rafah, they said. The other three people were wounded in strikes against metal workshops in the territory, one of them in the centre and the other in the north, they said. An army spokesman told AFP the raids came in response to a rocket...

Israeli aircraft strike tunnels, arms factories
Jerusalem (AP)

Israeli jets strike Gaza
Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes against targets in the Gaza Strip yesterday, injuring seven Palestinians, medical workers said.

Israel gives cold shoulder to Hamas' rocket-cessation statement
Jerusalem, Nov. 22 (Xinhua) -- Hamas announced on Saturday it reached an agreement with other Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to only fire rockets against Israeli targets in response to any future Israeli Military incursion into the coastal enclave. Just hours after the Hamas statement, Israel responded to a rocket attack fired from Gaza earlier on Saturday. Israeli Aircraft targeted what the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said were two weapons-making facilities in northern and central Gaza...

Hamas Responds to Israeli Airstrikes
Spokesmen for Hamas are publicly promising retaliation for Israeli airstrikes Sunday morning that reportedly killed 9 Palestinians, despite a temporary ceasefire. “We will defend ourselves with all means possible and we will counter any new offensives,” said spokesman Abu Obaida, adding that the agreement “doesn’t mean that the hands of resistance are shackled to respond to the Zionist aggression.” The airstrikes targeted metal workshops and smuggling tunnels in...

Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza
Gaza, Nov 22

Israeli jets attack Gaza, 7 Palestinians injured
Israeli jets have carried out Air Strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring seven Palestinians. On Sunday, Palestinian medical workers and witnesses said other areas targeted by Israeli planes included a caravan in the northern Gaza Strip and smuggling tunnels in the south under the border with Egypt, the New York Times reported. In addition, the Press TV correspondent in Gaza reported that Israeli gunboats were approaching the coast of Gaza. The attacks occurred one day after Hamas...

Hamas says Gaza militant groups have agreed to stop firing rockets at Israel
Gaza CITY, Gaza Strip — Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. Hamas has mostly refrained from firing rockets since January when Israel ended a three week offensive in Gaza aimed at stopping almost daily militant attacks. Other Gaza militant groups have since continued with rocket attacks, but on a much smaller scale than before. About 1,400...

Hamas says Gaza militant groups have agreed to stop firing rockets at Israel
Gaza CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Hamas announced Saturday evening that it has reached an agreement with other militant groups in Gaza to stop firing rockets at southern Israeli towns to prevent retaliatory attacks. Hamas has mostly refrained from firing rockets since January when Israel ended a three week offensive in Gaza aimed at stopping almost daily militant attacks. Other Gaza militant groups have since continued with rocket attacks, but on a much smaller scale than before.

Israeli Planes Strike Targets in Gaza
Gaza: Israeli planes carried out Air Strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said. An

Hamas halts rocket attacks on Israel
Hamas announced today that it would freeze its rocket attacks on southern Israel, after Israeli war planes bombed the Gaza Strip.

Israeli jets strike West Bank
Gaza, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Israeli Military Aircraft struck targets in the Gaza Strip overnight Saturday after a rocket was fired from Palestinian territory into Israel, officials said. Israeli Military officials said two Hamas weapons plants and an arms smuggling tunnel were bombed, The Jerusalem Post reported. Unnamed Palestinian sources said five people were wounded, the newspaper said. A Kassam rocket had been fired from Gaza into the Shaar Hanege region Saturday morning, causing no casualties...

NYT > World: Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza Targets
This is a syndicated post. Original article from NYT > World , available at NYT > World . Israeli Aircraft attacked two suspected weapon factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip in what the Military said was retaliation for rocket fire.

Gaza militant groups 'agree to stop firing rockets into Israel'
Hamas has won an agreement from other militant groups in Gaza to halt rocket fire into Israel for the first time in almost a year, a move that could signal progress on a deal to release a captured Israeli soldier. The agreement, announced late yesterday, appears to be an attempt by the Palestinian Islamist movement to prevent another descent into conflict at a time when reconstruction has barely begun almost 12 months after the devastating conflict with Israel.

'Gaza water not fit for human consumption'
Water in the Gaza Strip is so salty that it is no longer safe for human consumption, a senior Palestinian official in charge of water supplies in the coastal sliver says. "The water is no longer fit for human consumption, with analysis and international studies showing that just 10 percent of water in the Gaza Strip is potable... threatening the lives of Palestinians," AFP quoted Munzir Shiblak as saying on Sunday. In a statement he called for "the necessary measures to be taken to end the...

Israel fires at Gaza, says weapons facilities hit: PHOTO
(CNN) — Israeli fighter jets attacked what the country said were “terrorist sites” in Gaza in retribution for an earlier attack, the Military said Sunday. The Israel Air Force hit two weapons-manufacturing facilities in northern and central Gaza and a smuggling tunnel in the Rafah border area, Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. Gaza shares the Rafah border with Egypt. The incident took place overnight Saturday, according to security sources within Hamas, which controls...