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Obama warns against 'ramping up' in Gaza crisis

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President Barack Obama said Sunday an incursion by Israel's forces into the Gaza Strip could only deepen its death toll, cautioning against an escalation even as he defended the Jewish state's right to defend itself. Obama also warned Palestinians the crisis could crush peace hopes for years.

 

White House says Israel 'has right to defend itself'

An Obama aide says the U.S. and Israel both want an end to the rocket fire that's coming from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

 

As Hamas rockets fly, Israel moves toward ground invasion of Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip

Israel continued its aerial assault on targets in the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip early Saturday, launching 200 airstrikes aimed at smuggling tunnels under the enclave's border with Egypt and what the Israeli military said were four Hamas buildings, including the group's headquarters, a police station and a commander's house. Witnesses reported that the offices of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh were destroyed.

 

Rockets land near Jerusalem in escalation of Gaza fighting

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Palestinian militants for the first time targeted the holy city of Jerusalem on Friday with rocket fire as Israel and the Islamist group Hamas inched closer to all-out war.

 

Israel kills Hamas military chief

Israel Gaza Attack

The head of the military wing of the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas has been killed during Israeli air and naval strikes in the Gaza Strip. Ahmed Said Khalil al-Jabari and another Hamas official died when the car they were in was hit in Gaza City. It follows a wave of rocket attacks against Israel from the territory.

 

Israel confronts rocket attacks from Gaza, stray shelling from Syria

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Israel faced the prospect of stepped-up military action on two fronts Monday as rockets fired from Gaza hit southern communities for the third straight day, and the army said it shelled a Syrian artillery battery after a stray shell landed near one of its posts in the Golan Heights.

 

Panicking cow kills Palestinian in Muslim feast

Cow

A panicking cow killed a Palestinian man who was trying to slaughter the beast on Saturday during the Muslim celebration of Eid al-Adha, a Gaza health official said.

 

Qatari ruler enters Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip

First head of state to visit the Palestinian territory since Islamist Hamas militants seized control there 5 years ago.

 

Israel stops ship bound for Gaza

Israel says its blockade is intended to stem arms smuggling, but activists say the embargo is a collective punishment of civilians.

 

Israel Launches Airstrikes After Attacks From Gaza

Israeli warplanes responded to rocket fire from Gaza on Monday by launching airstrikes, in a flare-up that began Sunday when Israel fired missiles against two suspected members of jihadist groups.

 

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