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Egypt holds on in pushing for Gaza truce talks

​Egypt on Wednesday called on Israelis and Palestinians to resume indirect talks mediated by Cairo, after the ceasefire in Gaza has been breached late Tuesday, foreign ministry said in a statement.

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Israel partially lifts Gaza fishing ban as goodwill gesture for final cease-fire

​Israel has partially lifted its fishing ban in Gaza to allow fishing within three nautical miles off Gaza shores, the Ha'aretz daily reported on Sunday.

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Rockets fired from Gaza into Israel as ceasefire expires

Rockets were fired on Friday morning from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel after a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas-led militants ended.

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Israeli PM accuses Hamas of violating own ceasefire, denies targeting civilians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire it had called for itself and pledged to do whatever must be done to protect his country.

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Israeli PM accuses Hamas of violating own ceasefire, denies targeting civilians

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire it had called for itself and pledged to do whatever must be done to protect his country.

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Fighting resumes in Gaza, as humanitarian truce collapses

Israel resumed shelling the Gaza Strip, less than an hour into the temporary humanitarian truce on Sunday, saying the fire was in response to continued fire by Hamas.

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U.S. begins push for Gaza ceasefire

The United States Sunday began to push for a ceasefire in Gaza amid an Israeli ground war aimed at halting rocket attacks against Israel's civilian population.

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Gaza sees escalating strife as 7 Palestinians killed in Israeli airstrikes

Seven Palestinian civilians were killed early on Thursday in a fresh Israeli airstrike on houses in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis, medics and security officials said.

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Israel uses massive operation to topple unity gov't: Palestinian analysts

The main purpose of the ongoing Israeli military operation in the West Bank is to undermine the new-born Palestinian unity government by weakening the Islamic Hamas movement, Palestinian analysts said on Sunday.

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Israeli war jets strike Gaza targets in response to rockets firing

Israeli war jets carried out successive airstrikes early on Thursday morning on training facilities that belong to Islamic Hamas movement in northern Gaza Strip and on Gaza city, security officials said.

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Hamas, Fatah agree to resume reconciliation discussions

Hamas, the ruling authority in the Gaza Strip, agreed on Sunday to intensify discussions with the Fatah movement in an effort to promote reconciliation between the two competing Palestinian groups.

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Israeli airstrike targets senior Islamic Jihad operative in Gaza

The Israel Air Force (IAF) on Sunday morning struck and killed an Islamic Jihad militant in the northern Gaza Strip who was planning to fire rockets at Israel in the near future, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

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Hamas rejects Egypt's accusation of aiding attackers

Palestinian Hamas movement on Thursday rejected the accusation by Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim that it was involved in an attack that killed 16 people in Egypt last month.

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Hamas militant killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza

A Hamas militant was killed and several others were injured in a shelling by Israel that targeted a group of Hamas gunmen in the southeastern part of the Gaza Strip, security sources and witnesses said Thursday.

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Hamas denies reports about reducing ties with Qatar

A Hamas official on Sunday denied reports that relations between the militant group and Qatar have been brought to a low level.

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Egypt reopens Gaza border as Hamas warns of medical crisis

Egypt reopened its Rafah crossing with the Gaza Strip after seven days of closure, allowing a limited number of people to leave and return to the Palestinian coastal enclave through its main border terminal.

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Egypt to reopen Gaza borders: Palestinian diplomat

A Palestinian diplomat said Sunday that Egypt had promised to reopen Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip "soon."