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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 18, 8:55 pm ET
Israeli warplanes bombed two smuggling tunnels and a military training compound in the Gaza Strip Thursday, wounding three people, said officials in the Palestinian territory ruled by the Islamist Hamas movement.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 1:02 pm ET
Lebanese anti-aircraft guns opened fire on Saturday on an Israeli drone that entered Lebanese airspace in the south of the country, the military said in a statement.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - 2 hours 21 minutes ago
Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said.
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Sun-Sentinel - Sat Nov 21, 1:19 pm ET
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.
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Bloomberg - Wed Nov 18, 3:30 pm ET
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Talks between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Hamas group on a prisoner exchange that would free an Israeli soldier who’s been held for three years “may be finalized soon,” a Hamas leader said.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Nov 20, 12:13 pm ET
Salvador, Brazil - Palestinian National Authority President Mahmoud Abbas wants Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to convince Iran to put an end to its support for the radical Palestinian movement Hamas. Iran supports Hamas with money. H...
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UPI - Fri Nov 20, 11:04 am ET
BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Israel is seeking to check Iranian diplomatic and trade advances in South America, a region where it has enjoyed sympathy and support since its founding, but a fuller picture of shifting alliances must also take into account recent advances by China and Russia, analysts said Thursday.
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Fox News - Sat Nov 21, 3:58 pm ET
Palestinian militants in Gaza have agreed to stop firing rockets into southern Israel.
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JTA - Fri Nov 20, 11:44 am ET
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Israel is conducting secret negotiations with Hamas.
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Thu Nov 19, 9:41 am ET
Fearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 4:26 pm ET
Water in the Gaza Strip is so salty that it is unfit for human consumption, a Palestinian official in charge of water supplies inside the besieged coastal territory said on Saturday.
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Payvand Iran News - Sat Nov 21, 1:42 pm ET
Make no mistake. The campaign against NIAC and Parsi by the Israel lobby and the neocons, aided by Iranian monarchists and the MKO, is in fact a campaign to silence anyone and any group that opposes crippling sanctions and eventually war with Iran. -Muhammad Sahimi
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Science Daily - Thu Nov 19, 11:24 am ET
Rodent, reptile and ant lion species behave differently on either side of the Israel-Jordan border. Researchers found that Israeli gerbils are more cautious than their Jordanian friends, and the funnel-digging ant lion population in Israel is unmistakably larger than in Jordan.
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WashingtonTV - Thu Nov 19, 12:22 pm ET
Washington, 19 November (WashingtonTV)—Israeli aircraft on Thursday bombed two smuggling tunnels and an alleged weapons factory in the Gaza Strip, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel.
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The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles - Thu Nov 19, 11:29 am ET
A Lebanese citizen accused of spying for Israel was arrested by the Lebanese security service. The man, a teacher, was accused of transferring sensitive intelligence to Israeli agents, Lebanese media reported Thursday. He had been under surveillance for several months, according to reports.
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INO News - Thu Nov 19, 6:12 am ET
(RTTNews) - In a pre-dawn aerial strike Thursday, Israeli Air Force destroyed a weapons factory and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip. Reports quoting Hamas sources and Gaza emergency services said three Palestinian civilians were injured in the attack.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 21, 5:01 pm ET
Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games Sunday aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from possible attack, a senior military commander said Saturday, reflecting the country's concern that Israel could make good on threats to strike militarily.
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Washington Post - Sat Nov 21, 12:00 am ET
JERUSALEM -- To keep the Palestinian Authority government working after its term expires in January, Palestinians are turning to an unelected group of political insiders instead of holding new elections, according to Palestinian officials and outside analysts.
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New York Times - 1 hour 8 minutes ago
The air defense war games reflected a concern in Tehran that Israel could carry out its threats to strike militarily.
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New York Times - 2 hours 28 minutes ago
President Hugo Chávez of Venezuela heaped praise on Ilich Ramírez Sánchez, describing him as a “revolutionary fighter.”