Nowhere is safe in Gaza

Al Jazeera::2009-01-09

Yesterday was the first time in nine days that I was able to leave my house. It is about a 10 minute journey from my home to the warehouse where the Save the Children food parcels are stored - but even as I drove the Save the Children car to work, I felt very afraid.

No respite in Israeli Gaza assault

Jazeera::2009-01-09

A series of explosions has rocked the Gaza Strip despite the UN Security Council passing a resolution calling for an "immediate ceasefire" there. air raids, tank shelling and gunfire had continued in the early hours of Friday, moments after the resolution had passed.

Hamas: We will win war in Gaza

By Shane Bauer in Damascus::2009-01-09

Israel's war on Gaza has left more than 700 Palestinians dead - nearly a third of them women and children - and more than 3,000 injured. But at the organisation's headquarters in Damascus, 100km miles from the territory, Musa Abu Marzouq, the deputy head of Hamas' political bureau, told Al Jazeera why he believes his organisation is on the verge of victory against Israel.

Southeast Europe's gas supply cut

Al Jazeera::2009-01-06

Russian gas supplies delivered via Ukraine but destined for Bulgaria, Turkey, Greece and Macedonia have been cut off after Moscow accused Kiev of illegally siphoning off fuel.

UN: Humanitarian crisis worsening

Al Jazeera::2009-01-06

The UN has said that there is a worsening and an increasingly alarming humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip. John Holmes, the UN humanitarian chief, told reporters on Monday that officials believed as many as 25 per cent of the 548 people killed in the fighting were civilians and that Gaza's health system, overwhelmed by the more than 2,500 injured, was "increasingly precarious".

Scores killed as Gaza school hit

Al Jazeera::2009-01-06

Israeli strikes have killed at least 40 people who took refuge inside a UN school in the Gaza Strip, medics have said. The strike on Tuesday hit a school run by the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, Unrwa, in the northern town of Jabaliya.

Gordon Brown has pledged to create 100,000 jobs in a public spending programme.

::2009-01-04

The Prime Minister said projects for school repairs, new rail links and a better broadband infrastructure would help stem rising unemployment. In a newspaper interview, Mr Brown said he wanted to get banks lending again but denied he was planning a second bail-out package.

Civilians die in Gaza fighting

Al Jazeera::2009-01-04

Heavy fighting is raging in the Gaza Strip between Israeli forces and Palestinian fighters after Israel launched its ground offensive on the territory. At least 30 Palestinians, mostly civilians, have been killed since fighting began late on Saturday, according to Palestinian medical sources. An Israeli soldier was killed on Sunday in the fighting, the Israeli army said. Thousands of Israeli troops entered the Gaza Strip overnight with tanks and helicopters, accompanied by naval support and air strikes. The ground offensive followed eight days of intense Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip, purportedly aimed at ending cross-border rockets being fired by Hamas fighters from the territory into southern Israel. The Israeli assault, codenamed "Operation Cast Lead", has killed more than 507 Palestinians and wounded more than 2,400 others. Four Israelis have been killed by the Hamas rocket strikes in the same time. Among the latest victims were a mother and her four young children, killed by an Israeli shell that landed on their house in Gaza.

Hamas said it had killed a group of Israeli soldiers

::2009-01-03

GAZA CITY: Israeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, widening its war on Palestinians. Hamas, which rules the territory, said it had killed “a group of Israeli soldiers” and vowed to make Gaza the graveyard for the troops of the Jewish state. The group warned it would capture more Israeli soldiers. “There will be more friends for Shalit,” said a message on Hamas’ internal radio. It was a reference to Gilad Shalit, an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian fighters in a daring cross-border raid in June 2006. Shalit remains in captivity in Gaza.

Israeli artillery shells Gaza Strip

Al Jazeera::2009-01-03

Israeli artillery has started firing shells into the Gaza Strip as Israel continues its eighth day of attacks on the territory. The death toll of Palestinians climbed past 450 on Saturday as a strike on a northern Gaza town of killed at least 11 people, including one child, who were praying in a mosque. Israeli soldiers, tanks and armoured personnel carriers have massed along Gaza's border, as there is increasing speculation that a ground offensive is approaching.