Middle East News

Heavy fighting has taken place in and around Gaza City with Palestinian fighters putting up a stiff resistance to advancing Israeli ground forces. Large explosions and intense gun battles were reported from the Shejaiya neighbourhood late on Monday. Flares lit...

On Monday, dozens of people died in heavy clashes around the Gaza City enclave in large explosions and heavy exchanges of fire. Israel has pressed its campaign to halt Hamas rocket attacks by pushing into the eastern part of Gaza...

We have heard over the years that the Israeli military is one of the finest, best trained in all the world. Despite this, they seem to be rather incompetent when you take the results of their actions and weigh them...

The Israeli offensive is aimed at halting years of rocket fire into southern Israel by Palestinian militants that terrifies tens of thousands of residents of the Jewish state. Hamas, an Islamic group whose charter calls for Israel's destruction, seized control...

Israeli forces pounded Gaza Strip houses, mosques and tunnels for the tenth day on Monday from the air, land and sea, killing several children and other civilians, as they consolidated a bruising land offensive.Israeli warplanes have pounded the Hamas-ruled Gaza...

GAZA – Israeli troops backed by air strikes fought to seize ground from Hamas militants deep inside the Gaza Strip on Monday despite international calls for a ceasefire in a conflict that has killed more than 540 Palestinians in 10...

Israeli troops and Hamas militants fought their first major battles in Gaza City on Monday with tanks and assault helicopters launching a night-time offensive. Residents reported explosions and heavy machine gun fire rocking the Shejaiya neighborhood of the enclave's capital...

Howard will receive the US Presidential Medal of Freedom at a White House ceremony next week. The award is the highest civilian honour bestowed by a United States president. Mr Howard is being honoured for his role in fighting terrorism and...

Saltanov, who is also Russian deputy Foreign Minister, met with Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni in Jerusalem yesterday and urged Israeli side to end the violence in the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. ''The central topic...