There are hopes of a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza after 10 people died in rocket and airstrikes on Saturday.

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An Israeli man has been killed by a rocket attack from Gaza after nine Palestinian militants were killed by Israeli air strikes on the south of the Gaza Strip.

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Ten killed in Israel-Gaza attacks

At least five Palestinians at an Islamic Jihad training site in southern Gaza were killed, according to witnesses and the militant group, and militants responded with rocket fire.

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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Militants in Gaza

GAZA CITY — A week ago, Yahya Dabassa Ibrahim was on a hunger strike, rotting away in an Israeli prison where he expected to spend the rest of his life. But the Oct. 18 prisoner swap between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas landed the Bethlehem native in a surreal place: the Gaza Strip’s brand-new luxury hotel . Read full article > >

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In Gaza, former prisoners pampered in luxury hotel

EL ARISH, Egypt — Large caches of weapons from Libya are making their way across the Egyptian border and flooding black markets in Egypt’s already unstable Sinai Peninsula, according to current and former Egyptian military officials and arms traders in the Sinai. Egyptian security officials have intercepted surface-to-air missiles, most of them shoulder-launched, on the road to Sinai and in the smuggling tunnels connecting Egypt to the Gaza Strip since Moammar Gaddafi fell from power in Libya in August, a military official in Cairo said. Arms traders said the weapons available on Sinai’s clandestine market include rockets and antiaircraft guns. Read full article > >

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Smuggled Libyan weapons flood into Egypt

MAHMOUD ABBAS acknowledged Monday what many Palestinians and Arab leaders concluded long ago: The result of his plan to pursue U.N. ratification of Palestinian statehood will be more hardship for the people of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Congress may terminate U.S. aid , causing an instant economic crisis; Israel is hinting at retaliation, ranging from the withholding of tax funds to the annexation of its West Bank settlements. At worst, demonstrations being orchestrated by Mr. Abbas to support the statehood initiative will get out of hand, producing a violent confrontation with Israel. Read full article > >

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A heedless rush for Palestinian statehood

Turkey says it is ‘totally suspending’ all defence ties with Israel after its refusal to apologise for last year’s deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla.

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An Israeli air strike kills a Palestinian militant commander from Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip.

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Israel kills Gaza militant leader

JERUSALEM — An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip took hold Monday, as airstrikes and rocket salvos triggered by a deadly attack by gunmen in southern Israel tapered off after five days of fighting. Israel’s relations with Cairo were strained last week after three Egyptian security officers were killed as Israeli forces pursued the gunmen responsible for the attack on Thursday. The killings led to furious protests outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo and a threat by Egypt to recall its ambassador to Israel. Read full article > >

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Gaza cease-fire takes hold

JERUSALEM — Militants in the Gaza Strip fired rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft carried out deadly strikes across the coastal territory Friday in a surge of cross-border violence a day after attackers killed eight people near Israel’s frontier with Egypt . The multiple attacks Thursday north of the Red Sea resort of Eilat were the deadliest such incident in Israel in three years and threatened to ignite a new round of hostilities across the Israel-Gaza border after months of relative calm. The killings of an Egyptian military officer and two policemen in border skirmishes after the attacks have also enraged Egyptians, putting strain on the decades-long relationship between Egypt and Israel. Read full article > >

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8 killed in strikes on Gaza after deadly raid in Israel

The Hamas military wing announced early Saturday that it was ending a de facto two-year truce with Israel as the Israeli military continued to attack sites in Gaza.

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Hamas military calls off truce with Israel

Israeli raids overnight followed the multiple attacks near the Red Sea resort of Eilat on Thursday, while Gaza militants on Friday fired rockets at southern Israeli cities.

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Israelis Hit Gaza and Militants Fire Rockets After Deadly Attacks

Gaza militants fire rockets into southern Israel, injuring several people, following Israeli air strikes and amid tension over a deadly attack in Eilat.

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Israelis injured by Gaza rockets

Israel says an airstrike targeted top leaders of the Popular Resistance Committees in Gaza after a string of attacks killed seven Israelis.

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Israel hits Gaza after deadly attacks

The Israeli military has carried out air strikes over the Gaza Strip, targeting those it blamed for a series of deadly attacks in southern Israel.

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