By Robert Berger Jerusalem 29 February 2008 Israel is threatening to invade the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip in response to escalating Palestinian rocket attacks. Israel has already stepped up air strikes, killing 31 Palestinians, about half of them civili...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 07 February 2008 Israeli troops have killed at least six Palestinian militants and a schoolteacher in the northern Gaza Strip. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau. The fighting started after Israeli tanks ba...
By Margaret Besheer United Nations 23 January 2008 Following a day of debate, the U.N. Security Council could not agree on language for a statement condemning the deterioration of the situation in the Gaza Strip. From U.N. headquarters in New York, V...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 28 October 2007 Israel is tightening sanctions on the Gaza Strip. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, the move is casting a shadow over peace efforts. Israel began cutting fuel supplies to Gaza in response...
By Jim Teeple Gaza City 01 August 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will hold talks on Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in an effort to revive the peace process between Israelis and Palestinians and bolster the moderate g...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 25 June 2007 Kidnapped BBC reporter Alan Johnston (file photo) Kidnapped BBC Gaza Correspondent Alan Johnston appeared in a new video, released by his captors. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem Bureau. The video...
By Lisa Schlein Geneva 23 June 2007 The United Nations is inaugurating the first ever summer games in the Gaza Strip for tens of thousands of children under age 18. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) says the program, which begins Sat...
By David Gollust State Department 21 June 2007 U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice flies to Paris early next week for meetings with top French officials and Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora. Middle East issues and Sudan will be on the agenda...
By Meredith Buel Washington 19 June 2007 The chief United Nations coordinator of humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians is warning the Gaza Strip could become a breeding ground for more extremist groups if the already impoverished people living...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 15 June 2007 Palestinian factional fighting in the Gaza Strip ended on Friday as Hamas Islamic militants completed their takeover of Fatah facilities. About 110 people, mostly militants, were killed in nearly a week of fightin...