Israel says it is prepared to respond with great force after a long-range Grad missile fired from the Gaza Strip landed in the southern Israeli port city of Ashkelon. An Israeli examines his car, damaged by a rocket fired by Palestinian militants fr...
Palestinian rocket fire at Israel is testing a shaky ceasefire in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket at Israel that landed near the coastal city of Ashkelon. There were no injuries or damage, but the attack rais...
Several rockets have been fired from Lebanon into northern Israel, as fighting and rocket fire continues in the south and Gaza. An Israeli woman walks in her damaged kitchen after a rocket fired from southern Lebanon hit the northern Israeli town of...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 13 March 2008 A brief lull in Israeli-Palestinian fighting is over. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, a new spike in violence is eroding hopes for a ceasefire. The Islamic Jihad group fired rockets at Is...
By Jim Teeple Sderot, Israel 29 February 2008 Every day is a gamble for the residents of the small Israeli city of Sderot . The city sits on Israel's border with the Gaza Strip and nearly every day Palestinian militants target Sderot with small rocke...
By Jim Teeple Jerusalem 08 January 2008 Two rockets fired from Lebanese territory struck northern IsraelTuesday, raising tensions before the Mideast visit of President George Bush. VOA's Jim Teeple reports Israeli police say they have mobilized a mas...
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By Jim Randle Baghdad 13 September 2007 A U.S. general has accused Tehran of sending rockets to Shi'ite groups fighting Iraq's government and U.S. forces in Iraq. VOA's Jim Randle Reports from Baghdad. Gen. Kevin Bergner speaks to reporters in Baghda...
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 11 September 2007 More than 60 Israeli soldiers were wounded, several seriously, in a Palestinian rocket attack. As Robert Berger reports from VOA's Jerusalem bureau, Israel is weighing a response. Israeli soldier walks nex...
By Kari Barber Dakar 29 June 2007 An airplane carrying the Ivory Coast's prime minister, Guillaume Soro, came under fire by unknown assailants Friday, leaving several dead according to early reports. Sources close to the prime minister, say Mr. Soro,...