Gaza operation to last until rocket fire stops: official
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JERUSALEM, Oct 6  - The Israeli army&#39;s vast operation in the northern Gaza Strip will carry on until rocket attacks by Palestinian militants on southern Israel and Gaza settlements completely stop, a senior government official told AFP Wednesday.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials begin negotiations to end a massive army operation in Gaza, Israeli sources say.
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A ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza took hold on Sunday and despite Palestinian rocket attacks in the first hours, Israel promised restraint.
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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says strikes on Hamas will continue, after a rocket from Gaza kills an Israeli in Sderot.
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The Islamic militant group Hamas said Thursday it is ready to restore its cease-fire with Israel several days after calling it off to protest a deadly explosion on a Gaza beach.
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JERUSALEM Oct. 6, 2004 - A top adviser to Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said in a published interview Wednesday that Israel&#39;s planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip is meant to delay the establishment of a
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GAZA STRIP - Israel&#39;s offensive in Gaza could continue for weeks, a senior military officer said after four more Palestinians were killed in a helicopter strike Monday.
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The truce is expected to end the five-month Israeli military offensive into Gaza and rocket attacks from Palestinian militants
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledged Sunday to escalate a broad Israeli offensive into northern Gaza, saying troops will remain in the area until Palestinian rocket attacks are halted.
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Hamas may be willing to agree to a cease-fire with Israel for one year, a senior official of the militant group said in an interview published on Saturday. Hamas said it had not fired any rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip for days.
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GAZA, Gaza Strip  - Israeli forces ended an  operation in the northern Gaza Strip less then 24 hours after  they raided the area to try to stop cross-border rocket attacks  by Palestinian militants, the army said Monday.
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Palestinian militants will cease firing rockets at Israel from Gaza on Sunday, President Mahmoud Abbas told Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who pledged in return to halt attacks in the territory if the salvoes stopped.
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Palestinian militants say there will be no ceasefire until Israel stops attacks in Gaza, as a minister is detained.
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By Saul Hudson SAO PAULO, Brazil  - The United States hopesIsrael will quickly end its massive offensive in Gaza withoutexpanding the operation, Secretary of State Colin Powell saidon Monday.
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Israel will keep troops in the Gaza Strip indefinitely to prevent Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli towns, Ariel Sharon, the prime minister, said yesterday.
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Israeli and Palestinian officials are  trying to work out a deal to end Israel's biggest Gaza  offensive in four years of conflict in return for stopping  rocket fire into the Jewish state, security sources said.
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A total cease-fire in Gaza is expected to begin at 6 a.m. local time Sunday (11 p.m. Saturday ET) after Israel and Palestinian factions agreed on a proposal, authorities said Sunday.