Israel-Hamas Fighting Escalates
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Israel launched airstrikes against militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and vowed to maintain the siege of the territory until its Hamas rulers halt attacks
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Ahead of President Bush's trip to the Middle East, Israel intensifies operations in Gaza and the West Bank.
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In some of the heaviest fighting since the elections in January, Hamas and Fatah battled in Gaza today, as Hamas forces tried to disrupt Fatah-organized protests over unpaid government salaries.
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Israel and Hezbollah sharply intensified fighting Saturday with airstrikes, rocket attacks and brutal ground fighting &#151; an apparent bid to inflict maximum mutual damage even as the United States and France agreed on a draft U.N. resolution calling for a halt to the violence.
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Fresh fighting in Gaza between Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah kills one militants and injures 30.
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Palestinian militants are seeking revenge Friday, pounding Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip with mortars. The violence flared up after a top Hamas militant was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
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The mainstream Fatah movementcondemned on Thursday escalated Israeli military operations in theGaza Strip. Fatah said in a leaflet the escalated military operations in thenorthern
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JERUSALEM -- Fighting in the Gaza Strip yesterday killed at least six Palestinians, including a militant commander, as Israeli forces continued a drive to stop cross-border rocket attacks on southern Israel.
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Israel expanded its military offensive in  northern Gaza, launching two air strikes early on Monday that  killed at least three Palestinians and wounded two, including a  senior Hamas leader, witnesses and medics said.
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Rival Palestinian forces clashed in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday near the strategic Karni commercial crossing in the most serious flare-up in factional fighting in more than two weeks.
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At least eight Palestinians have been killed in heavy fighting with Israeli troops in the southern Gaza Strip. Israel says it has moved into the area to stop Palestinian mortar and rocket attacks.
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Hostilities escalated for the second time in a month as militant groups in Gaza stepped up their rocket fire against nearby Israeli population centers.
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Hamas vowed to avenge the killing of a leader in its armed wing on Tuesday in Gaza in renewed violence that erupted as talks over a Palestinian unity government bogged down in disagreement over a cabinet post.
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The two factions battled today in several parts of the Gaza Strip.
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Palestinian gunmen have confronted a column of Israeli armoured vehicles in the Gaza Strip, sparking a fierce firefight which has left at least one dead and five wounded.
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The escalation in violence came a day after Israeli negotiators and Palestinian counterparts representing the West Bank leadership started peace talks.
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Mediation efforts are under way to defuse rising tension between rival Palestinian groups Hamas and Fatah.