Gaza Violence Dents Hopes of Middle East Peace
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Israel struck back with missiles at Gaza  Strip militants Monday after five Israeli troops were killed in  a resurgence of violence that has dented hopes of peace after  Yasser Arafat's death.
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World powers have largely abandoned hope that Hamas radicals will drop anti-Israel positions that have riven the Palestinian leadership and led to a cutoff of direct international aid. Now diplomats are looking for a new approach.
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Three Palestinians were killed and 15 wounded in shootings late Friday and early Saturday, threatening the calm that has accompanied a power-sharing deal between Islamic Hamas militants and the rival Fatah Party.
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JERUSALEM: Israel said Monday it expects an upsurge in Palestinian attacks ahead of its Gaza withdrawal, as the US insisted the pullout should be consistent with the international &quot;road map&quot; for peace.
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Palestinian militants shelled Jewish settlements Monday after witnesses accused Israeli troops of killing a girl at a U.N.-run Gaza school, straining a de facto truce that has raised hopes for peace.
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An Israeli soldier and a Palestinian  militant were killed in Gaza on Tuesday in a resurgence of  violence that could threaten efforts to instil calm for a  Palestinian election for a successor to Yasser Arafat.
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SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt  - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said he hoped his summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday would project a new spirit of peace after Hamas's takeover of the Gaza Strip in a civil war.
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After a recent surge of violence in and around the Gaza Strip, Israel and the Palestinians moved gingerly today toward reinstituting an often-broken cease-fire.
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TONY EASTLEY: Since the death last month of Palestinian leader, Yasser Arafat there&#39;s been a relative lull in violence against Israeli forces in the occupied territories.
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While violence was largely over, people worried about how a round of deadly infighting postponed hope for an independent and unified Palestinian state.
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The death of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat a month ago appears to have created a new atmosphere for possible renewal of peace efforts in the Middle East.
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Olmert's government is under pressure to respond to rocket fire, but a harsh strike could sink fragile peace hopes
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A Mideast peace summit designed to open a new chapter for Israelis and Palestinians fed up with violence concluded Monday with no new agreements and a pledge to keep talking.
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Palestinian gunmen rained mortar and  rocket fire into Israeli settlements in Gaza on Thursday  despite new President Mahmoud Abbas's formal truce declaration  at a summit that revived Middle East peace hopes.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Divided more than ever after Hamas's armed takeover of Gaza, Palestinians are watching their dream of statehood turn into even more of a nightmare to achieve.
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Egypt said Tuesday it had brokered an understanding to halt Israeli-Palestinian violence and move toward a peace accord, hours after Hamas militants set off a bomb in Gaza that killed an Israeli soldier and triggered Israeli retaliation that left four Palestinian militants dead in the most serious violence since the death of Yasser Arafat.
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A shaky cease-fire took effect on Monday between Palestinian rivals Hamas and Fatah after days of heavy fighting pushed the Gaza Strip to the brink of civil war.