Day: July 17, 2014

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MIDDLE EAST Israel launches Gaza ground invasion Hamas says Israel will pay a “high price” as tanks seen entering Palestinian territory in major escalation of offensive.

Gregg Carlstrom ALJAZEERA Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 230 Palestinians. Witnesses in Gaza reported heavy bombing from jets, warships and artillery stationed along the border, with […]

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MIDDLE EAST Israel launches Gaza ground invasion Hamas says Israel will pay a "high price" as tanks seen entering Palestinian territory in major escalation of offensive.

Gregg Carlstrom ALJAZEERA Israeli tanks entered Gaza on Thursday night after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered a ground invasion, a major escalation in a ten-day offensive that has already killed more than 230 Palestinians. Witnesses in Gaza reported heavy bombing from jets, warships and artillery stationed along the border, with […]

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Israel-Gaza conflict: Medical charity likens work to ‘patching up torture victims in an open-air prison’ Comments by senior Médecins Sans Frontières official expose ethical dilemma of humanitarian work in conflict zones

by Robert Fisk, The Independent In an unprecedented criticism of the Israeli siege of Gaza, a senior official in the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) humanitarian charity has described his organisation’s work among the 1.8 million besieged Palestinian refugees as akin to being “in an open-air prison to patch up prisoners […]