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Israeli soldier, Gaza gunmen killed in clash

GAZA - A Palestinian gunman broke into Israel on Friday and killed a soldier before being shot dead himself in a rare cross-border attack that Israel blamed on the Islamist group Hamas.


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Israeli soldier, Gaza gunman killed in border clash

GAZA - A Palestinian gunman broke into Israel on Friday and killed a soldier before being shot dead himself in a rare cross-border attack that Israel blamed on the Islamist group Hamas.

World, 01 Jun 2012

Palestinians honor dead returned by Israel

RAMALLAH, West Bank - The remains of 91 Palestinian militants whose attacks killed hundreds of Israelis over the past 35 years were returned to the West Bank and Gaza on Thursday in a gesture Israel said it hoped could help revive peace efforts. | Video

World, 31 May 2012

Syria set to become failed state: Israeli commander

TEL AVIV - Syria is heading for collapse and will become a "warehouse of weapons" for Islamist militants as it descends into chaos, a senior Israeli army commander said.

World, Syria, 31 May 2012

Israel urges tougher action against Assad

TEL AVIV - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called on Wednesday for tougher world action against Bashar al-Assad, saying he doubted the Syrian president "lost an hour's sleep" over the expulsion of his envoys from several capitals after the Houla massacre.

World, Syria, 30 May 2012

Prophecy of diamonds keeps Israeli firm digging

AKKO, Israel - Somewhere in the Carmel hills of northern Israel, diamond exploration company Shefa Yamim hopes to uncover the exact spot where faith meets science.

World, 30 May 2012

Prophecy of diamonds keeps Israeli firm digging

AKKO, Israel - Somewhere in the Carmel hills of northern Israel, diamond exploration company Shefa Yamim hopes to uncover the exact spot where faith meets science.

World, 30 May 2012

Israel urges tougher action against Assad

JERUSALEM - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called on Wednesday for tougher world action against Bashar al-Assad, saying he doubted the Syrian president "lost an hour's sleep" over the expulsion of his envoys from several capitals after the Houla massacre.

Syria, World 30 May 2012

Israel pours cold water on big-power talks with Iran

TEL AVIV - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday nothing short of Iran stopping uranium enrichment, getting rid of what it already produced and dismantling the means of making more, would satisfy him that it had no nuclear weapons project.

World, 29 May 2012

Israel pours cold water on big-power talks with Iran

JERUSALEM - International nuclear talks with Iran have achieved nothing, a senior Israeli official said on Tuesday, suggesting that some Western nations were happy to see the negotiations drag on.

World, 29 May 2012