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This past week nine mortar shells were fired into Israeli territory, eight on one day. Some of them contained phosphorus. An aid convoy organized by Viva Palestina left for the Gaza Strip. It is currently in France and from expects go to Italy, Turkey, Greece and Syria. From the Syrian port of Latakia it expects Read more...

This past week there was an increase in the rocket fire from the Gaza Strip targeting the western Negev. On September 14 a summit meeting was held at Sharm el-Sheikh attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas. The American secretary of state and president of Egypt also attended. On Read more...

This past week events focused on the relaunching of the direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in Washington. The opening session was accompanied by shooting attacks carried out by Hamas and targeting Israeli vehicles in Judea and Samaria: An attack southeast of Hebron killed four Israeli civilians. In another shooting attack in eastern Read more...