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Israel has decided to give a chance to the Egyptian-brokered talks on a lull in the fighting, while keeping military readiness for an IDF operation in the Gaza Strip.

Israel has decided to give a chance to the Egyptian-brokered talks on a lull in the fighting, while keeping military readiness for an IDF operation in the Gaza Strip. In the meantime, Hamas and other terrorist organizations escalated shelling and firing rockets at Israel
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An increase in attacks on Christian and institutions identified with the West in the Gaza Strip.

Hamas, which controls the radical Islamic entity in the Strip, pays lip-service to condemning the attacks but does not take effective steps to stop them.
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A Grad rocket fired from the Gaza Strip hit a crowded shopping mall in Ashqelon, injuring 100 people, seven of them critically.

Recently rocket fire has increased, in all probability prompted by Hamas’s desire to force Israel into accepting the lull in the fighting on Hamas terms.
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Nakba Day events in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip (as of May 14, 2008)

As Israel celebrated its 60th anniversary, Nakba Day was marked in the Palestinian Authority-administered territories to commemorate what they Palestinians call the “catastrophe” visited upon them with the establishment of the State of Israel.
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The Egyptian initiative for a lull in the fighting (updated to May 5, 2008 )

The Egyptian initiative for a lull in the fighting in the Gaza Strip has gone into high gear. An agreement on principle was reached between Egypt and Hamas regarding a six-month lull, “Gaza first,” during which Egypt would work to extend it to the West Bank.
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On Passover Eve IDF forces prevented a combined mass-casualty attack at the Kerem Shalom Crossing. The attack was carried out by Hamas as part of its campaign against the crossings, to the detriment of the residents of the Gaza Strip.

On the morning of April 19, Passover Eve, IDF forces operating in the Gaza Strip prevented a combined mass-casualty attack in the regions of the Kerem Shalom Crossing (the southern Gaza strip) and Kissufim. The attack began close to six in the morning when a barrage of mortar shells was fired at Kibbutz Kerem Shalom
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