Activist says Israeli navy turns back boat carrying medical aid for blockaded Gaza

October 3rd, 2009 Israeli army strikes Gaza weapons workshopGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli army says it carried out airstrikes on a weapons workshop east of Gaza City and two weapons smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Palestinian health officials reported no injuries.

September 20th, 2009 Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians on Gaza borderJERUSALEM — A Palestinian Health Ministry official says Israeli forces have killed two Palestinian militants and wounded three in an incident along the Gaza border. Dr. Moaiya Hassanain said the men were hit by tank fire.

September 20th, 2009 GAZA - Two militants, members of the Hamas movement, were killed Sunday in Israeli artillery shelling on east of the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia, medics and witnesses said. Gaza emergency chief Mo'aweya Hassanein told reporters that two Palestinians were brought dead to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City as a result of being hit by an Israeli artillery shell.

September 1st, 2009 Hamas: 2 men killed in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Hamas militant group says two of its fighters have been killed in the Gaza Strip. The cause of the deaths remains unclear.

August 25th, 2009 Gaza official: 3 dead, 7 hurt in Israel air strikeGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli air strike on a smuggling tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on Tuesday killed three Palestinians and wounded seven, a Palestinian Health Ministry official said. The official, Dr.

August 24th, 2009 2 Palestinians, 2 Israelis wounded in Gaza clashJERUSALEM — At least two Palestinians and two Israelis have been injured in violence on the Gaza-Israel border. Israeli rescue workers say Palestinians fired two mortar shells from Gaza, slightly wounding two.

July 6th, 2009 Hamas cartoon mocks captured Israeli soldierJERUSALEM — Hamas TV in Gaza has broadcast a short animated movie mocking an Israeli soldier captured by the militant Islamic group three years ago. Israeli media played excerpts of the movie Monday.

July 6th, 2009 Israel to deport Gaza boat activistsJERUSALEM — Israel is deporting a former U.S. congresswoman, a Nobel peace prize laureate and other activists who were arrested trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, a government spokeswoman said Monday.

July 6th, 2009 Israel deports foreign activists headed to GazaJERUSALEM — Israel on Monday deported a former U.S. congresswoman, a Nobel peace prize laureate and other activists who were arrested and jailed after trying to break the naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.

July 3rd, 2009 Gaza aid boat passengers still in Israeli custodyJERUSALEM — Most members of a group of foreign peace activists seized at sea by the Israeli navy remained in custody Friday, three days after their failed attempt to run Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip, relatives and supporters said. In the latest attempt by activists to break a crippling two-year blockade of Gaza, a group called the Free Gaza Movement sent the ship loaded with humanitarian supplies and 21 activists and crew from Cyprus.

June 30th, 2009 Israeli navy commandeers Gaza aid boatGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Israeli navy intercepted a ship carrying foreign peace activists trying to break a blockade of Gaza on Tuesday and forced it to sail to an Israeli port, the military said. A statement said the Greek-registered freighter Arion ignored a radio message from the Israeli military saying it would not be allowed to enter Gaza waters and ordering it to turn back.

May 2nd, 2009 Israeli airstrike against Gaza tunnels kills 2GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — An Israeli airstrike against smuggling tunnels on the Gaza-Egypt border killed two people Saturday, a Palestinian medical official said. Two bodies were pulled from the collapsed tunnels after the Israeli attack, said Dr.

April 22nd, 2009 Israel military: Probe shows no violations in GazaJERUSALEM — The Israeli military says its internal investigations shows it did not violate international law during its recent war in Gaza. The military says it maintained "high professional and moral level" against an enemy that "aimed to terrorize Israeli civilians while taking cover amid uninvolved civilians in the Gaza Strip and using them as human shields." A former U.N.

January 3rd, 2009 GAZA CITY - At least 520 Palestinians have been killed and 2,500 injured since Dec 27 in the Israeli offensive against militants in the Gaza Strip, a medical official in the salient said Sunday. The total makes Israel's Operation Cast Lead the bloodiest offensive against the Palestinians since the Palestinian Authority came into being in 1994.

January 2nd, 2009 GAZA CITY - An Israeli airstrike on a mosque in the northern Gaza Strip late Saturday afternoon killed 11 people and wounded 50, 24 of them seriously, Palestinian sources reported. An Israeli military spokesman had no immediate comment on the report, which comes on the eighth day of an Israeli offensive, mainly conducted through aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip.