GAZA/ISRAEL-BORDER: Israeli troops are poised on the border with Gaza as the conflict enters its sixth day, with international efforts for a truce intensifying

Record ID: 397589

  • Title: GAZA/ISRAEL-BORDER: Israeli troops are poised on the border with Gaza as the conflict enters its sixth day, with international efforts for a truce intensifying
  • Date: 19th November 2012
  • Summary: GAZA CITY, SEEN FROM ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 19, 2012) (REUTERS) GAZA CITY SKYLINE GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 19, 2012) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF A GROUP OF ISRAELI ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIERS AND TROOPS RESTING UP IN HOLLOW IN TERRAIN/PAN BACK TO GAZA CITY GAZA CITY, SEEN FROM ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 19, 2012) (REUTERS) GAZA CITY SKYLINE GAZA BORDER, ISRAEL (NOVEMBER 19, 2012) (REUT
  • Embargoed: 4th December 2012 12:00
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  • Location: Gaza, Israel
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  • Country: Gaza Israel
  • Reuters ID: LVAC43JZYGBKFM6YAC3G6MYVGO8V
  • Story Text: Hostilities between Islamist militants and Israel entered a sixth day on Monday (November 19) as diplomatic efforts were set to intensify to try to stop rocket fire from the Gaza Strip and Israeli air strikes on Gaza.
    International pressure for a ceasefire seemed certain to mount after the deadliest single incident in the flare-up on Sunday (November 18) claimed the lives of at least 11 Palestinian civilians, including four children.
    United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was due to arrive in Cairo to add his weight to the truce efforts. Egypt has taken the lead in trying to broker a ceasefire and its officials met the parties on Sunday.
    Israeli media said a delegation from Israel had been to Cairo for talks on ending the fighting, although a government spokesman declined to comment on the matter.
    Israeli troops were seen on the border with Gaza on Monday morning, a few kilometres from Gaza City.
    Gaza health officials say 78 Palestinians, 23 of them children and several women, have been killed in Gaza since Israel's offensive began. Hundreds have been wounded.
    Israel withdrew settlers from Gaza in 2005 and two years later Hamas took control of the impoverished enclave, which the Israelis have kept under blockade.
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