Hamas And Fatah Agree To A Unity Government

Abbas Seeks To Allay Fears On Accord With Hamas -- Washington Post

RAMALLAH, West Bank — A day after his Fatah movement initialed a reconciliation agreement with militant Islamist group Hamas, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas sought Thursday to counter warnings from Israel and suggestions in Washington that the accord would undermine peace efforts.

Meeting at his headquarters with a group of Israeli businessmen and former security chiefs advocating an Israeli peace initiative, Abbas gave assurances that the Palestine Liberation Organization, which he heads, would still be responsible for handling negotiations.

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More News On The Fatah - Hamas Accord

Palestinian Rivals Agree to End Feud -- FOX News
Egypt Invites Palestinian Factions to Sign Unity Deal -- Voice of America

US to Reassess Palestinian Aid After Hamas-Fatah Deal -- Voice of America
PA warned aid at stake if it unites with Hamas -- Washington Times
US could reassess aid to Palestinians -- Stars And Stripes/AP

Israel rejects Palestinian unity government with Hamas -- BBC
Palestinian rivals Fatah, Hamas reach accord seen as obstacle for peace with Israel -- Washington Post
Some Palestinians Skeptical About New Reconciliation Agreement -- Voice of America
Why Israel and Obama should welcome Hamas-Fatah reconciliation -- Christian Science Monitor
Negotiations: Vindicating Israel -- Jerusalem Post
Analysis: Palestinian unity deal brings with it risks -- Reuters

Tit For Tat Military Strikes Between Israel And Hamas

Israeli soldiers run past a bus after an anti-tank missile hit it in the southern Israeli kibbutz of Sa'ad Photo: REUTERS

Death Toll Rises As Israel Strikes Gaza Strip -- The Telegraph

Dozens of Palestinians, including children and other civilians, have also been wounded in the raids, which were launched after an anti-tank missile fired by a Hamas squad hit an Israeli school bus close to the border on Thursday, seriously injuring a 16-year-old boy.

Just minutes earlier, dozens of schoolchildren had got off the bus at a local kibbutz. The missile was one of about 50 the Israeli army said had been fired across the border on Thursday.

Immediately after the attack, Israeli forces shelled the border area from which the missile had been fired, killing a 50-year-old man and wounding five others, including a young child.

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More News On The Escalating Violence Between Israel And Gaza

Israel shells Gaza after anti-tank missile hits school bus -- The Telegraph
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Continue -- New York Times
Gaza-Israel violence rages on -- Mail & Guardian
13 killed in retaliatory Israeli strikes in Gaza -- Washington Post
Grads, mortars hit south; man killed in IDF strike -- Ynet News
Hamas threatens to esclate if Israeli raids persist -- Reuters
Hamas: Our response has been restricted -- Ynet News
Israel believes Hamas trying to establish 'balance of terror' -- Haaretz
In Israel, the Shadow of a New Gaza War -- Time Magazine
Rising violence in Gaza stirs fears of another offensive -- CNN