A fragile peace: in pursuit of a solution

Ruth Pollard As shop owners pushed open their metal shutters and signs of life returned to the streets of Gaza, the scars of eight deadly days of open warfare between Israel and Hamas marked a landscape already...

Celebrations greet Gaza ceasefire

Ruth Pollard A deal to end the bloody eight-day conflict in Gaza and Israel came into effect early this morning, drawing hundreds of Gazans onto the street to celebrate after both sides continued to trade rocket...

'Calm must return': truce agreed after bloody Gaza conflict

Ruth Pollard A deal to end the bloody eight-day conflict in Gaza and Israel has been announced in Egypt overnight and took effect at 9pm local time (6am AEST.)

Collaborator's body dragged through streets after shooting

Ruth Pollard GAZA CITY: Militants believed to be from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade publicly executed six men accused of collaborating with Israel, as Israel's air force stepped up its bombing campaign in one of...

Security Council plans debate as ceasefire hopes dim

Ruth Pollard AS MIDDLE EAST leaders work with the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, to broker a ceasefire agreement acceptable to Israel and Hamas, United Nations ambassadors in New York announced the...

Chaos descends on Gaza City hospital

Ruth Pollard Ruth Pollard reports from the Gaza Strip as an Egyptian mediated ceasefire is delayed and Israel intensifies its attack on the Palestinian territory.

Chaos in Gaza as Israel steps up bombardment

Ruth Pollard Israel intensified its attacks on the Gaza Strip in the hours before an expected ceasefire announcement, pounding multiple targets in Gaza City and dropping leaflets telling residents in key areas to...

Gaza's motorcycle lynch mob: 'spies' executed, corpse dragged through streets

Ruth Pollard Militants believed to be from the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigade publicly executed six men accused of collaborating with Israel, as Israel's air force stepped up its aerial bombing campaign in one of the...

'Hamas speaks for all' - militants back talks for truce

Ruth Pollard GAZA CITY: Gaza's smaller militant groups are ready to back a Hamas and Islamic Jihad-endorsed truce with Israel, but warn that six days of shelling and air strikes have barely made a dent in their...

'They cannot fire any rockets': Gaza children buried

Ruth Pollard Gaza City: Held high above the grieving crowd, the bodies of four young children, each wrapped in the Palestinian flag, were carried to their graves, along with four other family members killed in an...

We can talk, but we're far from beaten: Gaza militants

Ruth Pollard Gaza City: Gaza's smaller militant groups say they are ready to back a Hamas- and Islamic Jihad-endorsed truce with Israel, at the same time warning that six days of shelling and air strikes had...

Toll mounts as children killed in Gaza raids

Ruth Pollard GAZA CITY: Covered in blood and dust and wrapped carefully in white cloth, the bodies of four young children lay next to each other, two to a drawer, in the morgue of Gaza's largest hospital.

Children paying heavy price in Gaza

Ruth Pollard Covered in blood and dust and wrapped carefully in white cloth, the bodies of four young children lie next to each other, two to a drawer, in the morgue of Gaza's largest hospital.

'Deadliest day': children killed in Gaza air raids

Ruth Pollard Covered in blood and dust and wrapped carefully in white cloth, the bodies of four young children lay next to each other, two to a drawer, in the morgue of Gaza's largest hospital.

As Gaza shakes from HQ attack Israel threatens 'expansion'

Ruth Pollard The early-morning call to prayer had just sounded, a melodic voice amid the darkness.

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Bombing continues day and night

Ruth Pollard The early morning call to prayer had just sounded, a melodic voice drifting across the darkness after another night of bombardment from Israeli air strikes.

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Conflict prepares to head for the brink

Ruth Pollard As the strategic realignment of Middle Eastern powers circles around the old Israeli-Palestinian conflict, now playing out with renewed ferocity in Gaza and southern Israel, it is unclear what, if...

Israelis move closer to ground attack

Ruth Pollard Israel launched an air strike on the office of Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Saturday, destroying the building.

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Hamas leader's office hit

Ruth Pollard Israel has continued its aerial bombardment of Gaza with a direct strike on the office of the Hamas Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyeh, who is not believed to have been in the building in the Nasser...