But the Turkish government invited a Hamas leader for talks in two thousand six after the party won Gaza elections.

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Israel says the purpose is to keep weapons out of Gaza and to prevent rocket fire into the Jewish state.

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The United Nations temporarily suspended aid operations in Gaza Thursday after Israeli fire killed the driver of an aid truck.

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There were fierce battles in Gaza on Friday as Hamas and Israel both rejected a United Nations call for an immediate cease-fire.

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The Cyprus-based Free Gaza Movement and a Turkish aid group known by the letters IHH organized the flotilla.

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Nine activists were killed. But Greta Berlin of the Free Gaza Movement says the efforts will continue.

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But officials say the blockade might be eased to permit more civilian goods into Gaza.

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The ships loaded with aid tried to break a three-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza.

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The blockade followed the violent takeover of Gaza by Hamas in two thousand seven.

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And she warned against the use of people in Gaza as human shields.

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Hamas captured control of Gaza from the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority in 2007.

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President-elect Barack Obama says he is concerned about the violence in Gaza.

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Israel says it has no plans to permanently reoccupy Gaza.

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Egypt also enforces the embargo on Gaza.

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Hamas routed Mr.Abbas's Fatah forces in the Palestinian civil war in Gaza in 2007 and seized control of Gaza;

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The kidnapping of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and continued rocket attacks from Gaza have kept Israel from lifting it.

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The report concluded that both Israel and Palestinian militants committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity during the Gaza war.

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"The international consensus about maintaining this closure of Gaza has broken down badly and it is no longer sustainable."

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The Iron Dome will help neutralize the rocket threat from Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

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Middle East analysts say the international community will now need to negotiate an agreement to ease the blockade of Gaza.

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Many have little sympathy for those in the Gaza Strip, where militants have been firing rockets at Israel for several years.

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Mr.Netanyahu also addressed an upsurge in violence in the Gaza Strip,which is ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas.

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Egypt announced it is temporarily lifting the blockade it has been enforcing, along with Israel, on the Gaza Strip.

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The move follows Israel's violent interception Monday of 10,000 tons of supplies bound for Gaza aboard an international aid flotilla.

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The deal would include the release of an Israeli soldier held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2006.

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after it endorsed the Goldstone Report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes during the Gaza conflict last December and January.

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"It is not enough to simply ensure that supplies such as drugs and consumables are able to enter the Gaza Strip.

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But the loudest applause was for his call for the ending of Israel's embargo against Palestinians living in Gaza.

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The U.S.has also pledged an additional $10 million for the construction of five new UNRWA schools in the Gaza Strip.

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