Middle-East

WoW! Its looking bad over there! This will get the war on terror moving a lil faster..

UN aid chief warns Gaza is on the verge of humanitarian crisis

By The Associated Press

Gaza is three days away from a deadly humanitarian crisis unless Israel promptly restores fuel and electricity to the densely populated area after its offensive to free an abducted soldier, the United Nations aid chief warned on Thursday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/732995.html

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh said Friday that Israel's offensive in Gaza â?? including the kidnappings of some of his Cabinet ministers â?? was part of a premeditated plan to bring down the Hamas-led government.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060630/...lestinians_346

The detention of Hamas parliamentarians in the early hours of Thursday morning had been planned several weeks ago and received approval from Mazuz on Wednesday.
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/732528.html

Egypt warns Israel not to take peace treaty for granted
An Israeli "war on all fronts" drew a rare warning from Egypt on Thursday that the military escalation jeopardizes a peace treaty with Israel as the Arab League held an emergency session to discuss the crisis. The threat of a regional conflagration rose Wednesday after Israeli warplanes overflew a palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad, whose country is host to several Palestinian militant groups. A defiant Syria on Thursday vowed to defend itself against Israeli attacks
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article....ticle_id=73592


ISRAEL last night threatened to assassinate Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh if Hamas militants did not release a captured Israeli soldier unharmed

Israeli army said yesterday they carried out a low-altitude flight over the palace of Syrian President Bashar Assad in Latakia, in northwestern Syria.

Syrian sources reported that they fired at two Israeli planes flying over Syrian air space

Israel air strikes in Gaza set ministry ablaze
GAZA (Reuters) - Israeli air strikes in Gaza City destroyed the Palestinian Interior Ministry on Friday in what marked the first Israeli attack against a government structure since Hamas won parliamentary elections in January.

There were no immediate reports of casualties
http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/news...KE.xml&src=rss

Hamas Leaders Arrested; Israeli Executed
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...523,full.story