Israel Ceasefire

George Mitchell Calls Extending Gaza Ceasefire "Critical" As Israeli Warplanes Pound Smuggling Tunnels

AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.25.2011

JERUSALEM — As Israeli-Hamas violence flared, President Barack Obama's new Mideast envoy promised on Wednesday a vigorous push for peace, saying...

Hamas Rejects Israeli Cease-Fire Demands

Israel News | Posted 05.25.2011

Hamas will not accept Israeli conditions for a cease-fire in Gaza and would continue armed resistance until the offensive ends, Khaled Meshal, the lea...

UN Chief Urges Unilateral Israeli Cease-Fire

AP, CBS News | IBRAHIM BARZAK and MARK LAVIE | Posted 05.25.2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The U.N. chief urged Israel Friday to declare a unilateral cease-fire in Gaza, but Israel rebuffed the idea as its diplo...

US, Israel Sign Agreement To Ensure Hamas Cannot Rearm

AP | IBRAHIM BARZAK and AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israel said it was approaching the "endgame" of its three-week offensive against Gaza's Hamas rulers and scheduled a Sec...

Egypt Pushes Hamas To Accept Truce

AP | SALAH NASRAWI | Posted 05.25.2011

CAIRO, Egypt — Egyptian mediators pushed the militant Palestinian group Hamas to accept a truce proposal for the embattled Gaza Strip in talks T...