A ferocious dispute between the CIA and Congressional Democrats centers on an ultra-secret effort launched by agency officials after 9/11 to draw up plans to hunt down and kill terrorists using commando teams similar to those deployed by Israel after the 1972 Munich Olympic massacre, according to a former senior US official.

An Israeli military college has printed damning soldiers' accounts of the killing of civilians and vandalism during recent operations in Gaza.

One account tells of a sniper killing a mother and children at close range whom troops had told to leave their home.

Another speaker at the seminar described what he saw as the "cold blooded murder" of a Palestinian woman.

The army has defended its conduct during the Gaza offensive but said it would investigate the testimonies.

The Israeli army has said it will investigate the soldiers' accounts.

The BBC’s refusal to broadcast a humanitarian appeal for Gaza on behalf of a group of charities is motivated by a desire to appease US advertisers for its commercial TV channel and website, and by Mark Thompson’s own political proclivities.

Many people have been shocked and bewildered by the BBC’s refusal to broadcast a national humanitarian appeal for Gaza on behalf of the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), an umbrella organization for 13 humanitarian aid agencies.

TOLEDO — Joe the Plumber is taking on a new job.

The Ohio man made famous during the presidential campaign is heading to Israel as a war correspondent for the conservative Web site, pjtv.com.

Samuel J. Wurzelbacher says he'll spend 10 days covering the fighting and explaining why Israeli forces are mounting attacks against Hamas.

He told WNWO-TV in Toledo that he wants "go over there and let their 'Average Joes' share their story."

Israeli helicopters fly over the Gaza Strip for a second round of attacks after killing at least 210 people in their previous attack.

Military gunboats have also been approaching the coastal territory, witnesses told Press TV on Saturday.

Earlier in the day, Israeli aircraft launched a massive offensive against the territory, killing at least 180 people and wounding hundreds others.

The death toll, mostly civilians according to the Palestinian Hamas, is expected to rise.

Jerusalem(PTI): Eight Palestinians were killed in two Israel Air Force strikes in the Gaza Strip hours after Hamas declaredan end to Egypt brokered six months truce with Israel, media reports said.

Three armed Hamas insurgents were killed in an air strike on Tufah in the southern Gaza Strip and 5 other Palestinians were killed in the northern Gaza Strip, Israel Radio was quoted as saying by the Palestinians sources.

June 29, 2008 Hebron / - The Israeli military has been slowly escalating its intimidation tactics in Beit Ommar over the last three days, often patrolling the streets at sundown, provoking youth by parking outside of the mosque and waiting for young boys to come and throw stones before shooting tear gas and rubber-coated steel bullets. The increasing terrorization of the village culminated at approximately 9:30 pm Friday when a 17 year old boy, Mohammed Anwar Al-Alami, was shot in the heart and killed.