Gaza Cease-Fire in Jeopardy

Control Of Gaza Subject Of Debate
Article | RAMALLAH, West Bank -- As Palestinians begin thinking about how to rebuild the bombarded Gaza Strip, the biggest hurdle quickly became apparent: Who will be in charge?

As Constraints on Gaza Ease, New Reports of Misery
Article | GAZA CITY, Jan. 21 -- Khaled Abed Rabbo returned Wednesday to what was left of his five-story home in a village that bears his family's name, and spoke softly of his three young daughters.

Israel Begins Pullout; Gazans Survey Debris
Article | JERUSALEM, Jan. 18 -- Israeli soldiers flashed the victory sign Sunday as they began withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. Shellshocked Palestinians emerged from shelters and counted their dead. But as a tenuous cease-fire took hold, few people on either side predicted an end to the cycle of violence ...

In the Silence, Gazans Take Stock
Article | JERUSALEM, Jan. 19 -- For the first time in 24 days, there was no fighting in the Gaza Strip on Monday -- no shelling or shooting by Israeli soldiers, no launching of rockets by Hamas guerrillas. But there was still plenty of death, as rescue crews and survivors dug under demolished buildings to...

U.S. Envoy Calls for 'Consolidated' Cease-Fire in Gaza
Article | JERUSALEM, Jan. 28 -- The Obama administration's Middle East envoy, former senator George J. Mitchell (D-Maine), arrived here Wednesday to push for a more solid cease-fire between Israel and Hamas, hours after Israel bombed smuggling tunnels in Gaza to retaliate for a Tuesday attack that killed a...

A Flurry of Tunnel Repairs Is Underway in Gaza's South
Article | RAFAH, Gaza Strip, Jan. 24 -- While the neighborhoods of Gaza remain in ruins, and tens of thousands of residents still lack water and power, reconstruction of its more illicit infrastructure was well underway Saturday in this bustling town on the Egyptian border.

For Children of Gaza, Scars to Last a Lifetime
Article | GAZA CITY, Jan. 25 -- One by one, the seventh-graders rose from their old wooden desks and, in toneless voices that betrayed neither sadness nor surprise, spoke of horrible things.

Battered Gaza Still In the Grip Of Hamas
Article | GAZA CITY, Jan. 23 -- Israel waged war on Hamas for 22 days, but on the rubble-strewn streets of Gaza there is little question that the group retains a firm grip on power.

No Home to Return to in Gaza
Article | GAZA CITY, Jan. 22 -- When members of the Sultan family ran from their home as an Israeli tank shelled its northern wall, there was no time to shut the front door. There was also no need.