Mideast

Egypt destroys 10 tunnels on the border with Gaza

Egypt destroys 10 tunnels on the border with Gaza Al-Arish, Egypt - Egyptian security forces Frioday found and destroyed 10 tunnels used to smuggle fuel from Egypt into the Gaza Strip, according to a security source.

Egyptian forces also seized huge amounts of fuel and diesel, along with the pipes which are used to smuggle them through the tunnels.

The source added that police would prepare an auction to sell cattle and sheep they caught before they were smuggled to Gaza.

The tunnels were dug by Palestinians to transfer food supplies, goods and even people from Egypt into the besieged enclave.

ANALYSIS: Jordan struggles with its role vis a vis new Israeli govt

ANALYSIS: Jordan struggles with its role vis a vis new Israeli govtAmman  - Jordan - an active participant in the search for a Middle East peace and one of the few Arab countries with formal ties with Israel - will face trying times ahead as a new government containing far-right takes office in Israel, prominent Jordanian academics and politicians said Thursday.

ROUNDUP: UN expert says Israel's Gaza operation was illegal

ROUNDUP: UN expert says Israel's Gaza operation was illegalGeneva - Israel's recent military operation in the Gaza Strip was illegal and included violations of human rights and possible crimes against humanity, the United Nations expert on the Palestinian territories said Monday.

"To the extent that the combat zone was so densely populated by civilians, it meant that, with the types of weaponry relied upon, there was no lawful way to carry out the Israeli military operations," said Richard Falk, addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva.

EXTRA: Gaza donors pledge 4.481 billion dollars

EXTRA: Gaza donors pledge 4.481 billion dollars Sharm

EU calls crisis meeting on Gaza violence

EU calls crisis meeting on Gaza violenceBrussels/Paris  - The French government on Monday called for an emergency meeting of the European Union's foreign ministers to discuss the crisis in the Middle East, French officials confirmed.

France, which holds the EU's rotating presidency until Thursday, has called for a meeting of the top diplomats of the bloc's 27 member states in Paris on Tuesday to "discuss the EU's contribution to solving the current crisis," a statement said.

Gaza-fired missile hits Israel city of Ashdod for first time

Gaza-fired missile hits Israel city of Ashdod for first timeTel Aviv - Palestinian militants in the Gaza strip fired a Russian-made Gard missile at the southern Israel port city of Ashdod Monday night, a military spokeswoman said.

Reports said five people were wounded by the missile, one critically, one seriously and three lightly.

The strike marks the first time a missile from the Gaza Strip has landed in Ashdod, although one rocket fired Sunday landed just south of the city, the furthest projectiles launched from the salient have ever landed in Israel.

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