Funeral for a Palestinian militants killed when Israeli naval forces attacked a flotilla in Gaza
Palestinian Fatah members carry the body of Palestinian militant Ibrahim Al-Wahidi, 25, during his funeral in Gaza City, June 7, 2010. Al-Wahidi was killed with three other comrades off the Gaza coast when Israeli naval forces fired at a Palestinian boat off the central Gaza Strip on June 7, killing four militants, medical officials,. UPI/Ismael Mohamad Victim
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The Egyptian army may consider a military strike in Gaza unless attacks on soldiers in the Sinai Peninsula stop, Egyptian security officials said.
The pace of the supposed rapprochement between onetime strategic allies Israel and Turkey is almost glacial, casting doubts on the prospect the Jewish state may build a $2 billion gas pipeline under the eastern Mediterranean to feed the European market.
Israel Aerospace Industries won a contract to supply the navy with three Super Dvora-class Mark III fast patrol craft to bolster maritime security.
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There were no reports of injuries or damage after a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip into an open area in southern Israel, officials said.
A closed border crossing connecting Egypt and the Gaza Strip was opened for a few hours Saturday and will open again in the coming days, authorities said.
Israel must do more to normalize ties with Turkey, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly.
Israelis are still trying to figure out how to export natural gas from their big offshore fields under the eastern Mediterranean, and their thinking these days seems to be moving along radical lines -- like playing peacemaker.
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