Israel eased its blockade of Gaza, allowing a shipment of gravel for private construction into the Palestinian territory for the first time since Hamas seized control in 2007.
Israel backtracked today on a threat to bar foreign journalists from entering the country for 10 years if they board a new international aid flotilla that plans to challenge the Israeli naval blockade of the Gaza Strip.
Israeli forces attacked an Islamic Jihad camp in the southern Gaza Strip, killing a commander of the Palestinian faction and four other militants, officials on both sides said
Israel bombed dozens more targets in the Gaza Strip today and said that, while it was prepared to step up its offensive by sending in troops, it preferred a diplomatic solution that would end Palestinian rocket fire.