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Family: Israeli soldier likely home Tuesday

Last updated Friday, October 14, 2011 - 9:22am

JERUSALEM -- An Israeli soldier captured by Gaza militants will likely return home Tuesday, said a spokeswoman for his family on Friday, ending a five-year ordeal for his family and the country.

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Easing of Gaza blockade leaves many smugglers idle

Ibrahim Barzak

Last updated Tuesday, November 2, 2010 - 3:28pm

RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Israel's easing of its Gaza blockade has accomplished something Israeli bombing raids and an underground steel wall could not: It has devastated the Hamas-ruled territory's once thriving smuggling industry.

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Israeli general lays out plan for reviving Gaza

Dan Perry and Karin Laub, The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 9:27am

TEL AVIV, Israel -- The Israeli general who controls the gates of Hamas-run Gaza says he is pursuing a complex and delicate strategy: enable exports and development in the impoverished Palestinian territory while somehow preventing the Islamic militants who rule it from getting credit for any progress.

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