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Bill to strip citizenship of terror collaborators Internal Affairs Committee approves bill allowing minister of interior to pull Israeli citizenship of anyone convicted of violating national allegiance, treason, espionage, committing act of terror

Israel's army says two rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip just hours ahead of Ariel Sharon's funeral but they did not appear to have landed in Israel.

A natural gas field has been discovered on the coast of the Gaza Strip, a senior Hamas movement official revealed Tuesday.

Israel's foreign minister has threatened to expel the UN's special envoy for offering to help transfer Qatari funds to the Gaza Strip, Channel Two television reported.

The Israeli Cabinet has accepted an Egyptian proposal for a cease-fire to end a week of conflict with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip that has killed 185 Palestinians and exposed millions of Israelis to Hamas rocket fire.

Israel's army on Sunday said two more soldiers had been killed in fighting in and around the Gaza Strip, bringing the total Israeli death toll to seven.

Israel has successfully tested a new defence system designed to intercept rockets fired from southern Lebanon and the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, public radio reported on Sunday.

Israel has denied three future Palestinian ministers from the Gaza Strip entry to the West Bank ahead of the unveiling of a new unity government, a senior source said Sunday.

Recently, Sputnik News sat down with Palestinian Ambassador to Russia Fayed Mustafa, who was kind enough to speak with us about the ongoing situation in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian recognition of Israel, and Palestine seeking justice in the International Criminal Court.