Gaza (ANTARA News/Reuters) - An Israeli air strike on the Gaza Strip killed a Palestinian civilian on Sunday, hospital officials said, and the military described the operation as retaliation for a cross-border rocket launch. The dead man was a guard in his 50s or 60s at an animal farm east of Gaza City, hospital officials said.

Tehran: Iran's supreme leader Ali Khamenei on Sunday warned the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas against any "compromise" in its fight against Tehran's nemesis Israel, his official website reported. "Always be wary of infiltration by the compromisers in a resistance organisation, which will gradually weaken it," Khamenei told the visiting Hamas Gaza Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, according to the leader.ir website.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi If the enemy dares to take a step forward it can be sure that it will encounter a slap in the face not Iran's modesty." Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of Iran's Armed Forces Major General Hassan Firouzabadi A top Iranian military commander says the Islamic Republic is ready to respond with full force to any act of aggression or threats made against its sovereignty and integrity.

Azeri President Ilham Aliyev (L) embraces Israeli President Shimon Peres. Our presence here is quiet, but substantial. We have increased our presence in the past year, and it gets us very close to Iran.

Interview with Ken O'keefe, international activist So particularly, in Palestine if you are telling the truth and exposing the American, European, the Israeli system and how it continues to maintain this very oppressive war criminal type of reality for the Palestinians, of course you are not going to find favor in fact it could be very risky." The Israelis are aware that media plays a powerful role especially when it

TEL AVIV [MENL] - Israel and the United States have conducted what they termed a successful test of the Arrow ballistic missile defense system.

Published today 18:34 (MaanImages/file) BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) - Hamas chief-in-exile Khalid Mashaal is set to visit Jordan in February, Israeli news site Walla reported Sunday. Mashaal will visit Amman in February for the second time in 2012, the Hebrew language daily quoted Jordanian sources as saying. The Hamas chief had visited Jordan on Jan.

Published today (updated) 12/02/2012 18:22 (MaanImages/file) JERICHO (Ma'an) - Three people were injured on Sunday as Israeli soldiers raided several areas in and around Jericho, a local official and medics said. Seven tanks and dozens of heavily armed soldiers raided Ein al-Sultan and Aqbat Jaber refugee camps, prompting clashes between residents and military forces, governor of Jericho and the Jordan Valley Majed al-Fetyani was

Law would provide for an educational program for first-time offenders, while Second-time offenders could face imprisonment for up to six months. By Jonathan Lis and Dana Weiler-Polak Tags: Israel crime Tel Aviv Get Haaretz on iPhone Get Haaretz on Android Israel's Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a draft law on Sunday that would impose prison sentences of up to six months for solicitors of sexual services.

Iran's supreme leader meets with Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh and warns him against any compromise with Israel. By The Associated Press Tags: Iran Hamas Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Ali Khamenei Get Haaretz on iPhone Get Haaretz on Android Iran's leaders urged the Hamas prime minister of Gaza to continue the Islamic militant group's resistance against Israel and promised support, state TV reported on Sunday. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Hamas' Ismail Haniyeh that Iran