simmons | September 11, 2011
On Tuesday, Palestinians awoke to the aftermath of an overnight Israeli airstrike that wounded three gunmen in the Gaza Strip. The Israeli military confirmed in a statement that it had carried out direct hits, in response to rocket fired on it
simmons | September 11, 2011
Hundreds of people have been injured, cars have been torched and the Israeli embassy has been evacuated after thousands of protesters stormed the building. The protests that started off peacefully in Cairo's Tahrir square on Friday, soon turned angry with demonstrators facing off with riot police throughout the night. Sherine Tadros has this report from the Egyptian capital.
simmons | September 11, 2011
Egyptian police and military forces firing tear gas moved against hundreds of protesters in Cairo on Friday night, trying to push them away from the Israeli embassy. A stand-off between protesters and police followed, with both sides firing firebombs at the each other. Crowds first gathered throughout the afternoon as well as into the night, advancing on the embassy and tearing down large sections of a security wall outside the 21-storey building
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