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Featured Stories Adjusting to rockets in Ashkelon and Ashdod Israelis take shelter as a siren sounds in the seaside town of Ashkelon, December 29, 2008. (Brian Hendler) Subject to rocket barrages for the first time, Israelis in Ashdod and central Ashkelon struggle to adjust to a new reality. Read more » Israel seeks to change the rules of the game Israel's retaliation against persistent Hamas mortar and rocket attacks on civilians in the Gaza perimeter area was far more ferocious than anyone, including Hamas, expected. Read more »

Dodging Israel's bombs in Gaza

Gaza's residents are waiting, watching and taking cover as Israel bombs Hamas targets all over the strip. Read more »

Is Gaza conflict a crisis or an opportunity for Obama?

Buried beneath the fretting over whether the renewed conflict would kill talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority  were hints that it could end up helping President-elect Barack Obama clear the ground for a breakthrough. Read more » Editors' Picks

The media war It's not just the Israeli military that is more prepared this time around -- according to the Jerusalem Post, Israel is also attempting to fight a smarter media war.

Weighing in on Gaza attacks Among those offering their two cents on the latest round of Israeli-Hamas warfare: Nahum Barnea, Jeffrey Goldberg, Bret Stephens, Daoud Kuttab and the editorial board of the New York Times. Breaking News A Molotov cocktail was thrown at a Chicago synagogue on Monday morning. Two anti-Jewish acts in Paris have been linked to Israel's operation in Gaza. Protesters clashed with police during a demonstration near the Israeli Embassy in London. Iran has set up a court in Tehran to try Israelis for "genocide against humanity" committed in Gaza, according to reports. An Israeli naval ship collided with a boat carrying activists and journalists attempting to reach Gaza. U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter carried a message from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Syrian President Bashar Assad. Angry Arabs brought downtown Sydney to a standstill as they protested Israel’s bombing of the Gaza Strip. A Hamas rocket from the Gaza Strip struck a home in Sderot. Regional and international partners are not doing enough to stop the violence between Israel and Hamas, the United Nations secretary-general said. The Israeli army has opened a YouTube channel which displays footage of Gaza bombing raids. The ill son of a Chabad couple killed last month in Mumbai has died.