Hamas

Hamas

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  Palestinian protester killed by Israeli army fire

  Israeli forces shot and killed a teenage Palestinian protester during a clash in the West Bank late Wednesday, raising tensions already heightened by ... 

• Gaza premier elected as No. 2 in Hamas leadership

  Hamas says it has elected Gaza's prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, as the deputy leader of the Islamic militant group. Senior Hamas figures this week ... 

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  Israeli planes strike Gaza after rocket fire

  Israeli warplanes struck targets early Wednesday in the Gaza Strip in response to rocket fire toward southern Israel, the first air strikes launched ... 

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  Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools

  Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side. 

• Hamas confirms leader Khaled Mashaal's re-election

  Palestinian militant group Hamas has confirmed the re-election of longtime leader Khaled Mashaal in a vote held in Cairo. In a statement Tuesday, the ... 

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  Hamas re-elects Mashaal as its leader

  The Islamic militant group Hamas on Monday re-elected longtime leader Khaled Mashaal, officials said, choosing a relative pragmatist who has sparred ... 

• Hamas orders gender segregation at younger age

  Gaza's Hamas-controlled parliament has passed a law requiring separate classes for boys and girls in public and private schools from the fourth grade. 

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  Palestinian leader clamps down on critics

  Mahmoud Abbas' government in the West Bank is getting tougher with critics, interrogating, prosecuting and even jailing several journalists and ... 

• Hamas Gaza ruler meets Egypt intelligence chief

  Egypt's state news agency says the Gaza Strip's Hamas ruler has met with Egypt's intelligence chief to discuss Palestinian reconciliation and the ... 

• Palestinian journalist jailed for Abbas photo

  A West Bank appeals court on Thursday upheld a one-year prison term for a Palestinian journalist who had a photo on his Facebook page that authorities ... 

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  AP Interview: Egypt says Iranian pose no risk

  Egypt's tourism minister said Thursday that allowing Iranian tourists to visit Egypt after being banned for more than three decades would pose no ... 

• Israel reopens Gaza border crossings

  Israel on Thursday fully reopened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed following militant rocket fire during President Barack ... 

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  Arab League summit showcases Qatar's swagger

  Qatar's emir looked over an assembly of Arab leaders Tuesday as both cordial host and impatient taskmaster. His welcoming remarks to kings, sheiks and ... 

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  Egypt confiscates shipments of military uniforms

  Cairo airport officials confiscated 10,000 pieces of military-style clothing on Saturday as officials in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria seized ... 

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  Israel and Turkey agree to restore diplomatic ties

  Israel and Turkey agreed to restore full diplomatic relations on Friday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized in a phone call for a ... 

• Egypt military investigating Hamas in new case

  The Egyptian military is investigating whether the Palestinian group Hamas is linked to a batch of confiscated fabric that could have been used to ... 

• Palestinian ends hunger strike in deal

  A freed Palestinian prisoner was given a hero's welcome in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening after ending his hunger strike in an Israeli jail and ... 

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  Palestinians unenthusiastic about Obama visit

  President Barack Obama will find a disillusioned Palestinian public, skeptical about his commitment to promoting Mideast peace, when he visits the ... 

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  Palestinian lawmaker, mother of militants, dies

  A Palestinian lawmaker known as the "mother of martyrs" who praised and supported three of her sons who were killed while carrying out deadly attacks ... 

• Egypt says 7 Palestinians deported to Gaza

  Egyptian authorities deported seven Palestinians to the Gaza Strip after they were detained for security reasons upon their arrival to Cairo airport, ... 

• Report blames Hamas for Egypt soldier killings

  A report by a state-owned Egyptian weekly magazine on Thursday accused the Palestinian militant movement Hamas of carrying out one of the bloodiest ... 

• Report: Iran test-fires short-range missiles

  Iranian media say the military has test-fired several short-range missiles, including the type Palestinian militant Hamas group used to attack Tel ... 

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  UN: Palestinian militants likely killed Gaza baby

  An errant Palestinian rocket, not an Israeli airstrike, likely killed the baby of a BBC reporter during fighting in the Hamas-ruled territory last ... 

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  UN agency cancels Gaza marathon over ban on women

  The United Nations on Tuesday canceled a planned marathon in Gaza after the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers banned women from participating, in ... 

• Gaza Hamas rulers to start campaign to catch spies

  Gaza's Hamas rulers say they will begin a new campaign to find Palestinian collaborators with Israel. Col. Mohammed Lafi of Gaza's Interior Ministry ...