Tag: Hamas

Hamas kills 18 suspected collaborators in Gaza

Hamas militants killed seven Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel in a public execution in a central Gaza square on Friday, witnesses and a...

Five-day ceasefire enters day two as Hamas, Israel negotiate

GAZA STRIP- A fragile ceasefire extension between Hamas and Israel entered its second day Friday as the two sides in the Gaza conflict ponder Egyptian-mediated...

Life stirs in Gaza as new 72-hour truce takes hold

Hamas, the de facto power in Gaza, has conditioned its acceptance of any permanent agreement on Israel lifting its eight-year blockade on Gaza.

Hamas leaders urge no truce extension sans lifting blockade

GAZA- The armed wing of Hamas called on Palestinian negotiators in Cairo not to extend a 72-hour truce unless their demands, in particular for...

Israel, Palestinians poles apart at Cairo talks

A small Israeli and a joint Palestinian delegation, representing the Palestinian Authority, Hamas and Islamic Jihad, have been dispatched to the Egyptian capital with demands all but impossible to reconcile.

Arab states support Israel against Hamas: NYT

Egypt is leading a new coalition of Arab states — including Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — that has effectively lined...

Israeli rockets pound Gaza, as truce collapses

Hamas says no humanitarian ceasefire is valid without Israeli tanks withdrawing from the Gaza Strip and without residents being able to return to their homes and ambulances carrying bodies being able to freely move around in Gaza

Three rockets fired at Israel airport: Hamas

GAZA CITY- Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said Friday it fired three rockets at Tel Aviv airport, a day after US and some European airlines...

‘Stop fighting, start talking’ Ban tells Israel, Palestinians

The secretary-general said he had seen photographic and video evidence of Palestinian rocket fire on Israel, describing it as “quite shocking” and saying all countries had an “international obligation to protect” their citizens

Hamas committing a double war crime: Netanyahu

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday blamed Gaza’s ruling Hamas organisation for all the civilian deaths in the ongoing conflict with Israel. “Hamas is...

Israel launches ground invasion into Gaza

The assault follows a brief humanitarian truce and despite an appeal from Washington, which cautioned against a land assault, for Israel to do more to protect civilian lives.

Hamas rejects Egypt proposal for truce with Israel

Senior Israeli govt official warns Israel would strike Gaza even harder if Hamas does not accept truce Israel's Operation Protective Edge has killed 186 people...

Fatah and Hamas agree on new Palestinian prime minister

The two main Palestinian factions, Fatah and the Islamist movement Hamas, appeared on the verge of forming a historic unity government after seven years...

Court bans activities of Islamist Hamas in Egypt

CAIRO- An Egyptian court on Tuesday banned all activities of Hamas in Egypt in a further sign that Cairo's military-backed government aims to squeeze the...

‘Hamas preparing for West Bank takeover’

The Sunday Times' claims Hamas instructed its sleeper cells in West Bank to prepare for armed struggle to overtake the territory. Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal...

Hamas holds rare West Bank rally

Thousands of Palestinians have attended a rare Hamas rally in the city of Nablus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank celebrating the 25th anniversary of...

Gaza marks anniversary of Hamas

Tens of thousands of Palestinians have massed in Gaza for a rally marking the 25th anniversary of Hamas to be addressed by the ruling...