Tag: Hamas

Israel hits Hamas govt buildings, reservists mobilised

Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime minister’s office, after Israel’s cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to...

Top Hamas commander killed in Israel attack

Israel killed the military commander of the Palestinian group Hamas in a missile strike on the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and launched air raids...

Israel warns of escalation as Hamas joins Gaza clashes

Israel said it was poised to escalate attacks on the Gaza Strip on Sunday following a surge of rocket and mortar salvoes by Hamas...

Israel hit by 18 rockets as Hamas seeks revenge

Gaza militants on Monday fired 18 rockets at southern Israel, ending several days of calm, with the armed wing of the ruling Hamas movement...

Gaza calm as truce deal takes hold

Calm returned to Gaza on Thursday as a truce between Israel and Hamas took hold after a bloody 24 hours of violence that left...

Gaza Salafist group accuses Hamas of torturing members

The Gaza-based Salafist group Jaysh al-Umma accused the ruling Hamas movement on Monday of arresting and torturing six of its members, including its leader. In...

Top Hamas delegation to visit Cairo on Monday

A delegation of top-level Hamas officials is to visit the Egyptian capital on Monday for talks with President Mohammed Morsi, Palestinian officials said. Hamas’s exiled...

Hamas announces cabinet reshuffle in Gaza

Ismail Haniya, head of the Hamas government in Gaza, announced a cabinet reshuffle on Sunday, appointing seven new ministers including a new finance minister. Haniya...

Hamas team headed to Egypt for security talks

A Hamas delegation was to head to Cairo for security talks later Saturday amid Egyptian anger at a deadly raid on an army post...

Egypt asks Hamas for intel on three militants

Egypt has asked Gaza’s Hamas rulers for information on three members of an Islamist group suspected of involvement in a deadly attack on a...

Israel to free Hamas parliament speaker

Israel has agreed not to renew its detention order for Palestinian parliament speaker Aziz Dweik and will free the Hamas member on Thursday, his...

Israel raid kills 2 Gaza teens, prompts rare Hamas fire

Two Palestinian teenagers died in an Israeli air strike on central Gaza on Tuesday, prompting a rare bout of rocket fire from the military...

Hamas permits election committee to work in Gaza

Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Monday gave the green light to the Palestinian Central Election Commission to begin updating voter lists throughout the coastal strip,...

Armageddon

Madness comes without giving notice Anyone who imagines that Israel can attack Iran and not unleash another world war must be mad. Pray pause and...

Hamas says Meshaal wants to step down as leader

Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who survived a 1997 Israeli assassination bid, has confirmed he wants to step down after eight years in the post,...

Hamas leader leaves Gaza first time since 2007

Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya began a tour on Sunday, his office said, his first exit from Gaza since Israel and Egypt imposed a...

Fatah, Hamas leaders debate PLO reform

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal were on Thursday to discuss reforming the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) in a bid to...