Israel seals off Gaza crossings after rockets firing
GAZA, April 8 — Israel on Monday shut down the two main crossing points between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Israel following an earlier rockets attack into its southern territories, officials said....
View ArticleHamas faces acute financial crisis
GAZA, April 9 — Islamic Hamas movement, which controls the Gaza Strip, has been suffering an acute financial crisis since the beginning of 2013, a source within the Palestinian movement said Tuesday....
View ArticleU.S. presses Palestinian leadership to keep PM in office
RAMALLAH, April 11 — The United States is pressuring Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to keep his prime minister in office, a Palestinian source said Thursday. The U.S. administration has...
View ArticlePalestinian prisoner ends hunger strike after granted release
RAMALLAH, April 23 — A Palestinian prisoner ended about nine months of fasting following a deal reached with Israel regarding his release in eight months, a lawyer said Tuesday. The agreement between...
View ArticleHamas welcomes Turkish PM’s resolve to go ahead with Gaza visit
GAZA, April 23 — Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haneya welcomed Tuesday Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s determination to visit the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip despite U.S. pressure....
View ArticleFamilies accuse Hamas of arresting Islamic fighters in Gaza
GAZA, April 28 — Families of Palestinian Salafi Muslims held in Hamas prisons gathered in Gaza City on Sunday, demanding the Hamas government to release their sons. Dozens of women, dressed in black...
View ArticleIsraeli airstrike kills Palestinian in Gaza
GAZA, April 30 — A Palestinian was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza city Tuesday, medical sources and witnesses said. It was the first Israeli targeted killing by aircraft in the Gaza Strip since...
View ArticleSenior clerics urge Hamas to open dialogue with Salafists
GAZA, May 5 — Two senior Muslim clerics on Sunday called on Islamic Hamas movement to open a dialogue with the Salafists in Gaza, instead of arresting them. The Gaza-based scholars made the call as...
View ArticleHamas condemns killing of Palestinian near borders with Israel
Islamic Hamas movement condemned on Sunday the killing of a Palestinian young man overnight near the border areas between eastern Gaza Strip and Israel.Security sources in Gaza and in Israel said that...
View ArticleMuslim Brotherhood appoints new leader as crisis deepens
The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) on Tuesday named Mahmoud Ezzat as its new leader after the Egyptian government dealt another blow to the group by arresting its supreme guide Mohamed Badie earlier in the...
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