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Gaza stories: 299 news summaries

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Abbas Names New PM,
Asks for Gov't

During eerie calm in Gaza, rivals claim post; Hamas extends amnesty

Jun 15, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has asked a former finance minister to form an emergency government, hours after the Hamas-Fatah coalition authority collapsed. Salam Fayyad, an independent legislator, will have to contend with Hamas' Ismail Hayineh, who still lays a claim to the PM's office. More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • amnesty • West Bank • Salam Fayyad • Ismail Haniyeh

Hamas Executes Captives

Palestinian Authority on brink of
collapse as Fatah 'collaborators' shot

Jun 14, 07 9:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Palestinian Authority is teetering on collapse after Hamas declared victory in Gaza, executing captured Fatah leaders accused of collaborating with Israel. The Palestinian government  was dissolved by President Mahmoud Abbas while Fatah militants in the West Bank ominously rounded up Hamas supporters.  More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • execution • West Bank

Palestinian Government Falls

Abbas declares state of emergency following Hamas takeover of Gaza

Jun 14, 07 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas is in control of the Gaza strip this evening and Palestine's unity government dissolved, in what the moderate Fatah party is calling a coup d'etat. President Mahmoud Abbas declared a state of emergency in both the West Bank and Gaza, where the hard-line Islamic group seized control of the... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • West Bank

Hamas Takes Charge in Gaza

Fatah still controls West Bank

Jun 14, 07 6:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas is in control of most of Gaza after a day of fighting in which its forces overran the headquarters of a major paramilitary force loyal to Fatah. The Times reports that Hamas militia surrounded the presidential compound in Gaza City, but president Mahmoud Abbas remains in the West Bank.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Palestinian civil war • West Bank

UN Memo Rips US on Mideast

Palestinian boycott exacts 'devastating consequences'

Jun 13, 07 5:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN's former Mideast envoy condemns US policy toward Israel in a secret report that rips America for having "pummeled the UN into submission," rendering it powerless as a negotiator on Mideast matters. The report, leaked to the Guardian, also labels the boycott of the Palestinian government a... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • civil war • U.S. policy

Hamas Takes Fatah Outposts in Gaza

Abbas decries Hamas coup as escalating bloodshed leaves 37 dead

Jun 12, 07 9:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas fighters overpowered Fatah security forces to capture their headquarters in northern Gaza today, as battles raging across the strip for the second day left at least 37 dead, the AP reports. Pro-Fatah soldiers then attacked the main Hamas-run television station, but they were repelled. More »

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Palestinian Authority • Middle East • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • civil war

11 Die in Gaza Violence

Despite cease fire, senior Fatah, Hamas figures are assassinated

Jun 12, 07 5:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Violence broke out across the Gaza Strip yesterday, mere hours after a declared cease fire.  Fatah gunmen murdered a senior Hamas member late in the day, followed by the execution of a senior Fatah member outside his home, where he was hit with 45 bullets. More »

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Israeli Air Strike Hits Near Palestinian
PM's home

Increases tension between factions

May 25, 07 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An Israeli air strike hit near the Gaza home of Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh  today. The Israeli military said that Haniyeh was not the target, though an official said earlier this week that any Hamas leader—including Haniyeh—rmight be attacked if rocket strikes on Israel continue. More »

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Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Ismail Haniyeh • airstrike

Israel Detains
Senior Hamas Officials

Education Minister and two mayors among those arrested

May 24, 07 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Israeli troops arrested 33 Hamas leaders—including several moderate politicians—in the West Bank overnight, as part of a continuing crackdown on the group following a deadly barrage of rocket attacks. The move suggests Israel is stepping up pressure on Hamas' political arm as it seeks to prevent the group's... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks • West Bank • arrest

Israel Targets Palestinian PM

All Hamas leaders fair game if rocket attacks don't cease, declares defense official

May 22, 07 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Israeli government today threatened to assassinate the Palestinian prime minister, Ismail Haniyeh, if rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip are not halted, reports the Guardian. Deputy defense minister Ephraim Sneh declared on the radio, "There is no one who is in the circle of commanders and leaders in... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks

Israel Steps
Up Attack
on Hamas

Gaza assault continues; at least 5 dead, thousands without power

May 21, 07 8:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel is escalating both its shooting war and its war of words with Hamas over the Gaza Strip. An Israeli air assault today killed at least five people and came on the heels of a massive attack targeting a Hamas leader over the weekend. That strike missed Khalil al-Hayya but... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • aerial attacks • Khalil al Hayya

Palestinian Factions Call Another Truce

Ceasefire is fifth in a week; Israel suffers, launches rocket strikes

May 19, 07 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fatah and Hamas agreed on a ceasefire today for the fifth time in a week, hitting the pause button on a situation that threatens the Palestinian Authority's coalition government. Meanwhile, air strikes in and out of Israel continued, and a source told the Sunday Times of London that Israel was... More »

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Israeli Strikes Kill 5 in Gaza

Hamas and Fatah continue to clash

May 18, 07 7:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Israel has launched air strikes at Gaza for a second day in response to continued Hamas rocket attacks. Helicopter gunships and fighter jets targeted militants, and at least five Hamas fighters were killed in the strikes. Hamas has fired about a hundred makeshift missiles into Israel in the past several... More »

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(Newser) - Violence between the Hamas and Fatah factions has brought the Palestinian territories to the brink of civil war, a situation that now directly involves Israel, which launched air strikes on Gaza today. Earlier, Hamas gunmen killed at least five guards as they attacked the home of a Fatah security chief.... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Israel • Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Hosni Mubarak • Palestinian civil war • civil war • violence

Palestinian Factions Call Ceasefire

Hamas and Fatah agree to shaky truce after brutal fighting in Gaza

May 15, 07 6:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas and Fatah have brokered a truce after two days of intense factional fighting that left 9 dead and 30 wounded. The Palestinian government has deployed its entire security force to the Gaza strip in an effort to maintain peace, but, the BBC observes, sporadic fighting continued Monday. More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Ismail Haniya • Hani Qawasmi

Hamas Calls Off Ceasefire

Israeli Independence Day marked by rocket blasts; Hamas claims responsibility

Apr 24, 07 10:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hamas launched dozens of rockets and mortar shells at Israel this morning, ending a five-month cease fire. The blasts rocked the country as it celebrated its 59th Independence Day. The Hamas-led government blames Israel for the breakdown, citing the deaths of nine Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank killed... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • ismail Haniyeh • West Bank

Group Claims Kidnapped BBC Reporter Is Dead

Journalist based in Gaza has been missing for a month

Apr 16, 07 7:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - An obscure Palestinian group claims to have murdered a veteran BBC journalist kidnapped in Gaza a month ago. There is no confirmation of the claim and a Palestinian Authority official, Saeb Erekat, said: “I urge those who abducted Johnston, instead of circulating rumors, and I hope these rumors are... More »

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Palestinian Authority • terrorism • Gaza • Alan Johnston • Palestine • kidnapping • Al Tawhid Al Jihad • Unity and Holy War Brigade

Klein: War on Terror Has Hurt Israel

Hawks in the Bush administration were pro-Israel, but the results weren't

Mar 26, 07 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - "As a Jew, I am embarrassed by the role that so many prominent Jews have had in empowering the enemy," Joe Klein writes in a blog from Jerusalem, noting the number of neoconservatives in the Bush  war machine who had close ties to the Israeli government. Klein says... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Lebanon • Gaza • Hamas • Jews • Hezbollah • Jerusalem • West Bank • Islamic extremists • neocon

Aid Grows Despite Embargo

Mar 21, 07 10:04 AM CDT
(Newser) - Palestinians are actually receiving more foreign aid, not less,  than they were before the US and the European Union slapped an aid embargo against the Hamas led Palestinian Authority last year, reports Steven Erlanger. The United Nations and the International Monetary Fund say $1.2 billion was given to... More »

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Palestinian Authority • United Nations • World Bank • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • European Union • International Monetary Fund • United States • foreign aid • aid • embargo • World Food

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