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NEWS ABOUT: Ismail Haniya

Ismail Haniya stories: 6 news summaries

 Jihad Rockets Hit 
 Israel After Raid  

Moratorium collapses

Mar 13, 08 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - A week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the... More »

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Israel • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas • rocket attacks • West Bank • Ismail Haniya • Israel and Palestinians • Islamic Jihad • Sderot

Hamas Seeks Israeli Ceasefire

In unusual call to Israeli media, PM asks for end to strikes in Gaza

Dec 19, 07 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - The leader of Gaza’s Hamas party, weary of months of Israeli airstrikes and sanctions, has appealed for a ceasefire through Israeli media, the AP reports. "The occupation should stop its attacks and siege." In return, Hamas PM Ismail Haniya said in an unprecedented phone call to an... More »

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Ehud Olmert • Gaza • Hamas • Ismail Haniya • Israel and Palestinians • Islamic Jihad

In Gaza, 150,000 Cheer Hamas

PM calls for uprisings against Israeli occupation

Dec 15, 07 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Crowds filled Gaza City streets today, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hamas in what BBC analysts are calling a critical test of public support. At least 150,000 rallied amid waving flags and banners as Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya preached “resistance and jihad,” blasting his moderate Fatah... More »

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Gaza • Mahmoud Abbas • Palestine • Hamas • Fatah • Ismail Haniya • Gaza City • Palestinians

Johnston Release Boosts Hamas

Freeing BBC reporter is attempt to send message

Jul 4, 07 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alan Johnston's release after 12 weeks in captivity was used by Hamas today to separate itself from the al-Qaeda-inspired kidnappers, and to assert its ability to secure order in Gaza, the BBC reports. The freed reporter was taken to the home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who was outsted as... More »

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Gaza • Alan Johnston • BBC • Hamas • Ismail Haniya • Mamoud Abbas • Britain

BBC Reporter Freed in Gaza

Alan Johnston handed over to Hamas after 114 days in captivity

Jul 4, 07 4:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Alan Johnston, the BBC reporter held by an Islamist faction in Gaza for 114 days, was released early today, saying it was "fantastic" to be free. The reporter was handed over to officials of Hamas, now in control of the Gaza Strip, by his captors, a militant splinter group... More »

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Palestinian Authority • Gaza • Alan Johnston • BBC • Hamas • kidnapping • Army of Islam • Ismail Haniya • Britain

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

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