Tag: Hamas
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Hamas warns against Israeli settlers’ plan to ‘storm’ Al-Aqsa Mosque
Hamas, the militant organisation ruling the Gaza Strip, has warned against what it calls Israeli settlers' plan to "storm" the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem.
May 15, 2022 -
Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to rocket fire
Meanwhile, Egyptian-mediated efforts to deliver a long-term truce have struggled with the sides unable to agree on a system to renew Qatari payments to needy Gaza families
September 13, 2021 -
Israeli relaxations of measures in Gaza not enough: Hamas
Hazem Qassem, the movement's spokesman in Gaza said that "there are contacts to lift the Israeli siege that has been imposed on the Gaza Strip for 15 years"
August 15, 2021 -
UNRWA urges Hamas to respect ‘inviolability’ of its facilities in Gaza
Hamas officials said they will study the situation and respond to UNRWA's demand soon
August 12, 2021 -
New Israel PM warns Hamas against ‘any more violence’
Naftali Bennett said that Hamas, which controls the besieged Palestinian enclave, will "have to get used to a different Israeli approach, one of initiative, decisiveness, and suspicion".
June 21, 2021 -
Israel strikes in Gaza after arson attacks
Israel Defense Forces said its fighter jets had hit military compounds operated by Hamas in Khan Yunis and Gaza City
June 16, 2021 -
Self-defence claim by Israel flawed
Even if we assume that Israel’s invocation of right of self-defence against non-state actors like Hamas is justified, its application in situations of occupation is still problematic.
June 11, 2021 -
Hamas tunnels damaged by Israel renovated: Official
According to the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF), the tunnels were built over five years and allowed Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, to move ammunition, fighters and food within the coastal strip.
June 6, 2021 -
Israeli aircraft attack Gaza military sites
During the past two weeks, unknown militants had fired four rockets at southern Israel.
October 23, 2020 -
Hamas imposes lockdown after 4 new Coronavirus cases in Gaza
Marouf clarified that the lockdown will cover all Gaza's districts starting from Monday night, including the closure of all official and educational institutions.
August 25, 2020 -
Israel aircraft attacks Hamas sites in Gaza after rocket fire
Two rockets were fired the next day at the Jewish state from Gaza, triggering a punitive Israeli air raid on Hamas installations in the Palestinian enclave.
July 6, 2020 -
‘UN committed to resolve Israeli-Palestinian conflict’
Jerusalem remains a final status issue. The city's future can only be resolved on the basis of international law and through negotiations between the parties, he said.
February 5, 2020 -
Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan ‘will not pass’, warns Hamas chief
The Palestinian leadership was not invited to the US talks and has rejected Trump's initiative amid tensions over his recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's undivided capital.
January 27, 2020 -
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza
Two were alleged to have been intercepted by the Iron Dome and the third possibly fell into a field in Israel, without causing harm.
August 17, 2019 -
Detente in Gaza
Over the three days of the conflict, there was a dramatic change in strategy on either side of the “line of control”, so to speak.
May 11, 2019 -
Mideast on the boil
The cauldron bubble of the Middle East has flared up yet again this week, and the risk of war is dangerously real. The outbreak of violence is reckoned to be the worst since the 2014 conflict and the situation remains ever so fragile. The question that is now of greatest importance is whether the ceasefire …
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November 16, 2018 -
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu threatens Hamas with ‘very strong blows’
"We are very close to another type of action which would include very strong blows. If Hamas is intelligent, it will cease fire and violence now," he added.
October 14, 2018