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Israel attacks Hamas positions in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force on Saturday attacked Hamas positions in Gaza, in response to an infiltration that took place hours earlier when four Palestinians threw a petrol bomb after crossing the fence into Israel.
May 27, 2018 -
Israel strikes six Hamas military targets
The Israeli military fighter jets have targeted six military targets belonging to Hamas's naval force in the northern Gaza Strip, said the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
April 28, 2018 -
Israel strikes six Hamas military targets in Gaza
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) fighter jets targeted a total of six military targets in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, in response to the detonation of an explosive device on the border fence in southern Gaza. These specific military targets belonging to the Hamas organization were attacked, Xinhua quoted a statement issued by the Israeli …
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February 18, 2018 -
US adds Hamas leader to terrorist list
The US State Department on Wednesday added Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh into its terrorist list. Haniyeh, leader and chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas, was designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) together with three other groups, Xinhua reported. All of their property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction will be blocked, …
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February 1, 2018 -
Israel carries out air strike in Gaza: Israel army
Israeli aircraft has attacked a target in the southern Gaza Strip, the army said, and also closed the goods crossing between the Palestinian enclave and the Jewish state. Israel “targeted a terror infrastructure using fighter jets in the southern Rafah region, adjacent to the Egypt-Gaza Strip border,” an army statement said on Saturday. “The Hamas …
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January 14, 2018 -
Israel bombs Hamas positions
Israeli forces on Thursday bombed three Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip after projectiles were launched towards Israel a day earlier, the military announced. The forces targeted three installations around the Gaza Strip that were used for training and weapons storage, reports Efe news. The Army said Israel will not permit any attempt to harm …
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December 14, 2017 -
Hamas agrees to hand over Gaza to Abbas government
The Hamas movement, which has ruled the Gaza Strip since 2007, announced on Sunday that it was ready to hand over the territory to the consensus government of Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas. Hamas announced the dissolution of the administrative committee created in March 2016 to manage the territory and invited the consensus government led by …
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September 17, 2017 -
Hamas rejects IS claim of fatal stabbing of Israeli policewoman
Hamas today said the three Palestinians shot dead in Jerusalem after the fatal stabbing of an Israeli policewoman belonged to local Islamist and leftist movements, rejecting an earlier claim by the Islamic State group. "The claim by the Islamic State group is an attempt to muddy the waters," said Sami Abou Zouhri, spokesman for the …
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June 17, 2017 -
Hamas denies Qatar to expel leaders, but says some to move
Hamas is denying a report that host Qatar has asked several leaders of the Islamic militant group to leave, but says some senior officials may be shifted to new locations based on "work requirements." Sunday's statement comes after the Lebanon-based TV station Al-Mayadeen reported that Qatar gave Hamas a list of leaders who should leave. Qatari …
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June 4, 2017 -
Hamas closes Israel-Gaza border crossing
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Sunday shut down the only passageway between the Gaza Strip and Israel following the assassination of one of the group's senior commanders. Last week, unidentified gunmen in Gaza opened fire at Mazen Faqha, a Hamas leader who had been released from an Israeli jail under the prisoner exchange agreement …
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March 26, 2017