Tag: Hamas
Updated: Israel kills 16 Hamas leaders, Gaza death toll hits 56
Israel said it killed 16 members of the Hamas armed wing in Gaza, including the brigade commander of Gaza, in…
Israel bombs two Hamas leaders to death
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) said that they had killed two senior Hamas intelligence chiefs, Hassan Kaogi, head of the…
31 dead as Israel, Hamas fight again
Hostilities between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian group that runs Gaza escalated on Tuesday as each side attacked the other…
Israel hits Gaza after rocket from Hamas forces Netanyahu off-stage
The Israeli Air Force conducted retaliatory strikes against Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip early Thursday after a rocket was…
Hamas endorses initiative to hold Palestinian elections by 2020
Hamas Chief, Ismail Haniyeh announced on Thursday that his Islamic movement has accepted the initiative of eight Palestinian factions to…
Anti-Israel marches in Gaza Strip to continue – Hamas
A senior Islamic Hamas movement leader on Thursday said the anti-Israel marches of return will continue in eastern Gaza Strip…
Hamas rejects Israel’s investigation into deadly Gaza war
Hamas, the Islamist group that controls the Gaza Strip, has rejected an Israeli investigation into one of the deadliest episodes…
Israel-Gaza border: Netanyahu warns Hamas of heavy price
Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, on Tuesday, warned Hamas will pay a heavy price if it further escalates the tension…
Hamas reaches ceasefire with Israel after Gaza flare-up
Hamas, the Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday said it has reached a ceasefire with Israel.
Israeli forces strike Hamas targets in Gaza following border bombings
The Israeli army said it targeted a number of Hamas structures in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday in response to…
Egyptian court cancels Hamas as terrorist group
An Egyptian appeals court on Saturday canceled a ruling to list the Palestinian group Hamas as a terrorist organisation, judicial…
Egypt declares Palestinian movement Hamas ‘terrorist’
An Egyptian court on Saturday declared Hamas a “terrorist” organisation, a judicial source said, weeks after the Palestinian Islamist movement’s…
Hamas condemns Charlie Hebdo terror attack
Palestinian Islamist group Hamas condemned Saturday the killing of 12 people in an attack on French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo’s…
Hamas hails deadly Jerusalem car attack
Palestinian militant group Hamas hailed Wednesday’s deadly car attack in Jerusalem by one of its members, calling it “the natural…
Hamas rules out direct talks with Israel
Hamas’s former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniya on Saturday said the militant Islamic Palestinian group would not hold any direct…
Israel charges chief suspect in W.Bank teens’ kidnap
A prime suspect in the kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teenagers in the West Bank has been charged with…
Israeli kids back to school after tense summer
Over 2 million Israeli children went back to school on Monday after a summer spent by many in bomb shelters…
Gaza children left orphaned by bloody war
“She will call me Daddy and Mummy,” insisted 11-year-old Amir Hamad, cradling his infant sister in his arms after the…
Hamas ‘brought Israel to its knees’ – Iran
Iran said Wednesday that Palestinian militants had emerged the victors and brought their Israeli foe “to its knees” during the…
Israeli strike kills Hamas finance official
Israel said Sunday it had killed a top Hamas financial official in an air strike on Gaza City, as it…
Hamas executes ‘collaborators,’ Israeli child killed
Hamas executed 18 alleged collaborators in Gaza City on Friday as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed harsh retribution for…
Israeli air strike wounds 40 in Gaza City
A powerful Israeli air strike levelled a house in Gaza City late Friday, wounding 40 Palestinians, local emergency services said.…
Israeli strikes kill senior Hamas commanders in Gaza
Israeli warplanes assassinated three top Hamas commanders in southern Gaza on Thursday, inflicting a heavy blow on the movement’s armed…
Hamas says military chief alive, calling shots in Gaza war
Hamas said on Wednesday its military commander Mohammed Deif was alive and still calling the shots in the ongoing war…
Israeli strike kills wife, child of Gaza military chief – Hamas
An Israeli air strike on Gaza City killed the wife and infant daughter of elusive Hamas military chief Mohammed Deif,…
US blames Hamas for Gaza truce collapse
The United States blamed rocket fire from Gaza for a breakdown in indirect talks between Israel and Palestinian authorities on…
Thousands flee for cover as Israel raids Gaza
Thousands of Palestinians fled their homes in neighbourhoods of eastern Gaza City on Tuesday, carrying bags of clothes, pillows and…
Israel hits Gaza, quits Cairo talks after rocket fire
Israel hauled its negotiators back from talks in Cairo and warplanes hit Gaza Tuesday after Palestinian rockets smashed into the…
Fate of Gaza truce in balance as midnight deadline looms
Negotiators in Cairo were pushing Israel and the Palestinians to put a decisive end to weeks of bloodshed in Gaza…
Israel warns on security as Gaza truce talks resume
Israel warned Sunday it would refuse any long-term truce deal that failed to satisfy its security needs as Gaza ceasefire…