Israel seizes Hamas leaders, violence goes on
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli forces seized a Palestinian minister and other officials on Thursday in a crackdown on Hamas, which defied a call by President Mahmoud Abbas to stop firing rockets at Israel.
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Israeli troops in the West Bank arrested more than 30 senior Hamas members early Thursday, including a Cabinet minister, legislators and mayors &#151; pressing forward with an offensive against the Islamic militant group.
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Israel on Wednesday released the Palestinian deputy prime minister, the highest-ranking of more than 30 officials in the Hamas-led government jailed as part of a crackdown on the Islamic militant group.
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Israeli troops arrested a Hamas cabinet minister early Saturday as part of a widening offensive against the group.
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GAZA CITY: Israel killed a military leader of the radical Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, risking a new flare-up in violence on Friday just days ahead of a critical parliamentary vote on the evacuation of the Palestinian territory.
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Nasser al-Shaer was one of more than 30 Hamas officials detained by Israel over the past three months.
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The Israeli army announced it has arrested a Hamas leader in the West Bank town of Hebron, claiming he was planning for bomb attacks against Israelis.
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Israel on Tuesday captured a top Hamas militant accused of ordering and planning suicide bombings that killed 55 Israelis, the military said.
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NABLUS, West Bank  - Israeli forces seized a Palestinian cabinet minister and more than 30 other officials on Thursday in a new phase of a crackdown on Hamas Islamists that a United Nations envoy described as "troubling".
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The Israeli army says it has killed two members of the Hamas movement during a raid in the Gaza Strip.
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Israeli forces detained two Palestinians,   who the army said were Hamas militants, in the Gaza Strip on   Saturday in what marked the first such arrest raid in the   territory since Israel pulled out of Gaza a year ago.
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Israeli forces seized control of parts of  the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a day after soldiers  killed 14 Hamas fighters in the deadliest strike against the  leading Palestinian militant group.
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Hamas says it has taken full control of Gaza, hours after Palestinian President Abbas declared an emergency.
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Masked Hamas gunmen took control of the Gaza Strip and the Fatah president declared a state of emergency and plans for elections.
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Ezel Dein al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the radical movement Hamas, has executed a Palestinian accused of collaborating with Israel.
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TULKARM, West Bank - Israeli forces detained a senior leader of Hamasâs military wing in the West Bank on Saturday during a nighttime raid on his hideout, witnesses said.
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Palestinians briefly hold three faction officials in the first arrests linked to anti-Israeli violence since Palestinian elections.