Israelis 'free Hamas deputy PM'
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An Israeli military court orders the release of Palestinian deputy PM Nasser al-Shaer, his lawyer says.
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Israel unleashed a new round of airstrikes on Gaza and arrested a second Hamas member of the Palestinian unity government in the West Bank on Saturday, Israel Defense Forces told CNN.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Israel yesterday 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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Reports say Egypt is to free an Arab-Israeli man jailed on spying charges in return for six students held by Israel.
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BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed early Wednesday in Gaza City, the Islamist movement Hamas said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - An Israeli military court   on Wednesday ordered the release of Palestinian Deputy Prime   Minister Naser al-Shaer, a top Hamas official, after more than   a month in detention, his lawyer said.
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Khaled Mashaal&#039;s aides praised the capture of an Israeli soldier as a daring operation but claimed Wednesday that the Damascus-based Hamas leader played no role in it. Israel sees him as the brains behind the abduction and threatened to try to assassinate him.
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Israel dealt a double blow to the Hamas  group Wednesday, arresting a West Bank leader held responsible  for a twin suicide bus bombing that killed 16 and killing a  militant in a Gaza air strike.
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Israeli authorities decided on  Wednesday to let a jailed Palestinian revolt leader out of his  isolation cell on Wednesday in what appeared to be a goodwill  gesture ahead of Palestinian elections, security sources said.
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Israel allows Palestinian PM Ismail Haniya to return to Gaza, but without millions of dollars in donations.
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Israel freed Hamas&#39;s top West Bank leader Thursday after two years in jail and he swiftly called on the Jewish state to release all Palestinian inmates as a condition for any truce.
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Israeli soldiers burst into the home of the Palestinian deputy prime minister before dawn Saturday and took him away for questioning, detaining the highest-ranking Hamas official in a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling Islamic militant group.
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THE Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, reached a deal with Shimon Peres yesterday to name the opposition leader as his senior deputy - clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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JERUSALEM -- Hamas officials in Gaza yesterday arrested a spokesman for the shadowy Army of Islam, the group that claims to have kidnapped the BBC's Gaza correspondent, Alan Johnston, on March 12.
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A Hamas official described Israel&#039;s detention of dozens of lawmakers from the group as hostage-taking but would not say whether it would be willing to turn over an Israeli soldier for their release.
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JERUSALEM -- Prime Minister Ariel Sharon of Israel reached a deal with Shimon Peres yesterday to name the opposition leader his senior deputy, clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.
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Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon reached a deal with Shimon Peres on Thursday to name the opposition leader his senior deputy, clearing a key obstacle to a unity government able to abandon the occupied Gaza Strip.