Militants Defy Peace Call by Abbas, 8 Die in Gaza
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Palestinian militants blew up a truck bomb  in an attack on the Gaza border that killed five Israelis on  Thursday, rescue workers and the army said, hours after the new  Palestinian leader called for a halt to violence.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will  demand obedience from militant factions in talks Friday after  fighters bombarded Jewish settlements in Gaza despite a  cease-fire declared at a summit with Israel.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Militant groups behind many suicide bombings dismissed a call from interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to halt attacks in the days leading up to a Jan. 9 election to replace Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian police thwarted an attack Sunday on a security commander &amp;#151; the second ally of President Mahmoud Abbas targeted in two days &amp;#151; as the rivalry between his moderate Fatah Party and the Hamas militant group threatened to explode.
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Gaza militants hit an army base in Israel  with rocket fire Wednesday, wounding 12 soldiers, as they  defied calls for a halt to attacks from Mahmoud Abbas, the  frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat in elections Sunday.
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Hamas Islamist gunmen pressed on with their Gaza offensive on Wednesday, killing eight fighters loyal to Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas in a Palestinian supremacy struggle escalating steadily into civil war.
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At least eight people are killed as fighting between Hamas and Fatah rages in Gaza, scuppering a three-day truce.
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Palestinian militants angry over Yasser Arafat&#39;s death have attacked a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip in what they said signalled the start of a new round of clashes against Israel.
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JERUSALEM, Sept. 26 â Up to nine Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes in Gaza today, according to Palestinian witnesses and medical officials. Six of them were said to be militants.
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Mahmoud Abbas was sworn in as Palestinian president on Saturday, but his call for a cease-fire was overshadowed as Israel killed eight Palestinians in Gaza and cut ties with him over a deadly militant attack.
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Total of 14 Palestinians killed, including 11 Hamas militants, in Gaza raid
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Gaza militants struck the border with  Israel and launched barrages of rockets into the Jewish state  Wednesday, defying calls for a halt to attacks from the  frontrunner to succeed Yasser Arafat.
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Palestinian militants armed with AK-47s and rocket-propelled grenades battled Israeli helicopters and tanks Thursday in the bloodiest day since Israel invaded Gaza over a soldier&#039;s capture. At least 21 Palestinians and one Israeli soldier died.
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Mortar bombs exploded near the Gaza offices of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday and rival gunmen exchanged fire in the streets, defying the latest truce in the factional war between Fatah and Hamas.
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Palestinian militants killed six Israelis  in a bombing and shooting attack at the main commercial  crossing into Gaza, mounting their strongest challenge yet to  President-elect Mahmoud Abbas and his call for non-violence.
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Fighting between rival Palestinian factions escalated across Gaza on Friday, killing at least 17 people, as Hamas Islamists overran compounds used by President Mahmoud Abbas's forces and two universities were set ablaze.
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Hamas gunmen ambushed what the Islamic group said was a convoy carrying weapons to Mahmoud Abbas's presidential guard in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and four people were killed, residents said.