Hamas closes government offices
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The Hamas-led Palestinian government halts official business after deadly clashes with its rival Fatah.
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Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas overran two government ministries on Sunday, sealed off the area around his home and battled gunmen from the ruling Hamas group as chaos threatened Gaza.
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Israel closed all border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Friday, cutting off at least one aid shipment, and bombed the empty Interior Ministry building of the Palestinian Authority.
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JERUSALEM, Feb. 15 -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh of Hamas resigned Thursday to make way for a power-sharing government with the rival Fatah party in the hopes of ending factional strife and restoring international aid to the nearly bankrupt Palestinian Authority.
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Fears of fuel and water shortages after security cabinet declares Hamas-controlled territory an "enemy entity".
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The main power plant in Gaza begins shutting down due to fuel shortages caused by Israel's border closures.
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Israel bombed the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza and closed border crossings with the coastal strip on Friday in an intensified campaign to halt Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas sacks the Hamas-led government and declares a state of emergency.
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JERUSALEM, June 15 -- Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas dissolved the Palestinian government Thursday and declared a state of emergency after rival Hamas forces took complete control of the Gaza Strip in what the Islamic movement called the territory's "liberation."
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the territory's borders in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.
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Large parts of Gaza were plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel closed the borders of the Hamas-controlled territory and blocked fuel supplies.
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Hamas boycotts an emergency session of the Palestinian parliament called by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Hamas boycotted the opening of the Palestinian parliament's new term Wednesday, effectively allowing President Mahmoud Abbas to keep his moderate emergency Cabinet in power.
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Gaza's main power plant shut down completely on Sunday after Israel closed the borders of the Hamas-controlled territory and blocked fuel supplies, Palestinian officials said.
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Israel's defense minister has ordered the temporary closure of all crossings into Gaza, cutting off supplies into the besieged strip in response to a slew of Palestinian rocket barrages at nearby Israeli towns, defense officials said Friday.
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Hamas bans outdoor prayer meetings in Gaza, saying they were used by its Fatah rivals to stage mass protests.
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Gaza's main power plant began shutting down on Sunday due to a fuel shortage caused by Israel's closure of the Hamas-controlled territory's borders, a move taken in response to Palestinian rocket attacks.