Hamas Fighters Appear to Tighten Hold in Gaza
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At least 12 people were wounded in continuing clashes between Palestinian factions, residents and doctors said.
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Israel looks powerless to stop the barrage of rockets from Hamas-ruled Gaza. The Islamic militants, choked by a blockade of their territory, find it increasingly difficult to hold on to power. And moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is facing growing pressure to suspend peace talks because of Israel's strikes in Gaza.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The militant Islamic group  Hamas made significant inroads against the mainstream Fatah  movement in Palestinian municipal elections held last week in  the West Bank, official results showed Sunday.
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JERUSALEM -- Gunmen of rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah sharply escalated their fight for supremacy yesterday, with Hamas taking over much of the northern Gaza Strip in what is beginning to look increasingly like a civil war.
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Hamas security forces go out in force to prevent Fatah supporters defying a ban on outdoor prayers in Gaza.
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Egyptian forces left their breached border with the Gaza Strip open for a fifth day Sunday but tightened a security cordon around the border town of Rafah to keep Palestinians inside Egypt confined to a small zone.
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KARNI, Gaza Strip  - Forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the ruling Hamas movement are pushing ahead with expansion plans despite a unity government deal, Palestinian and Western officials said.
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Hamas militants cement domination over Gaza but appear to make conciliatory overtures to Fatah.
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The man widely believed to be leading the new Hamas rulers of the Gaza Strip said Wednesday that his group wants to maintain calm in the area, but will not be the "protector" of the Israeli border.
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A ceasefire between Israel and militants in Gaza took hold on Sunday and despite Palestinian rocket attacks in the first hours, Israel promised restraint.
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NABLUS, West Bank -- Israel rounded up a Palestinian Cabinet minister and 32 other Hamas leaders in the West Bank before dawn yesterday, trying a new tactic in its campaign to pressure the Islamic militant group into halting rocket barrages from the Gaza Strip.
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Tens of thousands of Hamas supporters marched in the Gaza Strip on Friday to show their backing for the militant group, even as its efforts to form a national unity government appeared stalled.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas vowed Tuesday to keep up its armed resistance against Israeli occupation in the West Bank and Gaza.
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Hamas security forces armed with rifles and clubs beat Fatah supporters trying to hold street prayers to protest the Islamic group's rule in Gaza, witnesses said. Hamas men also assaulted at least seven Palestinian journalists and detained five.
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The ruling Hamas faction deployed armed militants in key parts of the Gaza Strip on Friday, one day after it accused rival Fatah forces of trying to kill Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas sources said.
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Gunmen began withdrawing from Gaza's streets, some hostages were released and many shops reopened on Sunday as a shaky ceasefire appeared to be taking hold in factional fighting between Hamas and Fatah, residents said.
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GAZA CITY - For years, the seaside Flower of the Cities resort was that rare place in the Gaza Strip where the dress code did not rule out bikinis. Now, with some of its cinder-block cabanas turned into prayer rooms, the beach club shows how Hamas is consolidating its hold here three months after seizing power.