Senior Hamas figure ready for cease-fire
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Hebrew news service âItimâ quotes Sheikh Hassan Yousef, considered a senior Hamas leader in the West Bank, as saying that Hamas was ready for a ten-year hudna (truce).
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Hamas promised on Saturday to maintain a  de facto truce and, in a major policy change, not to retaliate  immediately for any Israeli violence while it weighs  Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas's ceasefire with Israel.
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Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh has said he would be willing to negotiate a cease-fire with Israel -- but Israel is reacting coolly.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to make a "decisive" statement Thursday on escalating factional fighting in Gaza, Fatah sources tell CNN.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - A Hamas leader said the  militant group could accept creation of a Palestinian state in  the West Bank and Gaza and a long-term truce with Israel,  signaling a possible new overture to end hostilities.
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Hamas may be willing to agree to a cease-fire with Israel for one year, a senior official of the militant group said in an interview published on Saturday. Hamas said it had not fired any rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip for days.
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GAZA CITY - Hamas chief Mahmud Zahar threatened Monday to avenge a deadly weekend raid in the movementâs Gaza stronghold with attacks inside Israel and poured cold water on calls for a ceasefire.
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Hamas's armed wing will release an audio tape on Monday of an Israeli soldier seized by militants in Gaza a year ago, a senior official in the Islamist movement said.
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The foreign secretary aims for an end to conflict as he sets out to visit Palestinian leaders.
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Militant groups have agreed to suspend attacks as they near a formal truce deal with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and await Israel's response, a senior Palestinian official said Monday.
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Palestinian commanders hoped to get an  Israeli go-ahead Tuesday for deploying security forces in south  Gaza to solidify a de facto cease-fire that would help new  President Mahmoud Abbas talk peace with Israel.
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The Palestinian militant groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad said Saturday they were adhering to a de facto truce with Israel, but stopped short of committing to the official cease-fire that Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon agreed on at their summit.
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Security forces from the Hamas Islamist movement took up positions in the Gaza Strip on Friday ahead of possible rallies by the rival Fatah faction, in defiance of a ban imposed after clashes in recent weeks.
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The Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) warned on Thursday that any preparations to form a new Palestinian leadership without the participation of Hamas would be illegal.
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A total cease-fire in Gaza is expected to begin at 6 a.m. local time Sunday (11 p.m. Saturday ET) after Israel and Palestinian factions agreed on a proposal, authorities said Sunday.
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The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said Friday, apparently softening Hamas' hardline stance and boosting hopes for renewed peace efforts after Yasser Arafat's death.
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A Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip has suggested the militant group is ready to consider discussing a halt to attacks against Israel to permit a smooth January 9 Palestinian election.