Israel Releases Hamas Official
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Nasser al-Shaer was one of more than 30 Hamas officials detained by Israel over the past three months.
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Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu was freed by Israeli police Saturday, hours after he was detained for trying to enter the West Bank to attend Christmas Eve ceremonies in Bethlehem, a police spokesman said.
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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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IDF troops on Wednesday arrested Imad Kawasmeh, commander of Hamas&#39; military wing in Hebron, and the man responsible for sending two suicide bombers to Beersheba two months ago.
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The Israeli army announced it has arrested a Hamas leader in the West Bank town of Hebron, claiming he was planning for bomb attacks against Israelis.
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Israeli troops in the West Bank arrested more than 30 senior Hamas members early Thursday, including a Cabinet minister, legislators and mayors &#151; pressing forward with an offensive against the Islamic militant group.
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Israeli forces have detained a senior leader of Hamas&#39;s military wing in the West Bank on during a night-time raid on his hideout, witnesses say.
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Palestinian militants yesterday released an Israeli Arab who works as a producer for CNN a day after abducting him at gunpoint in the
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Witnesses say Palestinian gunmen have freed a senior member of the Palestinian security services, hours after abducting him in the Gaza Strip.
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Israel blocked Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader, from returning to Gaza on Thursday after a visit abroad, in an effort to prevent him bringing in money donated by Iran.
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Israel bombed a series of Hamas buildings and arrested another Palestinian cabinet minister.
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Egypt yesterday freed an Israeli Arab businessman, convicted of spying, in exchange for Israel&#39;s release of six Egyptian students.
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Israeli soldiers arrested the Palestinian deputy prime minister Saturday, the highest-ranking Hamas official rounded up in a seven-week-old crackdown against the ruling party.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Israel  - Israel released dozens of Palestinian prisoners on Friday as part of a U.S.-backed deal to bolster Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas after Hamas Islamists took over the Gaza Strip last month.
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Hamas TV said early Wednesday that kidnapped British reporter Alan Johnston has been released after nearly four months in captivity.
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BBC journalist Alan Johnston was freed early Wednesday in Gaza City, the Islamist movement Hamas said.
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Palestinian gunmen freed a top security  official on Thursday hours after abducting him in the Gaza  Strip in a fresh challenge to President Yasser Arafat's rule  amid a wave of unrest, witnesses said.