Confusion over Hamas threat
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Confusion surrounds a Hamas threat to target Israelis abroad following today&#39;s assassination of one of the group&#39;s officials in Damascus.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- As the young editor of Hamas's weekly newspaper, Sari Orabi is a careful monitor of what he describes as the "surprisingly frank" debate underway within the party that took control of the Palestinian Authority just over five months ago.
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Claim of secret talks broadcast as Syria accuses Israel of targeting Hamas member in Damascus. &quot;The political leader of the Palestinian militant group Hamas has said that it has had secret contacts with the
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Taking their message to a state they don&#039;t recognize, the Hamas prime minister gave an interview to an Israeli newspaper and his top aide spoke in Hebrew on the radio Tuesday.
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The attack raises concerns that militants can enter Israel from Egypt.
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JERUSALEM, June 14 -- Hamas gunmen wrested control of a key security base in Gaza City from the rival Fatah movement Thursday morning, further consolidating their hold over large swaths of the Gaza Strip.
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In a statement, the Israeli army described those arrested as âsenior members of the Hamas terror organization.â
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Hamas threatened to launch a new uprising against Israel on Saturday when hundreds of thousands of Islamist supporters rallied in Gaza City to mark the group's 20th anniversary.
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The United States denied it had held contacts with Hamas as a leader of the radical Palestinian group has claimed. &quot;We don&#39;t conduct business with designated terrorist organisations.
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Israeli diplomatic and other missions abroad have raised their alert levels in response to threats after the assassination of Hamas terrorist Iz a Din al-Sheikh Khalil in Damascus Sunday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Fatah gunmen took aim at Hamas rivals in the West Bank yesterday, storming the Hamas-led parliament and ransacking offices of the Islamist group amid fears that last week's fighting in the Gaza Strip could trigger a wider reprisal campaign here.
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Hamas has promised to protect press freedoms in the Gaza Strip, but its police force has been intimidating journalists.
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GAZA CITY -- Ignoring a truce and Arab mediation offers, Hamas and Fatah fighters exchanged gunfire in upscale beachfront neighborhoods yesterday, and Hamas gunmen threatened to attack high-rise buildings unless residents force rival snipers off their rooftops.
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But experts warn that if he fails to win over Hamas, he could be in for a domestic showdown.
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There is an air of relief blowing in with the hot sea breeze over the Gaza Strip these days, but it's one salted with worry that factional warfare which ended in victory for Hamas two weeks ago could swiftly return.
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The radical Palestinian group Hamas is threatening to avenge the death of a member of its military wing, who has been killed by the Israeli army in what it calls a &quot;liquidation operation.
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On the heels of a U.S. indictment of Hamas leaders, the State Department on Saturday issued an updated warning that Americans in the Middle East and North Africa could be targets of terrorist attacks.