Hamas has tough road in disarming Gaza
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A metal door, a window frame and a faucet were the only items dropped off at a Hamas weapons collection point Thursday, a sign the Islamic militant group faces serious trouble in getting its hands on Gaza's estimated 400,000 firearms.
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The Israeli Knesset&#39;s approval of a plan to dismantle Jewish settlements in Gaza and part of the West bank raises hopes for Middle East peace progress, but, as always in the region, there are myriad uncertainties.
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A new hole opens in the Arab-Israeli peace strategy of isolating Hamas.
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Islamist groups are vying for influence in Gaza in a race to fill the security vacuum created by fighting between Fatah and Hamas.
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Hamas Islamists seemed in command of much of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after battering forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Israeli opposition to the prime minister's Gaza withdrawal plan raises safety concerns.
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Israel says its largest incursion in the Gaza Strip during four years of fighting is a victory. But Hamas, the Palestinian militant group, isn&#39;t admitting defeat.
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Jerusalem - As Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pressed ahead this week with his Gaza Strip evacuation plan, he grappled with a new obstacle to implementing the withdrawal: the specter of violent clashes mushrooming into a civil war.
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World powers have largely abandoned hope that Hamas radicals will drop anti-Israel positions that have riven the Palestinian leadership and led to a cutoff of direct international aid. Now diplomats are looking for a new approach.
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Border crossings crucial to the impoverished Gaza Strip's economic survival remained shut Monday, three days after the Hamas militant movement routed Fatah security forces and took over the densely populated Palestinian territory.
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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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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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Hamas marked the 20th anniversary of its founding with a huge rally Saturday, sending a message of strength and defiance even as it is struggling to keep Gaza the Strip from sinking deeper into poverty.
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Washington hoped to neutralize Hamas by strengthening Abbas. But the rout in Gaza has left that strategy in shreds
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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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There were instances of looting of Fatah symbols, but Gaza was mostly quiet today after five days of fighting in which Hamas took control of Gaza from its factional rivals.
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Hamas militants cement domination over Gaza but appear to make conciliatory overtures to Fatah.