Palestinian strike gains strength
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Hundreds more Palestinian prisoners join a hunger strike, as Yasser Arafat calls a one-day solidarity fast.
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The attack underlines the potential of the violent Hamas-Fatah power struggle to spill over into Israel.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Thousands of angry civil servants turned up the pressure on the beleaguered Hamas government yesterday, marching to demand payment of overdue wages and winning Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's blessing for a major strike next week.
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian border guards wielding clubs and firing toward the ground pushed back hundreds of Palestinian travelers who surged toward a Gaza-Egypt border terminal yesterday during a rare opening of the coastal strip's only gateway to the world.
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei condemned an Israeli air strike that killed 14 Hamas militants in unusually harsh terms yesterday, warning the attack will invite a tough response from the militant group and saying retaliation will be ''justified.&quot;
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Strikes against rocket launch sites are first since Hamas took control last week.
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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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Israel expanded its military offensive in  northern Gaza, launching two air strikes early on Monday that  killed at least three Palestinians and wounded two, including a  senior Hamas leader, witnesses and medics said.
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TEL AVIV -- Israeli forces took over a 5-mile-wide swath of the northern Gaza Strip yesterday and prepared for major operations against Palestinian groups that have been launching Qassam rockets at targets in southern Israel, signaling a sharp escalation in the conflict for which hard-liners on both sides have been pushing.
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Israeli air strikes killed five Palestinians in Gaza on Thursday as the Palestinian death toll rose to 100 in a 16-day-old army offensive aimed at crushing militants behind rocket salvoes into Israel.
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BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip  - Palestinians voted on  Thursday in the first municipal elections in the Gaza Strip in  decades, a test of strength between new President Mahmoud Abbas  and the militant Hamas group.
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HAMAS has won significant victories in local elections in the West Bank, the first to have been contested by the Islamic militant movement that is sworn to see Israelâs destruction.
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Hamas made a strong showing in local elections in the West Bank, the first time the Islamic terrorist group competed at the polls, according to preliminary elections results obtained Friday.
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Palestinian militants killed six Israelis in a bombing and shooting attack at the main commercial crossing into Gaza, mounting their strongest challenge yet to President-elect Mahmoud Abbas and his call for non-violence.
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An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian  militant in Gaza on Sunday, the 11th day of an offensive Prime  Minister Ariel Sharon hopes will defuse internal resistance to  his plan for withdrawing from some occupied land.
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Sunday&#39;s violent confrontation between militants and bodyguards protecting the interim Palestinian leader was the latest sign of the challenges ahead for Palestinians
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Hamas declared itself a significant political force after West Bank local election results were announced yesterday. It was the first time the Islamic movement, branded a terrorist