Hamas hails Gaza victory after seizing base
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Hamas fighters on Thursday captured one of the last bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the Islamists declared the "liberation" 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 vowed revenge on Thursday after Israeli forces ended a raid into the northern Gaza Strip during which they killed 11 Palestinians in clashes with local gunmen.
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The move was an effort to support the emergency government of Mahmoud Abbas after the Muslim militants of Hamas seized control of Gaza 10 days ago.
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JERUSALEM, July 4 -- An ebullient and relieved Alan Johnston, the BBC correspondent set free Wednesday after 114 days as a captive in the Gaza Strip, suggested the turning point that led to his release was Hamas's takeover of the strip.
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Israel praises the Palestinian Authority for deploying its forces to stop rocket attacks in Gaza.
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The radical Islamic Hamas movementdid well in the first round of the Palestinian municipal elections,official results which was announced in Ramallah on Sunday showed.
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Fatah and Hamas members abducted by gunmen were freed late on Monday as part of deal between the two side, Fatah and Hamas sources said.
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An uneasy calm returns to Gaza where Hamas is in full control after attacks on key Fatah strongholds.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Israel freed Hamas's top  West Bank leader Thursday after two years in jail and he  swiftly called on the Jewish state to release all Palestinian  inmates as a condition for any truce.
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Senior âPalestinianâ figures Tuesday said Israelâs planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip was a victory for the four-year terrorist campaign against the nationâs Jewish population.
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Tens of thousands of Hamas members crammed into a Gaza stadium on Friday in a show of support for the movement's government after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas threatened this week to dissolve the administration.
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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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Hamas fighters on Thursday raised the green flags of the Islamist movement over one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Hamas's top leader in the  West Bank was released from an Israeli prison Thursday after  completing a two-year sentence, potentially bolstering the  militant Palestinian group's standing in the area.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - Hamas Islamic militants  scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal  elections, the first contested by the group sworn to Israel's  destruction, initial results showed on Friday.
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JERUSALEM, June 13 -- Hamas gunmen consolidated their hold over large swaths of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday after attacking military posts controlled by the rival Fatah movement, whose own fighters responded with a daylight raid in the West Bank, broadening the civil strife.