Hamas urges end to raids
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Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh   told Israel on Friday to halt its Gaza offensive if it wanted   to free a captured soldier and said his Hamas-led government   would not give way under force.
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Hundreds of Hamas supporters protested on the breached Gaza-Egypt border Friday to demand it remain open, while Egyptian troops poured cement and laid down metal spikes in a new attempt to halt the influx of Gazans.
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A senior Hamas leader said Thursday launching homemade rockets at southern Israel would stop only if Israel halts its military operations.
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GAZA CITY - Hamas chief Mahmud Zahar threatened Monday to avenge a deadly weekend raid in the movementâs Gaza stronghold with attacks inside Israel and poured cold water on calls for a ceasefire.
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The Palestinian leader orders his security forces to prevent militant attacks on Israelis, officials say.
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The Palestinian group Hamas denied on Sunday that it would ever carry out attacks in the United States. It also condemned the arrest of two members by American authorities, saying they are politically motivated.
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Palestinian militant group Hamas abruptly calls off its anniversary rally fearing that Israel may target its leaders.
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Hamas's armed wing threatened on Tuesday to storm security headquarters controlled by the rival Fatah faction in Gaza City unless they are evacuated immediately, an ultimatum verging on a declaration of war.
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THE leader of Hamas in its Gaza Strip stronghold, Mahmud Zahar, has rejected any suggestion that the hardline group could soon call a halt to its campaign of attacks against Israel.
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Israel's security chief calls for the detention of right-wing radicals opposed to the Gaza pull-out plan
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RAFAH, Gaza Strip  - Hamas on Wednesday demanded a central role in controlling the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt in an open challenge to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ahead of crisis talks in Cairo.
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CAIRO - A top Hamas leader rejected a call by PLO chief Mahmud Abbas for Palestinian militant groups to lay down their arms in the fight against Israeli occupation, in an interview published Tuesday.
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Hamas fighters order Fatah security forces in Gaza to surrender weapons within hours.
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Israel's military has begun scaling back arrest raids aimed at Palestinian militants in the West Bank, security officials said Monday, in another move designed to help moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Hamas Islamists on Monday to agree to early elections and to open a "new page" by ceding control of the Gaza Strip and holding reconciliation talks with his Fatah faction.
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Islamist Hamas fighters and looters ransacked the blood-spattered Palestinian presidential compound in Gaza on Friday as their leader ordered an end to reprisals against their routed, Western-backed Fatah rivals.
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Egypt will close its breached border with Gaza on Sunday, and Hamas will not stand in the way, a Hamas leader said.