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Hamas Building Gaza Buffer Zone As It Seeks Improved Egypt Ties

Gaza's rulers Hamas said they had begun building a new buffer zone along the southern border with Egypt on Wednesday,...

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Hamas Says PA, Israel Refusing Travel Documents For Sick Gazans

Hamas on Tuesday accused the Palestinian Authority and Israel of refusing to grant documents to Gazans in need of...

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Israel Strikes Hamas Bases In Gaza After Rocket

Israeli airstrikes hit a series of targets in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight, officials said, hours after a rocket...

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Gaza Restarts Power Station As Egypt Fuel Eases Crisis

The Gaza Strip's sole power station has been fired up again, the energy authority in the Palestinian enclave said...

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Defence Minister Accuses Abbas of Wanting Israel-Hamas War

Israel's defence minister on Thursday accused Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas of trying to spark a fresh conflict...

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Egypt Delivers Fuel To Ease Gaza Electricity Crisis

Egypt began on Wednesday to deliver a million litres of fuel to Gaza, a Palestinian official said, in an attempt to...

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Palestinians Greatly Troubled By Gulf Crisis, Fear Consequences

Following the declaration of Gulf and Arab states to boycott Qatar, which broke out two weeks ago, and the decision to...

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Egypt Hisham Barakat Killing

A court in Cairo has recommended the death penalty for 30 people convicted of involvement in the killing of Egypt’s...

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UN Says Gazans Being Held Hostage To Palestinian Feud

The United Nations said Wednesday that Gazans were being held hostage to Palestinian political infighting, warning that...

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UN Says Gazans Being Held Hostage To Palestinian Feud

The United Nations said Wednesday that Gazans were being held hostage to Palestinian political infighting, warning that...

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Israeli and International Groups Warn of Looming Gaza Disaster

Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ahead...

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Israeli and International Groups Warn of Looming Gaza Disaster

Israeli and international NGOS joined the UN on Wednesday in warning of a "total collapse" in Gaza if Israel goes ahead...

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Netanyahu Says Does Not Want ‘escalation’ In Gaza

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he was not seeking an "escalation" in the Gaza Strip after his...

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Gaza Strip In Peril As Hamas Marks Decade In Power

Hamas this week marks 10 years since taking power in Gaza with the Palestinian enclave at risk of conflict and facing...

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Israel To Reduce Gaza Power, Feeding Fears of Unrest

Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, an...

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Gaza Power Shortage To Worsen As Israel Reduces Supply

Israel will reduce electricity supplies to the Gaza Strip after funding cuts by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, a...

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Netanyahu Urges UN To Dismantle Its Palestinian Aid Agency

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sunday for the United Nations to shut down its Palestinian refugee aid...

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Hamas Denies It Built Tunnel Under UN Schools In Gaza

Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas has denied that it or any other militant group built a tunnel under two UN schools...

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UN Agency Blasts Hamas After Tunnel Found Under Schools

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees on Friday said it has protested to the Islamist movement Hamas after finding a...