Rocket fired from Gaza into Israel: army

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Tuesday, causing no damage or injuries, an Israeli police spokesman said.

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Israel air strike targets Gaza militants

An Israeli air strike targeted Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip early on Saturday, according to sources on both sides.

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Hamas bans singing competition in Gaza

Organizers of the Palestinian version of “American Idol” said Thursday the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers have banned residents from participating in the popular reality show.

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Israel raid 'kills two in northern Gaza'

An Israeli air raid on the northern Gaza Strip killed two Palestinians and wounded a third on Wednesday, a spokesman for the Hamas-run emergency services told AFP.

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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Israeli Shelling Kills Two Palestinians in Gaza

GAZA, January 18, 2012 (WAFA) – Israeli shelling on the Gaza Strip Wednesday left two Palestinians dead and a third injured, according to medical sources.

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Israeli strike kills Palestinian in Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) – An Israeli aircraft and tank strike killed at least one Palestinian close to the border fence in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Wednesday, medics said.

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Palestinian officials say 1 dead in Gaza strike

Palestinian medical officials in the Gaza Strip say one man has been killed and three people wounded in an Israeli attack in the north of the territory.

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Gaza Shiites claim Hamas persecution

Masked Hamas police beat and detained members of the Gaza Strip's tiny Shiite community during a religious commemoration last week, a follower and local rights groups said Tuesday, accusing their Islamist rulers of religious intolerance.

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Member of Gaza's Shiite minority says Hamas police beat followers during religious ceremony

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Masked Hamas police beat and detained members of the Gaza Strip's tiny Shiite community during a religious commemoration last week, a follower and local rights groups said Tuesday, accusing their Islamist rulers of religious intolerance.

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Palestinian rights groups slam Gaza police raid

GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Two Palestinian human rights group on Monday condemned the use of “excessive” force by policemen against Shiites in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.

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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Newspapers Review: Hamas, Fatah New Agreements in Reconciliation

RAMALLAH, January 15, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies focused Sunday on Hamas and Fatah agreement to re-open the Central Election Commission headquarters in the Gaza Strip.

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Its Official! Gaza Children Get World Record For Kite Flying

It's official – the children of the Gaza Strip again hold the Guinness World Record for the most kites flown simultaneously – this time it was 12,350.

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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Newspapers Review: Hamas-Fatah Crisis Dominates Dailies

RAMALLAH, January 9, 2012 (WAFA) – The three Palestinian Arabic dailies Monday highlighted the new crisis in Fatah-Hamas relations following Hamas ban on a high level Fatah delegation from entering the Gaza Strip.

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Gaza leader promises ‘difficult days’ for Israel

The prime minister in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip on Sunday promised “difficult days” for Israel, and at a rally in Tunis urged Arab Spring revolutionaries to fight for an independent Palestine.

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Palestine News & Info Agency – WAFA – Rights Group: Violations Continue in West Bank, Gaza

RAMALLAH, January 5, 2012 (WAFA) – Violations of human rights have continued in the West Bank and Gaza Strip during December, a report by the Independent Commission for Human Rights (ICHR) said Thursday.

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Israeli Navy Boards Gaza Protest Boats – Video


04-11-2011 11:37 Israel’s navy boarded two protest boats trying to break the blockade of the Gaza Strip on Friday and towed them to an Israeli port just north of the Palestinian territory, officials said. (Nov

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Israel targets al-Qaida militant in Gaza

GAZA, Jan. 3 (UPI) — The Israeli military killed militants linked to al-Qaida in the Gaza Strip, the first time the Israelis have systematically targeted jihadist operatives there.

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‘Gaza stands firm in face of occupiers’

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh has said that Palestinians will never back down in their resistance against the Israeli occupiers and their blockade of the Gaza Strip.

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Israel Matzav: Zahar: Gaza is not occupied

“Popular resistance is inappropriate for the Gaza Strip,” al-Zahar said. “Against whom exactly would be rally

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Elder of Ziyon: Hamas leader admits Gaza isn't occupied

“Popular resistance is inappropriate for the Gaza Strip,” al-Zahar said. “Against whom exactly would be rally?

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West Bank firms run into new Hamas rules

Palestinian firms in the occupied West Bank say the Hamas group which governs the Gaza Strip is planning new business regulations that will deepen an economic and political chasm between the territories.

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Ismail Haniya of Gaza Visits Turkey

The visit to Istanbul by Ismail Haniya, the prime minister of Gaza, is his first official trip abroad since Hamas took over the Gaza Strip in 2007.

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International medical delegation arrives in Gaza

A delegation of international medical specialists has arrived in the Gaza Strip after crossing via the Rafah border post, which links Gaza with Egypt.

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Gaza’s Hamas premier visits flotilla ship

The Hamas premier of the Gaza Strip has visited a ship docked in Turkey that in 2010 was the target of a deadly raid by Israeli troops seeking to prevent an aid flotilla reaching the Palestinian territory.

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Gaza's Hamas premier visits flotilla ship | Washington Examiner

The Hamas premier of the Gaza Strip has visited a ship docked in Turkey that in 2010 was the target of a deadly raid by Israeli troops seeking to prevent an aid flotilla reaching the Palestinian territory.

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