Jun 16 - By Sarah El Deeb, AP Writer
An official of the Palestinians' Hamas-led government who returned from a seven-nation trip with $20 million in his luggage said Saturday that he will continue to funnel money across the Egyptian border despite European objections. Complete Story
Jun 15 - By Associated Press
A Hamas government minister returned to the Gaza Strip on Thursday with $2 million in his luggage for his money-starved government, a day after the foreign minister brought $20 million in cash into the coastal strip.
Jun 15 - By Laurie Copans, AP Writer
Palestinian militants fired five rockets at southern Israel early Thursday, shortly after officials said Israeli threats had cowered the Hamas-led government into stopping the attacks.
Jun 14 - By Laurie Copans, AP Writer
A U.S.-trained military expert disputed on Wednesday an Israeli claim that it had nothing to do with an explosion that killed eight Palestinian beachgoers in the Gaza Strip last Friday, an incident that has turned a critical spotlight on Israel's military practices.
Jun 14 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
Palestinian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Zahar, who has been seeking to raise money for the financially strapped government, returned to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday with a suitcase full of cash, Palestinians officials said.
Jun 12 - By Associated Press
Hundreds of Palestinian security men loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas went on a rampage against the Hamas-led government Monday, riddling the parliament building and Cabinet offices with bullets before setting them ablaze in retaliation for an attack by Hamas gunmen in the Gaza Strip.
Jun 10 - By Associated Press
Palestinian militants fired about 10 rockets at Israel from the Gaza Strip early Sunday, critically injuring an Israeli and nearly hitting a college in the southern Israel town of Sderot, the army and rescue service said.
Jun 10 - By Mohammed Daraghmeh, AP Writer
Israeli aircraft struck a rocket-launching cell in the northern Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing two militants from the Palestinians' ruling Hamas party. The attack came after Hamas activists fired a barrage of rockets at southern Israel.
Jun 10 - By Associated Press
The top general in the Gaza Strip got caught in the crossfire of a Hamas-Fatah gunbattle on Saturday while he was attending the funeral of a security officer killed by gunmen, witnesses said.
Jun 9 - By Sarah El Deeb, AP Writer
President Mahmoud Abbas on Saturday set a date for Palestinians to vote on the establishment of a state next to Israel, despite rising violence and ruling Hamas militants' demands to delay.
Jun 9 - By Associated Press
The State Department on Friday night called for Israelis and Palestinians to show mutual restraint and avoid actions that could increase tensions following the shelling of civilian Palestinians along a beach on the Gaza Strip.
Jun 9 - By Associated Press
Hamas militants called off a truce with Israel on Friday after a barrage of Israeli artillery shells tore into Palestinians at a beachside picnic in the Gaza Strip, killing seven dcivilians.
May 30 - By Aron Heller, AP Writer
Palestinian militants fired homemade rockets at an Israeli town near the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, and Israeli media reported that one landed near the home of Israel's defense minister.
May 30 - By Sarah El Deeb, AP Writer
The Hamas-led Palestinian government does not have enough money to pay tens of thousands of employees, the finance minister said Wednesday, raising fears of more unrest in the chaotic West Bank and Gaza Strip.
May 30 - By Steven Gutkin, AP Writer
In a back-alley interview, the top Hamas enforcer in the Gaza Strip railed against the U.S. government, said he's happy whenever American soldiers are killed and vowed not to take Hamas' 3,000-strong militia off the streets.
May 30 - By Sarah El Deeb, AP Writer
Israel launched its first ground military operation inside the Gaza Strip since it pulled out of the region nearly a year ago, killing three members of a Palestinian rocket squad and a policeman in a fierce battle, the Israeli army said.
May 26 - By Associated Press
The Hamas militant group withdrew a controversial private militia from the streets of the Gaza Strip on Friday, saying it wanted to avoid further infighting with the rival Fatah movement.
May 25 - By Ravi Nessman, AP Writer
Hamas officials call it "the backup force" and insist the rifle-toting militants are simply police reinforcements working to end rampant chaos in the Gaza Strip.
May 21 - By Associated Press
The Israeli Cabinet approved Sunday the transfer of $11 million worth of medicine and health supplies to the Palestinians to help ease the deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
May 18 - By Anne Gearan, AP Diplomatic Writer
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the rival Palestinian security forces facing off in the Gaza Strip on Thursday pose "a very dangerous situation" that Palestinian leaders must confront.
May 18 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
Security forces loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and a new militia run by the Hamas-led government paraded through the streets with assault rifles Thursday and stared each other down, competing for control of the Gaza Strip.
May 17 - By Ibrahim Barzak, AP Writer
Thousands of police loyal to moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas marched in a show of force Thursday, a day after the Hamas-led government deployed 3,000 heavily armed militants in a daring challenge.
May 16 - By Associated Press
Israel's new defense minister on Wednesday reopened the main cargo crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip, signaling a policy shift aimed at easing some of Israel's security restrictions on the Palestinians.
May 16 - By Associated Press
Shooting attacks Tuesday in the Gaza Strip left one Hamas member dead and two others wounded, emergency workers said.
May 11 - By Amy Teibel, AP Writer
Hamas edged toward recognition of Israel, a key international demand, in an agreement worked out by Hamas and Fatah leaders in an Israeli prison, mentioning a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza while refusing to renounce violence.
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