TheceremonyofhandingovertheGazaStrip'sbordercrossingswithIsraelandEgyptbeganWednesdayinthepresenceofseniorEgyptiansecurityintelligencerepresentatives,thePalesti
AstheIsraeliDefenseForces(IDF)blewupatunnelstretchingfromtheGazaStripintoIsrael'sterritory,reportedlycausing11deaths,Hamasdecrieditasa"dangerousescalation"again
AseniorofficialoftheIslamicHamasmovementsaidonSaturdaythattheGazaStripisnowunderthemandateofthePalestinianconsensusgovernmentofPrimeMinisterRamiHamdallah.Khalil
IsraelsaidonThursdaythatitwouldnotrecognizetheunifiedFatah-HamasPalestiniangovernmentunlessHamasdisarmedandstoppedcallingforIsrael'sdestruction."AslongasHamasdo
Afteraten-yearbreak,rivalPalestiniangroupsHamasandFatahhavereachedareconciliationagreement.Underthedeal,administrativecontrolofGazawillbehandedtoaFatah-ledunity
PalestinianPresidentMahmudAbbaswillvisitGazaforthefirsttimeinadecade,atopofficialinhisFatahPartysaidonThursday,afterreconciliationtalkswithrivalsHamas.Abbas"wil
RivalPalestinianfactionsHamasandFatahhavereachedadealoverpoliticalreconciliation,HamaschiefIsmailHaniyehsaidinastatementonThursday.AHamasofficialtoldReutersthat
Israel'sarmyonSundaybatteredaHamaspostinGazawithartilleryafterarocketwasfiredearlierfromthePalestinianenclavebutfailedtoreachIsraeliterritory,thearmysaid.Amilit
IslamicHamasmovementchiefIsmailHaniyehannouncedTuesdaythathewillleadaseniordelegationtoCaironextMondayforreconciliationtalkswithFatah.Haniyeh'sannouncementcamed
AfterthePalestinianConsensusGovernmentarrivedintheGazaStriponMondaytotakeoveritsministries,analystssaythegovernmentwalksonathornyroadtoachievereconciliationwith
PalestinianPrimeMinisterRamiHamdallahonTuesdaychairedthefirstmeetingofthePalestiniancabinetinGazaforthreeyearsinamovetowardsreconciliationbetweenthemainstreamFa
RamiHamdallah,PrimeMinisterofthePalestinianConsensusGovernmentannouncedonMondaythathisgovernmentbeganitsworkintheGazaStripinaccordancetotheEgyptian-brokeredreco
ThePalestinianprimeministerledadelegationfromtheWestBanktotheGazaStriponMondayfortalkswithHamasinthemostambitiousattempttoreconciletherivalpoliticalfactionssinc
TheHamasmovementannouncedinCairoearlyonSundaythatitisreadytohandovertheGazaStriptotheconsensusgovernmentofPalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas.Thegroupsaidinanemail
ThePalestinianmilitantgroupHamassaysitisreadytodissolvethecommitteethatrulesGazaandholdelectionsforthefirsttimesince2006.Italsosaiditwasaimingformoretalkswithri
ThecurrentimprovementinthetiesbetweenHamasmovementandEgyptwouldkeepthelatterthesolesponsorforachievingareconciliationthatendsmorethantenyearsofinternalPalestini
TheendlessfeudsbetweenIslamicHamasmovement,whichrulestheGazaStrip,and82-year-oldPalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas,whorulespartsoftheWestBank,mayendupwithacomplet