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Israel warns Hamas not to foil its anti-tunnel Gaza wall

Israel warned Gaza's Hamas rulers on Thursday not to try to foil its construction of a border wall designed to stop tunnels between the two sides.

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Gazans call on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing for patients

DozensdemonstratedonMondayatthegateofRafahcrossingpointbetweensouthernGazaStripandEgyptcallingontheEgyptianAuthoritiestoreopentheclosedcrossingforpatientswhonee

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Who is behind Gaza’s renewed electricity crisis?

TheGazaStripisinthemidstofanelectricityshortagethathasleftresidentswithjustafewhoursofpoweraday,turningmanyaspectsofeverydaylifeintheHamas-ruledterritoryupsided

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Palestinians fear internal division will ruin Palestinian cause

AstenyearsofinternalpoliticalandgeographicaldivisionhaspassedbetweenPalestine'sGazaStripandtheWestBank,analystsbelievethatthedivisionmayturninto"arealityofpolit

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Gaza’s electricity shortages could trigger further conflict

TheMiddleEastenvoyfortheUnitedNations,NikolayMladenov,saysthepowerstrugglebetweentheFatahandHamasmovementsinPalestinehasworsenedthehumanitariansituationinGaza,a

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Hamas leader announces arrest in shooting of commander

Hamas’newlyelectedsupremeleaderonThursdayannouncedthearrestofthemanbelievedresponsibleforthemysteriousshootingdeathofoneofhisorganization’stopmilitarycommanders

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Warm-up between Israel and Turkey may ease Gaza blockade

Islamic Hamas movement, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, was apparently unhappy after Israel and Turkey reached a reconciliation agreement earlier this week that won't completely lift an Israeli blockade.

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Hamas refutes reports saying talks with Egypt have failed

Senior Hamas officials said on Tuesday night that the talks held in Cairo for several days between the Islamic movement delegation and the Egyptian Security Intelligence chiefs has not failed.

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Hamas: no medical aid to wounded IS elements

​Officials in the Hamas-run ministry of interior denied on Monday earlier Israeli official's remarks that hospitals in the Gaza Strip provide medical aid to elements of the Islamic State (IS) who get wounded by the Egyptian army in the Peninsula of Sinai.

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Gaza health ministry denies treating IS militants injured in Egypt' s Sinai

​The Hamas-run Health Ministry denied on Monday media reports that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are providing medical treatment to Islamic State (IS) militants who are wounded in Sinai of Egypt.

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Ending Israel-Palestine conflict remains hopeless amid violent tensions

An ongoing wave of violent tensions between Israel and the Palestinians has rendered the hope to make peace between the two sides even slimmer.

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Israeli war jets strike on Hamas facilities in Gaza in response to rocket firing

​Israeli war jets struck early on Monday an Islamic Hamas movement military facility in southern Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported, according to security and medical officials.

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Hamas condemns U.S. for blacklisting its members as int'l terrorists

​The Islamist movement of Hamas condemned the United State for blacklisting of its members as international terrorists, a Hamas official said on Tuesday.

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Israel denies negotiations with Hamas over long-term truce

​Israel on Monday evening denied reports that advanced negotiations with Hamas are taking place over a long-term ceasefire, a year after the war between them.

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One year after previous war, situation remains fragile along Israel-Gaza border

​One year after last summer's Gaza war between Israel and the Hamas movement, peace still remains elusive despite a ceasefire that has largely taken hold along Israel's border with the coastal enclave.

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Gov't reshuffle deepens internal Palestinian feuds

​The recent reshuffle of the Palestinian consensus government has apparently deepened the internal feuds concerning its fate, according to analysts.