Hamas 'in full control of Gaza'
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Hamas says it has taken full control of Gaza, hours after Palestinian President Abbas declared an emergency.
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The militant group Hamas will accept a Palestinian state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip and a long-term truce with Israel, a leader said Friday, apparently
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The man now controlling Gaza City talks exclusively to Mitchell Prothero about his plans.
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A few days ago, Hamas fighters stormed Fatah strongholds in Gaza that were allied with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and effectively took control of one of the two pillars of the evolving Palestinian state. Fatah groups struck back in the West Bank, the other Palestinian pillar, and...
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Hamas Islamic militants scored significant successes in Palestinian municipal elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying Israel, initial results showed on Friday.
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Hamas has pledged in the wake of its bloody seizure of the Gaza Strip to work free BBC reporter Alan Johnston, snatched by gunmen more than three months ago in the volatile territory.
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Hamas militants cement domination over Gaza but appear to make conciliatory overtures to Fatah.
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A Hamas military victory in Gaza would create a two-headed Palestine &#151; with the Islamic extremists in control in the coastal strip and Western-backed Fatah ruling the West Bank.
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HAMAS has won significant victories in local elections in the West Bank, the first to have been contested by the Islamic militant movement that is sworn to see Israelâs destruction.
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Israeli forces seized control of parts of  the northern Gaza Strip Wednesday, a day after soldiers killed  14 Hamas fighters in the deadliest strike against the leading  Palestinian militant group.
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Hamas fighters on Thursday raised the green flags of the Islamist movement over one of the last Gaza City bastions of forces loyal to Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, witnesses said.
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The Lebanese army took full control on Sunday of a Palestinian camp where it has been battling Islamist militants for more than three months, a senior security source said.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank  - The Islamic militant group  Hamas made significant gains in Palestinian municipal  elections, the first contested by the group sworn to destroying  Israel, initial results showed on Friday.
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JERUSALEM, June 14 -- Hamas gunmen wrested control of a key security base in Gaza City from the rival Fatah movement Thursday morning, further consolidating their hold over large swaths of the Gaza Strip.
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Hamas has full security control, but no political authority. Ministries were deserted, the courts were not operating. All the major Fatah security headquarters have been ransacked along with the private homes of their key officers.
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Lebanon's army says it has full control of a refugee camp where Islamist militants have been holed up since May.
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A leader of the Palestinian faction Hamas says he is ready for talks with Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah.