The Fatah party of Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas staged a massive rally on January 4 in the Gaza Strip, the first such gathering in the territory since the Islamist Hamas group took control there in 2007 and a reflection of the warming ties between the two rival factions. Throngs camped out overnight in a downtown Gaza square to ensure themselves a spot for the anniversary commemoration of Fatah's 1959...
06:04 PM, Jan 04, 2013
Gaza: Israeli aircraft bombed Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the prime minister's office, after Israel's cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing for a possible ground invasion. Israeli planes shattered the office building of Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh - where he had met on Friday with the Egyptian prime minister - and struck the Interior Ministry. Loud explosions regularly rocked the densely populated Palestinian...
08:09 PM, Nov 17, 2012
Israeli forces entered the city of Nablus, and took into custody, the Palestinian Education Minister. ...
01:19 PM, May 25, 2007
A British envoy will meet Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh to discuss efforts to free an abducted journalist. ...
03:37 PM, Apr 05, 2007
