Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has expanded military training of youngsters. Palestinian sources said the Izzedin Kassam military wing has been mobilizing thousands of teenagers in the Gaza Strip for military training. They said Kassam introduced the Futuwa program in 2013 to train 37,000 Palestinians ages 15 to 17. “The youth can join [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority has maintained pressure on a Gulf-supported Islamist movement. Officials said PA security forces have been ordered to quell protests or rallies by the Hizb Al Tahrir movement. They said Hizb, estimated to have more than 50,000 supporters, sought to expand activities with funding from Gulf Cooperation Council [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com JERUSALEM — Israel has determined that the Hamas regime was establishing an infrastructure for missile and rocket production in the West Bank. The Israel Security Agency determined that Hamas ordered cells in the West Bank to manufacture missiles and rockets. ISA said Hamas operatives were led by a Palestinian attorney and based [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority plans to delay another government to enable Hamas to join. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas said he would renew consultations to form a government with the opposition Hamas movement. Abbas said such a government would comprise what he termed “independent technocrats” until the holding of elections. “President Mahmoud [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has targeted Hamas’ new unmanned aerial vehicle sector in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military sources said the Air Force has been bombing underground facilities believed to contain UAV production. They said Hamas and the Iranian-sponsored Islamic Jihad were involved in the procurement and production of tactical UAVs. “They [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has been bracing for Palestinian missile and rocket strikes from the West Bank. Military sources said the Home Front Command has assessed that Hamas and other Palestinian insurgency movements were building missile and rocket arsenals in the West Bank. The sources said the military command, responsible for [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com ANKARA — The United States has agreed to allow Turkey’s participation in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts, including developing the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. U.S. and Turkish officials said Washington would enable Ankara to support and intervene in Israeli talks with the Palestinian Authority. They said the effort would include Turkish efforts to woo the [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas, pressed by the rise in the Salafist opposition, has cracked down on young men with long hair. A Palestinian human rights group said Hamas police have been detaining young men from the Gaza Strip who do not confirm with the Islamist dress code. The Palestinian Center for Human [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — A leading U.S. ally in North Africa has hosted two Palestinian groups deemed terrorist by the State Department. Tunisia has welcomed a joint delegation from Hamas and Islamic Jihad. On April 4, the delegation met President Moncef Marzouki, who urged the two organizations to unify the Palestinian movement. “They [internal [...]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Islamists were believed to have resumed their bombing campaign in the Gaza Strip. On April 2, a supermarket in the Gaza refugee camp of Jabalia was rocked by an explosion. Palestinian sources said a bomb was planted in the supermarket by what was believed to have been Islamists inspired [...]
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