Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has met resistance in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Gazan businessmen were reducing cooperation with Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies in wake of the 50-day war with Israel in July and August 2014. The sources said Gazan merchants and property owners were avoiding engagement with the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has been executing Palestinians suspected of working for Israeli intelligence. Palestinian sources said scores of Palestinians were arrested on suspicion of supplying information to Israeli intelligence agencies. They said more than 30 of them were executed in July and August 2014 amid the war with Israel. “Some of […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel’s military has determined that Hamas exhausted its supply of effective rockets. The military has reported a sharp increase in the number of Hamas rockets that failed to land in Israel. Instead, many of the rockets, fired from around Gaza City and Khan Yunis, slammed into homes and farms […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has been shooting Palestinians to quell unrest in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has been killing Palestinians suspected of sparking protests amid the war with Israel. They said more than 50 people have been killed, most of them accused of spying for Israel. “Everybody is terrified […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that Hamas was using a hospital as its military headquarters. The Israeli military said Hamas took over Al Wafa Hospital in Gaza City as its operational headquarters. The military said Hamas and Islamic Jihad commanders were directing operations and firing at Israel Army units from the […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas, amid rising unrest, has ordered the closure of all banks in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas police were stationed outside banks throughout the Gaza Strip since June 4. The sources said the deployment was meant to prevent raids by unpaid Hamas civil servants on the financial […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has begun to track Hamas members who became citizens of the Arab country. Egyptian sources said the military-backed regime has been collecting data on thousands of Hamas members who received citizenship over the last two years. They said Egypt’s first Islamist president, Mohammed Morsi, granted citizenship to nearly 15,000 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has displayed a mockup of a medium-range rocket meant to target Israeli cities. Hamas displayed its M-75 rocket in a ceremony in Gaza City on March 10. The M-75 was deemed a Palestinian variant of Iran’s Fajr-5 rocket and contained a range of up to 80 […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has been wary over the prospect of increasing unrest in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said the Islamist regime has sought to prevent unauthorized demonstrations and other expressions of protest in the Gaza Strip. The sources said Hamas’ military took over internal security while Prime Minister […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has reported the interception of an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle. Hamas’ military wing, Izzedin Kassam Brigades, said it shot down an Israeli UAV in the northern Gaza Strip. This marked the first claim of the seizure of an Israeli UAV by Hamas or its Palestinian militia allies. “The […]