Special to WorldTribune.com During the 2014 Gaza war, Hamas executed more than 20 people, including political opponents and many suspected of collaborating with Israel, Amnesty International reported on May 27. Hamas, using the “chaos of the conflict,” carried out “spine-chilling actions, some of which amount to war crimes,” said Phillip Luther, Amnesty International’s Middle East […]
Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO — Egypt has decided to expand its controversial buffer zone with the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip. The government said it would double the size of its planned buffer zone in the Sinai Peninsula. In a statement, the government said the zone along the Sinai border with the Gaza Strip would reach one […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The heart of the Hamas regime has been rocked by a series of explosions. The French Cultural Center in Gaza Strip was damaged by at least two explosions on late Oct. 7. The bombings sparked a huge blaze that took Hamas firefighters into early Oct. 8 to control. “There […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has been forming a new security unit in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas has been recruiting a militia force that would maintain regime protection. The sources said the militia, trained in light weapons, was meant to free Hamas’ military wing from engaging with civilians. “Hamas is […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been monitoring renewed rocket tests by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Israeli military sources said Hamas has renewed the testing of extended-range surface-to-surface rockets. The sources said Hamas engineers have overseen the development of new Iranian-designed rockets in launches from the Gaza Strip into the Mediterranean Sea. […]
Special to WorldTribune.com from WASHINGTON — Two ruling Palestinian factions have been battling for control over what was expected to be billions of dollars in donations to reconstruct the Gaza Strip, a report said. The Gatestone Institute asserted that Fatah and Hamas intensified their rivalry in an effort to become the address for Arab and […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Less than a month after its 50-day war, Hamas acknowledged renewed tunnel operations against Israel. Hamas said it oversaw attack tunnel operations in the Gaza Strip. On Sept. 18, Hamas reported the death of a fighter in a tunnel accident. “The Izzedin Kassam Brigades of Hamas’ military wing announces […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has acknowledged its rejection of a solution to Hamas tunnels from the Gaza Strip. An Israeli court has determined that the military vetoed a project to develop a system to detect and locate Hamas tunnels. The Tel Aviv District Court ruled that the Defense Ministry and military later […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has been tracking renewed foreign assistance to the Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip. Officials said Iran, Qatar and Turkey were arranging to renew civilian and military aid to Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies. They said the foreign countries were encouraged by the Palestinian war against Israel […]
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV — Israel has determined that Hamas renewed rocket production and tunnel construction in the Gaza Strip. A senior official said Hamas launched a rearmament effort in wake of the 50-day war with Israel. The official said Hamas and its Palestinian militia allies were producing Iranian-origin medium-range rockets that struck major […]