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Palestinian Allegedly Kidnapped by Israel Indicted as Hamas Member

JERUSALEM -- Israeli prosecutors today indicted a Palestinian engineer dubbed "the father of the rockets" on charges of helping the Islamist Hamas movement develop rockets in Gaza. In a mysterious case that has riveted Israel, Dirar Abu Sisi says he was kidnapped during a visit to Ukraine in February and moved secretly to...

Israeli Airstrike Kills 2 Gaza Militants

JERUSALEM -- Israeli aircraft struck a Palestinian rocket squad in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, killing two militants as the military prepared to activate a new defense system to shoot down incoming rockets. Islamic Jihad, a militant group that frequently attacks Israel, confirmed two members were killed in the airstrike,...

Gaza Militants Rocket Israel, Drawing Reprisals

JERUSALEM -- Israeli aircraft struck the Gaza Strip on Thursday in response to militant rocket and mortar attacks, stoking concerns that a grave new round of hostilities will fill the vacuum left by an impasse in Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking. Two years of relative calm have been unraveling in recent weeks with acts of...

Newest Exchange Between Gaza Militants, Israel Leaves 1 Dead

JERUSALEM -- Gaza militants barraged southern Israel with rockets and mortars Wednesday, drawing retaliatory Israeli airstrikes in an escalation of the gravest hostilities in the area since Israel went to war in the Palestinian territory two years ago. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed decisive action...

Israeli Military Strike Kills 4, Injures 13 in Gaza Strip

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- An Israeli military strike aimed at Palestinian militants missed its target Tuesday, killing three children and their uncle and wounding 13 other family members as they played soccer in their backyard in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials said. Adel Hana, AP Palestinians carry a body...

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05/29/12 Shin Bet uncovers prisoner plot to kidnap Israelis Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has uncovered a plot by jailed Palestinians to kidnap an Israeli citizen to use as a bargaining chip in securing their release.
05/28/12 Hamas to begin voter registration in Gaza Source: Jerusalem Post - Israel In a move that could facilitate the establishment of a Palestinian unity government, Hamas agreed Monday to allow the Palestinian Central Elections Commission to start registering voters in the Gaza Strip.
05/28/12 Palestinian Electoral Officials In Gaza Strip Source: Saudi Press Agency Palestinian election officials from the West Bank have arrived in the Gaza Strip to prepare the way for elections, the Associated Press reported.
05/27/12 Palestinian elections officials are due to arrive in... Source: Haaretz Haaretz.com, the online edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, and analysis from Israel and the Middle East. Haaretz.com provides extensive and in-depth coverage of Israel, the Jewish World and the Middle East, including defense, diplomacy, the Arab-Israeli conflict, the peace process, Israeli politics, Jerusalem affairs, international relations, Iran, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, the Palestinian Authority, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, the Israeli business world and Jewish life in Israel and the Diaspora.
05/23/12 Gaza Students Getting to 'Know Their Enemy' Source: The Corner on National Review Online Hamas-run schools in the Gaza Strip are going to begin teaching Hebrew as a high-school elective.