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gaza
Hamas still firmly in control of Gaza
One year after the heavy fighting between the Islamist Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip and Israel, Hamas remains firmly in control of Gaza and reconstruction of the 12,000 uninhabitable homes in Gaza has barely begun.
Israel says Islamic State’s Sinai assault aimed to help Hamas get arms
Israel accused Hamas on Tuesday of supporting last week\’s assaults by Islamic State affiliates on Egyptian forces in the Sinai in hope of freeing up arms smuggling to the Gaza Strip.
Islamic State attack in Egypt’s North Sinai kills 50
Islamic State militants launched a wide-scale coordinated assault on several military checkpoints in Egypt\’s North Sinai on Wednesday in which at least 70 people were killed, security sources said, the largest attack yet in the insurgency-hit province.
Egypt to deepen buffer zone with Gaza after finding longer tunnels
Egypt will double the depth of a security buffer zone it is clearing on its border with the Gaza Strip to 0.62 miles after some of the worst anti-state violence since President Mohamed Morsi was overthrown last year.
Israel’s anti-rocket hit ‘Iron Dome’ a slow sell abroad
Normally, an advanced new weapon system with a battle-proven success rate of 90 percent would have global defense procurement agencies on the phone in minutes. But Israel\’s Iron Dome rocket interceptor is yet to prove a hit with buyers abroad.
Palestinians, Egyptians deny reports of Sinai offer for state
Palestinian and Egyptian officials both denied reports that Egypt offered to the Palestinian Authority part of the Sinai Peninsula for annexation by Gaza to form a Palestinian state.
Where is Obama on Hamas?
I can understand why President Barack Obama would be reluctant to blindly support Israel at times when Israel’s neighbors have major grievances against the Jewish state. It serves no one’s interest for America to appear overly biased toward Israel. Better to appear fair and reasonable.
Hamas leader says Gaza only a ‘milestone to reaching our objective’
Hamas will not cease its resistance against Israel until all its demands are met, the group\’s overall leader Khaled Meshaal said on Thursday, adding that the latest conflict over Gaza was only \”a milestone to reaching our objective.\”
Facing Islamist threats, Arab nations tilt toward Israel
Between the war in Gaza and gains by Islamic militants in Iraq, Syria and Libya, there’s plenty of cause these days for pessimism about the Middle East.