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Tensions Rise as Hamas Refuses to Take Sides in Syria

ETHAN BRONNER The New York Times 05/02/2011
Hamas: Obama will fail in forcing us to recognize Israel

Hamas condemned U.S. President Barack Obama's speech to AIPAC on Sunday, saying it will not recognize Israel despite U.S. demands.

Tensions Rise as Hamas Refuses to Take Sides in Syria

Relations between the Palestinian group Hamas, which is based in the Syrian capital, Damascus, and the Syrian authorities have been strained in recent weeks, mostly as a result of the antigovernment uprising there, with reports growing that Hamas is looking for another home.

Hamas fires dozens of mortars at Israel

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired more than 50 mortar shells into Israel on Saturday, the heaviest barrage in two years, Israeli officials said, raising the prospect of a new Mideast flareup.

Israeli official: Hamas rockets can reach Tel Aviv

A senior Israeli intelligence official warned Sunday that Hamas rulers in the Gaza Strip have rockets that can travel 80 kilometers (50 miles) - a longer range than previously reported, which would put the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv within range of its launchers.

15 new suspects emerge in Dubai assassination of Hamas commander

Dubai police have identified 15 more suspects in the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior member of Palestinian militant group Hamas. The total number of suspects now adds up to 26.

Israeli spy agency Mossad suspected in Dubai assassination of Hamas commander

Dubai's police chief yesterday directly accused Israel's Mossad spy agency of the hit-squad slaying of a Hamas commander in a luxury hotel room on 20 January. Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan Tamim said he was "99 per cent, if not 100 per cent" certain that Mossad were behind the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.

Passports Faked in Dubai Killing

The Wall Street Journal 02/16/2010

Dubai accuses British passport holders of killing Hamas chief

Adrian Blomfield, in Jerusalem and Andrew Hough Telegraph 02/15/2010
Passports Faked in Dubai Killing

The U.K. and several other European countries said that passports used by 11 suspects wanted in connection with the killing of a senior Hamas leader in Dubai had been faked.

Dubai accuses British passport holders of killing Hamas chief

Six British passport holders dressed in tennis clothes and wearing false beards and wigs were involved in the assassination of a senior Hamas commander in Dubai, police in the Gulf state have claimed.

Hamas Gives U.N. Response to Gaza War Crimes Report

The Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday formally rejected allegations it had committed war crimes during last year's fighting in Gaza, charges made in a United Nations report.

Senior Fatah official in rare visit to Hamas-run Gaza

GAZA CITY — A senior member of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas' Fatah party made a rare visit to the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Wednesday in a bid to encourage stalled reconciliation efforts.


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