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• Palestinian, Israeli killed in shootout near Gaza

  the Gaza Strip early Friday, the military said.The exchange of fire began after the militant crossed the fence separating the Hamas -run coastal strip and southern Israel.The border has been mostly calm since the last escalation in March but shootouts such 3:05 AM Read more »

• Israel hands over remains of Palestinian militants

  handed over the remains to Palestinian liaisons in the Jordan Valley.Eighty bodies were then transported to Ramallah , and 11 to the Hamas -run Gaza Strip .Palestinian government ceremonies honoring the dead militants were to be held in the West Bank and Gaza   Read more »

• Pro-Hamas students holed up on West Bank campus

  that, three weeks ago, two of his fellow activists were taken from their homes, Qasrawi said.In response, he and 14 other pro-Hamas students, all wearing black T-shirts with the slogan "Sit-in until the end of arrests," took refuge on campus.Since May 5, they've   Read more »

• Gaza's Hamas rulers to introduce Hebrew

  -- A senior Hamas official in Gaza says the territory's militant rulers intend to begin teaching Hebrew for high school students beginning next year.Ziad Thabet, the education ministry undersecretary, said Monday the government is trying to find and train   Read more »

• Hamas leader to Jewish paper: No peace with Israel

  -- A Hamas leader said Thursday that if his militant group came to power in a future Palestinian state, it would not abide by any previous Palestinian peace deals with Israel.Moussa Abu Marzouk, the Islamic militant group's number two figure, said any potential   Read more »

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• Israeli soldier killed by Palestinian gunman on Gaza border

  thus preventing a terror attack on Israeli civilians." Avital Leibovich, spokeswoman for the IDF, pinned the blame on Hamas. "Hamas is responsible for this infiltration as well as any other terrorist activity from Gaza directed at Israel," she tweeted. However, 3:33 AM from Guardian Unlimited Read more »

• Bad New York Times reporting and also tweeting

  wants to cross from Egypt, via my tunnel, he has to call me up about a week in advance, and he needs to apply for a permit with Hamas,” the owner said. “From the Gazan government’s point of view, whether you cross by border or by tunnel, you need permission.”Many 3:30 AM from Jerusalem Post Read more »

• Extremista palestino muerto en tiroteo con soldados de Israel

  dijeron las fuerzas armadas. El tiroteo comenzó luego que el extremista cruzase la cerca que separa la franja costera gobernada por Hamas del sur de Israel. Residentes del sur de Gaza dijeron que escucharon disparos en las primeras horas de la mañana y helicópteros 3:13 AM from Fox News Latino Read more »

• Palestinian, Israeli killed in shootout near Gaza

  militants who may have crossed over. Israel's border with Gaza has been relatively quiet since a 2009 war with the militant Hamas group, which rules the coastal strip. Still, there have been some flare-ups between militants and Israeli soldiers guarding the 3:04 AM from San Diego Union-Tribune Read more »

• Hamas mourns death of Lubada

  mourns death of Lubada 31/05/2012 GAZA, (PIC)-- The Hamas Movement has mourned in an announcement the death of its official Zuhair Lubada who died Thursday morning in the hospital he was transferred to after his release from an Israeli jail a few days ago. 5/31/12 from Scoop - New Zealand News Read more »