Hamas spokesperson, Usamah Hamdan, spoke to Suraya Dadoo about the ‘blood libel’ and the inspiration Hamas draws from South Africa. This article was originally published on News24 Voices It’s impossible to mention Usamah Hamdan’s name without ‘blood libel’ popping up. The Hamas spokesperson has been accused of saying that killing[…]
Salafi groups in the Gaza Strip threatened on Monday to fire rockets at Israel in response to what they called “Hamas crimes and conspiracies” against Salafis living in the strip. The threat came in reaction to the arrest of militants suspected of targeting members of the armed wings of Hamas and[…]
Five car bombs were detonated simultaneously in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in central Gaza City, on Sunday morning. Graffiti on a wall near the bombings read “Daash,” the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State (IS), however no group has taken official responsibility for the attacks. Three of the cars are[…]
Residents of the al-Shujaiyya neighborhood in the Gaza Strip enter Eid al-Fitr celebrations this year reminded of the heavy losses sustained just before the holiday began last year. Gaza resident Um Mumen Skafi lost both her son and her home after an attack by Israeli forces took place shortly before the[…]
Palestinian Authority forces have arrested at least 120 people, including Hamas members, in the West Bank over the past two days, raising tension between the rival movements. At least 20 people were arrested on Saturday, Hamas officials said, a day after about 100 members were detained. Hamas officials told Al[…]
The Ministry of Interior in the Gaza Strip deployed forces along the border with Egypt on Wednesday after attacks in Sinai by radicals affiliated with the Islamic State killed over 70 people. Iyad al-Buzem, spokesman of the ministry, said security forces and patrols were deployed along the southern border to[…]
Israel has arrested 40 Hamas members in the Nablus area who it claims were plotting attacks against it. The Hamas group’s leaders were working to renew Hamas activy in the West Bank, the Israeli security agency Shin Bet told the Jerusalem Post. The arrests reportedly took place over the past[…]
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has threatened the Palestinian armed group Hamas, vowing to end the faction’s rule in the territory. In a 16-minute long video shared by social media accounts sympathetic to ISIL on Wednesday, fighters based in Syria’s Aleppo province condemned Hamas for[…]
Hamas military wing Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades reportedly claimed responsibility for Friday’s West Bank shooting that left an Israeli man dead and another lightly injured. “One of the fighters ambushed a settler vehicle and shot at them from point-blank range after having observed the area continuously,” a statement released by[…]
The Hamas movement has denied that it reached a long-term agreement with Israel, member of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine’s politburo said Wednesday. Saleh Zeidan’s statement came after a Palestinian faction meeting that included the Hamas movement, the DFLP, PFLP, Islamic Jihad and the PPP in the[…]
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