An Israeli airstrike killed two members of the Hamas military wing in the northern Gaza Strip early Saturday, and two Qassam rockets fired by militants from Gaza landed in the Israeli border town of Sderot and a nearby village, causing no casualties. ...more

January 20, 2008

The Israeli army wound up a large-scale, three-day operation in the northern West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday, an army spokesman said. ...more

January 6, 2008

Israel's prime minister pledged Sunday to continue attacking Gaza militants, ruling out truce negotiations with Hamas amid widespread skepticism about the Islamic group's ability to halt rocket attacks. ...more

December 24, 2007

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that militant Palestinians, not Israel, are to blame for deteriorating conditions in the sealed-off Gaza Strip, as the United States announced it intends to donate $555 million to the impoverished Palestinians next year. ...more

December 17, 2007

Palestinians flooded the streets of the Gaza Strip by the tens of thousands Saturday in the biggest show of support for Hamas since the Islamic militants seized the territory in June. ...more

December 16, 2007

A rally of more than 250,000 Fatah supporters ended in mayhem Monday, with Hamas police opening fire and demonstrators hurling rocks or running for cover. ...more

November 13, 2007

Israel began cutting vital fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip on Sunday, following through on a promise to step up pressure on the territory's Hamas rulers after months of Palestinian rocket attacks. ...more

October 29, 2007

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday expressed hope that a successful negotiated vision of a Palestinian state will marginalize Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip. ...more

October 16, 2007

Hamas' top leaders in Gaza and Syria warned the moderate Palestinian president on Friday not to 'fall into the trap' of an upcoming U.S.-sponsored peace conference with Israel. ...more

October 14, 2007

Israeli tanks crossed into the northern Gaza Strip in an operation to rout out rocket launchers Saturday, and Palestinian officials said a 17-year-old was wounded in an exchange of fire. ...more

September 16, 2007