... cease-fire in Gaza that simply allows Hamas to obtain more lethal weapons will assure a repetition of Hamas' win-win tactic of firing rockets at ... civilians as human shields. The best example of Hamas' double war crime tactic was last week ...

... Gaza Sunday after their government and Hamas militants declared an end to a three ... of Palestinian rocket fire, even though Hamas launched nearly 20 rockets in a final salvo ... minute fighting, medics said. Israel and Hamas do not recognize each other and ended up ...

... taking control of the Gaza Strip in 2007, Hamas has adopted the rocket tactics used by ... Part of that shift may be attributable to Hamas' arsenal of longer-range rockets. Several ... that had previously been out of reach of Hamas' rockets now are being hit by them. ...

... onslaught in the Gaza strip squarely on Hamas militants and avoided any criticism of ... Gaza on Saturday in its bid to stop the Hamas rocket attacks. A State Department official ... accomplished because the U.S. does not talk to Hamas. Spokesman Sean McCormack said a cease ...

RAFAH, Egypt (AP) A smattering of Hamas-affiliated security forces, many of ... Egyptian guards. Though only about a dozen Hamas forces took up positions, it was their ... by an Israeli closure of the territory. Hamas won Palestinian parliamentary elections ...

... positively to Obama's gestures, and Hamas militants in Gaza say they are ready ... administration's policy of not talking directly to Hamas, which the U.S. regards as a terrorist ... tentatively scheduled to stop in Syria, where Hamas is headquartered. But a State Department ...

... there is little to suggest that his policies would vary markedly from Ahmadinejad's on Iran's nuclear program or its ties to Hamas and Hezbollah. Ironically, as my Nixon Center colleague Geoffrey Kemp has suggested, a Mousavi victory could well lead to ...

... president also planned to talk "with a sense of candor" about U.S. policy that has largely shunned armed militias that have won elections in the Arab world, such as Hamas in the Palestinian territories and Hezbollah in Lebanon, Rhodes said.

... Thursday cast the stunning election victory by Hamas as a vote for clean, efficient government ... possibility of a better relationship with Hamas. While he declared that the United States ... East," he said. Yet, it was clear that Hamas' stunning victory had overnight ...

... CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel assassinated Hamas leader Abdel Aziz Rantisi in a missile ... not be wasted," said Ismail Haniyeh, a Hamas leader. "We are not going to give up ... came less than a month after Israel killed Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin in an air strike ...