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Interview: Hamas official Aziz Dweik, the constitutional successor to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, rejects violence. He seeks to bridge the Hamas divide with Abbas's Fatah party, which weakens Palestinians in talks with Israel.
Gaza City/Jerusalem/Damascus - A delegation of top Hamas leaders from the Gaza Strip was in Syria Wednesday to consult with the Palestinian Islamist movement's exiled leadership over whether to accept Israel's latest offer for a prisoners swap. The d...
The Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip released 150 prisoners on Thursday, including what it calls security detainees, in honour of the Muslim feast Eid al-Adha.
Israel has rejected a demand for the release of two Hamas commanders as part of any exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, a source close to negotiations said Wednesday, signaling talks had hit a snag.
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Senior Hamas officials from the Gaza Strip and Syria met today in Cairo to discuss a prisoner exchange deal that would free Gilad Shalit , an Israeli soldier held by the Palestinian group for three years, an official said.
Israel is "very near" to agreeing a prisoner swap with Hamas, though it remains unclear which jailed Palestinians will be released, an Israeli cabinet minister said on Tuesday.
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak reiterated on Tuesday his nation’s grim warning that Israel will hold all of Lebanon accountable for the actions of Hizballah. The statement came the day before the newly formed Lebanese cabinet was to make an announcment regarding the government’s official stance on Hizballah’s weapons. On Wednesday, it was declared by [...]
Hamas leaders raced to Egypt on Monday amid signs of progress on a deal to swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for a captive Israeli soldier held by the Islamic militant group for more than three years.
Indirect talks between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement over a prisoner exchange involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have been suspended until Tuesday, according to a Palestinian official .
Nov. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Senior Hamas officials from the Gaza Strip and Syria met in Cairo to discuss a prisoner exchange deal that would free Gilad Shalit , an Israeli soldier who has been held by the Palestinian group for three years, an official said.
Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday.
An Israeli cabinet minister said on Friday he was optimistic about prospects for a prisoner swap with Palestinians for captured soldier Gilad Shalit, suggesting that talks were still alive to achieve a deal.
Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer to a prisoner swap in which Israel would release up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
Gaza/Damascus -Hamas has postponed its deliberations over Israel's latest offer pn a prisoners swap until after the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, which begins Friday, officials of the Palestinian Islamist movement said Thursday. The negotia...
Gaza/Tel Aviv - Four Palestinians were injured Friday in Israeli shelling at the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabaliya, near the border with Israel, local Hamas sources said. One of the injured was in serious condition, they said. ...
A round of meetings in Cairo and statements by senior officials have heightened anticipation that Israel and Hamas could swap hundreds of Palestinian prisoners for the Israeli solider Gilad Shalit.
Israel and Hamas are close to a deal to swap 1,000 Palestinian prisoners for an Israeli soldier held for more than three years by the Islamic militant group, a Palestinian familiar with the talks said Monday. Israeli President Shimon Peres, who met with Egypt's president in Cairo Sunday, confirmed progress in the negotiations to free captured soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, but Israeli officials ...
Hundreds of prisoners could be exchanged for the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and Hamas and Israeli officials said the deal would likely include Marwan Barghouti, a popular West Bank leader.
Israel is refusing to free a group of Palestinian prisoners demanded by Hamas in exchange for a captured Israeli soldier, officials close to the talks on a deal said on Wednesday.
Israeli officials are tight-lipped as negotiators hammer out details in Cairo to free Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, being held by Hamas, in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Expectations of a swap of hundreds of jailed Palestinian militants for an Israeli soldier held by Hamas soared Monday after some of the most promising signs of progress in years of negotiations.
Jerusalem -- Israel and the Islamist group Hamas appeared to be nearing a deal on Monday to exchange a captured Israeli soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, possibly including a popular leader, a move with far-reaching implications not only for stalled Middle East peace talks but for a range of regional relations.
