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Israel strikes Hamas targets after Gaza rocket fire

Gaza - Muslimchronicle

Israel carried out a series of air strikes against Islamist group Hamas in Gaza early on Thursday, the army said, hours after more rockets were fired from the Palestinian enclave. The Israeli army also announced it would close the border crossings between blockaded Gaza and Israel -- Kerem Shalom for goods and Erez for people -- from Thursday "due toRead more

Hamas says its security chief wounded in Gaza car bombing

Gaza - Muslimchronicle

Hamas’ security chief in the Gaza Strip was wounded in a car bombing on Friday in what the Islamist group called a failed assassination attempt. The attack came as rival factions are trying to implement a new agreement meant to end a 10-year rift that has effectively split the Palestinian territories between Hamas in Gaza and the more mainstream FatahRead more

Hamas criticized PA Abbas for not lifting sanctions

Gaza - Nasser Al Assad

Hamas on Sunday criticized Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas for not canceling punitive measures against the group including budget cuts for essential services in Gaza. “PA President Mahmoud Abbas needs to make positive and responsible decisions to end all the measures,” Hamas Spokesman Fawzi Barhoum said in a statement on the Islamist group’s official website. The statement came a weekRead more

Palestinians vow to disband Islamist group in volatile Lebanese camp

Ain el-Hilweh, Lebanon - Arab Today

Palestinian leaders said on Tuesday they would break up an armed Islamist group involved in clashes with security forces inside the volatile Ain el-Hilweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon. At least seven people have been killed since Friday as combatants have exchanged machine gun, rocket and mortar fire in the crowded camp near the coastal city of Sidon. The situationRead more

Boko Haram ambush 'kills eight soldiers' in NE Nigeria

Kano - Arab Today

At least eight Nigerian soldiers were killed in a Boko Haram ambush on Friday, sources said, highlighting the Islamist group's capacity to strike despite government claims it is seriously weakened. Troops heading to the town of Dikwa came under attack at about 9:00 am (0800 GMT) at Ajirin village, in the Mafa area, some 52 kilometres (32 miles) east ofRead more

21 caught after mass prison escape in Philippines; guard killed during attack

Philippines - Arab Today

Twenty-one inmates who ran from a Philippine prison during an armed raid have been recaptured, officials said Thursday. As many as 158 inmates fled the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan City in the southern Philippines on Wednesday after armed men attacked the compound, according to Xavier Solda, the spokesman for the Philippines Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP). Read more

Minister, 2 doctors among 11 killed in Somalia hotel attack

Mogadishu - Arab Today

A junior minister was among 11 people killed in an attack by Al-Qaeda-affiliated Shabab militants on a hotel in the Somali capital, the foreign ministry said Sunday. The body of Buri Mohamed Hamza, minister of state in the prime minister’s office for the environment, has been retrieved from the collapsed building of the Naasa Hablood hotel, the ministry added. “WeRead more