DAMASCUS, Syria, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Hamas officials in Syria said they asked for Iranian support in responding to a perceived imminent Israeli incursion into the Gaza Strip.

SDEROT, Israel, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- The city of Sderot, Israel, and the emergency response organization Zaka have filed court papers against the militant Palestinian organization Hamas.

JERUSALEM, June 2 (UPI) -- Hamas is not gaining any ground, despite the perception the Palestinian party is trying to create, Israel's vice prime minister said Saturday.

GAZA, May 16 (UPI) -- Dozens of journalists were trapped in a building in Gaza Wednesday as a gun battle was waged outside.

DAMASCUS, Syria, April 30 (UPI) -- Hamas will keep kidnapping Israeli soldiers until all Palestinian prisoners are released from Israeli jails, a Hamas leader said Monday.

GAZA, April 27 (UPI) -- At least one person was killed and two were injured Friday in a shootout between gunmen and Palestinian forces at the Gaza Strip's Rafah border crossing.

JERUSALEM, April 11 (UPI) -- Knesset member Danny Yatom has said he opposed plans to assassinate Hamas militants as head of Israel's Mossad.

MOSCOW, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A delegation of Palestinian Hamas leaders arrived in Moscow Monday to seek support for creating a Palestinian state and restoring international funding. Political leader Khaled Mashaal and his aides will spend three days in Moscow lobbying Russian Foreign

TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 15 (UPI) -- An official with the Palestinian organization Fatah says Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit is "alive and well."