JERUSALEM, June 15 (UPI) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Sunday said cease-fire talks with Hamas aren't being influenced by politics or any other kind of outside forces.

CAIRO, Oct. 1 (UPI) -- Egypt allowed 85 senior members of Hamas to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday in exchange for handing over a wanted al-Qaida leader.

KHAN YUNIS, Gaza, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- At least four people were reported wounded Tuesday in Gaza Strip gunfire exchanges between Hamas security forces and Fatah protesters.

JENIN, West Bank, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- An Israel air force missile strike on a car killed two known Palestinian militants in the northern Gaza Strip Tuesday. Hassan Al-Madhoun and Hamas operative Fawzi Abu Al-Qara were killed, Ha'aretz reported. Palestinian doctors said nine bystanders were wo

GAZA, July 17 (UPI) -- Palestinian police Sunday started removing political party banners and posters from the main streets of Gaza, raising opposition criticism.

GAZA, June 7 (UPI) -- More rocket attacks and resulting deaths were reported Tuesday in the Middle East, further threatening the increasingly shaky truce.

GAZA, April 25 (UPI) -- Islamic Hamas Movement has warned on Monday any United States Congress attempt to pass a bill that recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the state of Israel.

GAZA, April 23 (UPI) -- The executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization met Saturday to discuss reforms and changes adopted by the interior ministry.

GAZA, Oct. 21 (UPI) -- A senior commander of Hamas, who was an expert in bomb making, was killed along with his bodyguard Thursday by Israeli air strikes in Gaza, CNN reports.