GAZA, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Hamas leaders say Mahmoud Abbas is no longer the president of the Palestinian Authority since his term expired Friday.

GAZA, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Several Hamas officials have said they are not concerned with the possibility their organization's top leaders in Gaza could be assassinated by Israel.

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.