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Car bomb wounds Hamas official in south Lebanon

Sidon - Muslimchronicle

An official of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was wounded on Sunday in a car bomb blast in Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon. Hamas's Lebanon branch named the wounded man as its "staff member" Mohammed Hamdan. "The blast wounded his leg, destroyed his car and damaged the building. Preliminary evidence points to Zionist (involvement) behind this crime," it saidRead more

Car bomb wounds Hamas official in Lebanon

Sidon - Muslimchronicle

An official in the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas was wounded in a car bomb blast in southern Lebanon on Sunday, military and medical sources told AFP. "A bomb placed in a BMW in Sidon detonated, wounding Hamas official Mohammed Hamdan," a military source said. An AFP journalist in Sidon saw the burnt-out vehicle in a parking lot. A medical sourceRead more

Senior Hamas figure shot in Gaza, in critical condition

Gaza - Muslimchronicle

A senior Hamas figure was shot in the head in Gaza and hospitalised in critical condition on Tuesday, in what officials said was an accident. Hamas spokesman Fawzy Barhoum said Imad al-Alami, a former member of Hamas's highest political body, was shot while "inspecting his personal weapon in his home and is in critical condition". A medical source said heRead more

Israel targets Hamas sites after Gaza rocket attacks

Gaza - Muslimchronicle

Israeli aircraft attacked Hamas bases in Gaza early Tuesday in response to a rocket from the Palestinian enclave targeting southern Israel hours before, concurring sources said. The aircraft targeted a “military compound belonging to the terrorist organization Hamas,” a statement from the army read. Palestinian security sources said the strikes were in Khan Younes in the south and Deir al-BalahRead more

Hamas chief in Gaza says Palestinian unity deal is collapsing

Gaza - Muslimchronicle

Palestinian Islamist group Hamas’s leader in Gaza said on Thursday a reconciliation deal with President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah faction was collapsing, just 10 weeks after the agreement was reached. The rivals signed a deal brokered by Cairo on Oct. 12 after Hamas agreed to hand over administrative control of the Gaza Strip, including its border crossings with Egypt and Israel,Read more

Fatah’s leader rebukes Trump’s decision

Gaza - Moneib Saada

Fatah’s leader Salwa Hadeeb described the latest decision taken by U.S President Donald Trump to move U.S embassy in Israel from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem as a strong blow to the peace process, saying that the U.S distanced itself from any role to resolve the Palestinian issue. He added that the American position represents a war against the Palestinian people andRead more

Israeli jets ‘target Hamas training compound’ in northern Gaza

Jerusalem - Muslimchronicle

Israeli aircraft targeted a Hamas facility in the northern Gaza Strip early Monday, hours after two rockets fired from the Palestinian enclave struck southern Israel, the army said. "In response to the rockets launched towards southern Israel, IAF (Israel air force) aircraft targeted a Hamas training compound in the northern Gaza Strip," a statement from the military said. "In theRead more