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Twenty years after Gaza withdrawal, threat of terror remains - opinion

The Palestinians had a chance to build a viable and flourishing presence in Gaza; instead, they opted for terrorism and hate.

Palestinians take control of an Israeli tank after crossing the border fence with Israel from Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, October 7, 2023.
 Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz over a background of humanitarian trucks entering the Gaza Strip; Illustrative

Katz orders continued IDF operations in Gaza, regardless of negotiations

  PALESTINIANS IN Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, earlier this week.

Hamas and Fatah officials to meet in China for discussions on Gaza’s day after plans - NYT

 IDF troops operate in the West Bank. April 22, 2024.

Israel-Hamas War Day 199: What's going on in Gaza, Syria, Iraq?


Hamas: We won't disarm as part of any truce with Israel

"Our weapons will remain in our hands and there are no conditions regarding Hamas's right to [continue] the resistance."

Hamas official Mahmoud Zahar

Egypt summons Hamas leaders for talks on ‘reconciliation’ with Fatah

Head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri hugs Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad as they sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017.

Gaza group vows to continue launching flaming kites at Israel

Hamas says it has accepted an Egyptian proposal to end the dispute with Fatah.

Palestinians prepare kites loaded with flammable material to be thrown at the Israeli side, near the Israel-Gaza border in the central Gaza Strip in June..

Social reconciliation moves forward in Gaza

Officials set up a fund to make payments to families that lost their sons in the internecine Palestinian conflict in 2007, in return for publicly renouncing the demand to avenge their deaths.

Shadi Abu Obeid (L), a member of the Palestinian Fatah movement, is greeted by a relative in Gaza City after his release from a Hamas prison on October 1, 2017.

Abbas: We don't want armed militias in the Gaza Strip

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas called for local groups to disarm, saying that they hurt the push for a unified Palestinian state.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas greets delegates after addressing the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, US, September 20, 2017.

Analysis: Will Israel hold Abbas responsible for Hamas attacks?

Most analysts contend that Hamas will not lay down its arms, as called for by PA President Mahmoud Abbas as a precondition for assuming control over the enclave.

A man holds a picture of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during celebrations after Hamas said it reached a deal with Palestinian rival Fatah, in Gaza City October 12, 2017

Condemned to misery by its leaders? How Gaza can choose life

The burgeoning truce with the PA is Hamas's admission that when it came to governing it had no idea what to do.

A Palestinian boy standing by a gate looks on as he waits for the return of his relatives after performing the annual Haj pilgrimage in Mecca, at Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, September 13, 2017

PA government convenes in Gaza for the first time in three years

Hamdallah: “I urge everyone without exception to embrace the leadership, reconciliation and national unity and to put our national interest above factional and party considerations and interests.”

Palestinians celebrate the arrival of Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his government to take control of Gaza from the Islamist Hamas group

Ahead of Gaza reconciliation, Hamas frees Fatah men

Hamas opted for reconciliation with Western-backed Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah because it is short of funds and friends.

Shadi Abu Obeid (L), a member of the Palestinian Fatah movement, is greeted by a relative in Gaza City after his release from a Hamas prison on October 1, 2017.

Quiet on settlement activity, Mideast Quartet calls for PA control of Gaza

The statement omitted any reference to Israeli settlement activity – a rarity for the Quartet.

A Palestinian Hamas militant takes part in a Gaza rally marking the twelfth anniversary of the death of late Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.