Word: ismael
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...Wednesday, the lights were coming back on in Gaza. That was after Ismael Haniyeh, Prime Minister of Gaza's Hamas-led government, assured the E.U. that electricity funds were being properly utilized. The 1.5 million Palestinians who live in the tiny strip of land on the Mediterranean, however, were seething - not at Haniyeh and Hamas but at Abbas, who sat out this crisis in air-conditioned comfort farther inland in the West Bank with his supporters in Fatah, the other main Palestinian group. Why blame Abbas? Because the Gazans believe he is trying force them to rebel against Hamas...
...locked in a fierce struggle with the Fatah movement loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who is backed by the West. This rivalry culminated in Hamas ousting Fatah's armed forces from Gaza after six days of gun battles last month. Abbas retaliated by firing Hamas Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh and his cabinet, but Haniyeh has refused to step down. The Islamic militants of Hamas are anxious to show Palestinians in Gaza - and the rest of the world - that they can carry out their vow to impose order in Gaza. The photo op of a smiling...
...killed and another 120 wounded in the fighting. Both Hamas and Fatah have vowed to kill each other's political and military leaders, and have tried to do so with a vengance. Twice in the past 48 hours, Fatah members shelled the home of Hamas leader and Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh. He and his family were unhurt...
...That warning even applies to Hamas's most senior official, Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh. After a barrage of Palestinian missiles flew out of Gaza into southern Israel during the past week, the Israelis were in no mood to go lightly on Hamas. On Monday, Israeli Deputy Defense Minister Ephraim Sneh declared in an interview that "no one" in Hamas's leadership was "immune from a strike." Hamas took the threat to heart. Spokesman Ayman Taha also urged militants to stop using cars and gathering in open places where they could be spotted by Israeli aircraft circling over the Gaza strip...
...killing of nine Palestinians, including a young girl, during Israeli military operations several days ago in the West Bank towns of Nablus and Jenin. It isn't clear yet whether the decision by those armed Hamas militants to tear up the cease-fire was approved by Palestinian Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh, who belongs to Hamas...