Gaza - An Israeli airstrike on a car in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah killed a high-ranking Hamas militant early Thursday, Palestinians and Israeli officials said.
Gaza City - The Palestinian gas union on Saturday rejected a statement by an Israeli official blaming Palestinians, led by Hamas, for the fuel shortages in Gaza Strip.
Gaza City - The UN humanitarian agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said Saturday the suspension of food aid deliveries to refugees in the Gaza Strip due to a lack of fuel will not last for lo
Gaza City - The radical Palestinian Hamas movement on Saturday downplayed Israel's rejection of its offer of a six-month truce.
An Israeli government spokesman rejected Hamas' offer Friday, saying it was "not serious."
Mahmoud al-Zahar, a Hamas leader who took part in the talks with Egyptian mediators, said that his movement "doesn't take the official response from the media."
"What we take is that which comes from the Egyptian side because it mediates between us and the occupation (forces)," al-Zahar told reporters after he returned to Gaza from Egypt.
He said Hamas expected "to get an answer after less than one week."
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Eh
