Hamas

AP interview: Israel’s Peres defends airstrikes
AP interview: Israel’s Peres defends airstrikes
AP interview: Israel’s Peres defends airstrikes
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres said Tuesday that the killing of Palestinian civilians by air raids on Gaza presents a moral dilemma, but argued there is scant alternative as long as the Islamic militants who rule the strip refuse to stop sustained rocket fire against Israel.
AP Analysis: Mideast crisis a strategic stalemate
AP Analysis: Mideast crisis a strategic stalemate
AP Analysis: Mideast crisis a strategic stalemate
If the Israel-Hamas fighting feels like a rerun, that's because it is. This is the third round of Hamas rockets and Israel airstrikes since the Islamic militant group seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007. And issues each time seem much the same: How can Hamas be compelled to stop firing rockets...
Obama offers US help negotiating Israel cease-fire
Obama offers US help negotiating Israel cease-fire
Obama offers US help negotiating Israel cease-fire
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama offered the help of the United States on Thursday in negotiating a cease-fire to end escalating violence between Israel and Hamas, as world leaders warned of an urgent need to avoid another Israeli-Palestinian war that could engulf the fragile region.
As Israel buries teens, airstrikes target Hamas
As Israel buries teens, airstrikes target Hamas
As Israel buries teens, airstrikes target Hamas
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel on Tuesday mourned the deaths of three teenagers who had been kidnapped over two weeks ago, as the air force targeted dozens of locations in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army said, in a surge of violence that followed the discovery of the teens' bodies.