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Iran says ready to help two main rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, reconcile their differences.
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A leading member of the Hamas militant group, Mahar Uda, is arrested in the West Bank, the Israeli army says.
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Israel charges two of soldiers over the use of a Palestinian boy as a human shield during its offensive against Hamas in Gaza.
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AP – The U.N. humanitarian chief says Israel’s blockade of Gaza is not helping its security or weakening Hamas’ hold on the territory.
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AP – Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Thursday released a British journalist they had held for a month amid allegations that he endangered the Palestinian territory’s security.

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Emirate’s police chief says dozens of false passports were uncovered following Hamas murder in Dubai.
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Interpol joins Dubai task force investigating murder of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, global police say.
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AP – Dubai’s police chief says investigators have collected DNA samples and fingerprints of some of the suspects in the high-profile slaying of a Hamas operative in Dubai.
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Reuters – U.S.-mediated talks with the Palestinians could begin next week, Israel said on Thursday, but it played down chances of a quick deal to end the conflict and Hamas condemned the Palestinian president’s move to negotiate.

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AP – The killing of a Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel may signal the end of an era: the moment when modern technology finally caught up with the cloak-and-dagger world of disguised assassins and fake passports.

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