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Mourners and the mother of Amer Abu Aisheh, in the white veil, carry his body after he and Marwan Qawasmeh were shot dead by Israeli troops during their funeral procession in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014. Israeli special forces stormed a West Bank hideout early on Tuesday and killed two Palestinians suspected in the June abduction and slaying of three Israeli teenagers, a gruesome attack that had triggered a chain of events that led to the war in Gaza this summer. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi)

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Hamas suspects in slaying of Israeli teens killed

Ian Deitch · September 23, 2014 3:18 pm

Palestinian Senior Hamas leader Moussa Abu Marzouk, speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office in Gaza City, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Hamas' No. 2 leader says the Islamic militant group does not want another war with Israel but suggests more fighting is inevitable unless Israel ends its blockade of Hamas-ruled Gaza. Marzouk said in an interview Thursday that Hamas emerged stronger from the recent 50-day war, despite military setbacks. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

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AP Interview: Hamas No. 2 says war a lesser option

KARIN LAUBMOHAMMED DARAGHMEH · September 18, 2014 6:04 pm

Evidence growing that Hamas used residential areas

HAMZA HENDAWIJOSEF FEDERMAN · September 12, 2014 5:13 am

‘The Fog of Cease-fire’

Elliott Abrams · September 8, 2014 4:00 am

A Palestinian boy holds a toy gun during a celebration organized by Hamas in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014. Israel and Hamas militants fought for 50 days before reaching a truce on Tuesday. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has accused Hamas of needlessly extending fighting in the Gaza Strip, causing a high death toll. (AP Photo/Nasser Ishtayeh)

After Gaza war, poll finds support for Hamas rises

Daniel Estrin · September 2, 2014 6:32 pm

Hamas’s Media Strategy

Lee Smith · September 1, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2014 file photo, Palestinians look for their belongings after houses were destroyed in Israeli strikes in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Amid fear that Hamas had captured an Israeli soldier, the Israeli military sealed off the Rafah area and began shelling on Aug. 1, 2014. By the end of the next day, 190 Palestinians were dead, according to a list of names compiled by two Gaza human rights groups. The suspected capture of the soldier turned out to be a false alarm and the Rafah operation is almost certain to be a focus of U.N. investigators and rights groups looking into possible war crimes because it highlights a key concern: The treatment of civilians. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

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Israeli fire on Gaza town raises war crimes claim

KARIN LAUBIBRAHIM BARZAK · August 31, 2014 12:00 pm

A Palestinian inspects a destroyed house in the heavily bombed Gaza City neighborhood of Shijaiyah, close to the Israeli border, Friday, Aug. 1, 2014. (AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)

United Nations agency exposed as a tool for Hamas

Asaf Romirowsky and Nicole Brackman · August 30, 2014 12:00 pm

FILE - In this file photo taken Tuesday, April 29, 2014, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting with Palestinian businessmen from East Jerusalem to set up a national fund to support the Palestinian residents of East Jerusalem, at his office in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas has accused Hamas of needlessly extending fighting in the Gaza Strip, causing a high death toll. He told Palestine TV in remarks broadcast Friday, Aug. 29, that "it was possible for us to avoid all of that, 2,000 martyrs, 10,000 injured, 50,000 houses (damaged or destroyed)." (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyoukhi, File)

Palestinian leader says Hamas caused prolonged war

MOHAMMED DARAGHMEHIAN DEITCH · August 29, 2014 6:32 pm

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gestures as he speaks during a press conference at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. Israel's prime minister declared victory Wednesday in the recent war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip, saying the military campaign had dealt a heavy blow and a cease-fire deal gave no concessions to the Islamic militant group.(AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Europe seeks role in postwar Gaza

Josef Federman · August 28, 2014 7:40 pm

A Palestinian militant of Izzedine al-Qassam Brigades, military wing of Hamas, holds his rifle during a celebration of the victory rally at the debris of destroyed houses in Shijaiyah, neighborhood of Gaza City, in the northern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. An open-ended cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip was holding Wednesday. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israeli premier, Hamas declare victory in Gaza war

TIA GOLDENBERGIBRAHIM BARZAK · August 27, 2014 7:58 pm

Palestinians with their belongings drive a motorbike back to their house in Gaza City's Shijaiyah neighborhood, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2014. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A look at the Gaza war and cease-fire halting it

Washington Examiner · August 27, 2014 3:47 pm