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Members of Hamas’s armed wing carry the body of Mazen al-Faqha at his funeral in Gaza City. (Reuters)

Hamas Launches ‘Revenge’ Campaign against Israeli Collaborators

by Kifah Ziboun | Apr 3, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – The Hamas movement has launched a new campaign against suspected Israeli collaborators a day after deputy politburo chief Ismail Haniyeh issued a threat that killers of prominent leader Mazen al-Faqha will not escape punishment. Haniyeh asserted that Hamas...

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The mother of Palestinian senior Hamas militant Mazen Fuqaha holds her son’s picture in her house in the West Bank town of Tubas, near Jenin, March 25, 2017. REUTERS/Abed Omar Qusini

Hamas Partially Reopens Gaza Crossing after Assassination of its Prominent Leader

by Kifah Ziboun and Nazir Majli | Mar 27, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah, Tel Aviv – Hamas authorities partially reopened the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Israel Monday after a one-day closure following the assassination of one of the group’s prominent officials. Hamas shut the border crossing on Sunday and prevented...

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Mazen al Faqha, Asharq Al-Awsat Archives

Israeli Silence Looms over Assassination of Top Hamas Official

by Kifah Ziboun | Mar 26, 2017 | Middle East

Ramallah – Israel registered no remarks on the recent assassination of a senior Hamas commander, Mazen Faqha. Faqha was shot dead near his home in Tel el-Hawa, a neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City, by assailants using a weapon equipped with a silencer. He...