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IDF kills Hamas commander who infiltrated Israel on Oct. 7, arrests weapons smugglers in Nablus

Ibrahim Mustafa Suleiman Abu Oweimer, a commander in Hamas's military wing, was killed in a joint operation by the IDF and the Shin Bet.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Picture of Hamas terrorists killed by the IDF on Friday, October 2.
A terrorist from the Izz el-Deen al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, gestures inside an underground tunnel in Gaza.

IDF killed two-thirds of terrorists who invaded Israel on October 7, intel chief tells cabinet

"There are 2,000 remaining, and we will get to every last one of them," Maj.-Gen. Shlomi Binder, head of the IDF's Military Intelligence, told the security cabinet on Sunday evening.

|ByAMICHAI STEIN
The IDF released a statement detailing the killing of Ahmad Batash, commander of the Jabaliya Battalion in the Northern Gaza Brigade of Hamas.

IDF kills Hamas battalion commander in northern Gaza strike

Later on Tuesday, the IDF announced it killed Mohsen Farid Said Abu Hadaf last week, a Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) terrorist who infiltrated the Kissufim area during the October 7 massacre.

|ByJONAH DAVIDOV
Newly elected Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya. PremiumPremium

Gaza war 'has not erased Hamas' - now, it is rebuilding its political and regional clout

Under new leader Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas is strengthening ties with Turkey, Iran, Egypt, and Qatar while seeking to reassert its political influence inside Gaza

|ByDANA BEN-SHIMON

Palestinians in Gaza attack Qatari envoy with stones after $15m. payment

The paychecks of the Hamas members, which were being paid through financial aid by Qatar, were passed on in suitcases in a heavily guarded vehicle.

NOVEMBER 9, 2018ByTAMAR URIEL-BEERI
Palestinian children swing at a park in Gaza City November 9, 2018

Who is afraid of Hamas? Another military round is inevitable

NOVEMBER 3, 2018ByDAVID MERHAV
Hamas members

Report: Egypt-brokered understanding may end Hamas border violence

OCTOBER 26, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Disable Palestinian tries to remove Israeli wire during a protest at the Israel-Gaza border fence in Gaza.

Egypt, U.N. ask Israel to ease up on Hamas

An Egyptian delegation left Gaza on Wednesday and asked Israel to allow one more chance for calm to be restored to the situation, Liberman said.

OCTOBER 25, 2018ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah El-Sisi arrives at the United Nations headquarters in New York, September 25, 2018

Senior Hamas official: We don’t want another war with Israel

He denied that Hamas and other Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip would hold another round of talks in Cairo to discuss Palestinian “national reconciliation” and a truce with Israel.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Hamas militants attend the funeral of members of Palestinian security forces loyal to Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip March 22, 2018.

After Hamas: Why Israel fears a power vacuum in Gaza

At this stage, it appears that Israel prefers to tolerate the proverbial devil it knows.

JULY 17, 2018ByJINITZAIL HERNANDEZ/THE MEDIA LINE
Palestinian protesters carry tires to burn them during clashes with Israeli troops at Israel-Gaza border, in the southern Gaza Strip April 5, 2018.

A sense of victory by both Hamas and Israel: A recipe for escalation in Gaza?

Seven tips for how Israel can improve its position amid turbulence on the Gaza border.

APRIL 12, 2018ByMAJ.-GEN. (RET.) AMOS YADLIN
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman (left) and Gaza protesters flashing the victory sign

West playing its part in Hamas propaganda war

Such is the calculus of Hamas. Like all autocracies it views its people as wholly dispensable, fodder on the path to a glorious victory.

APRIL 9, 2018ByALEX RYVCHIN
PALESTINIANS ATTEND a massive protest in Gaza on Friday.

In first round of Gaza face off, both sides test the limits

Both sides can be satisfied: Israel prevented a border breach, while Hamas showed off its power to rally the people of Gaza.

APRIL 1, 2018ByALON BEN-DAVID
Palestinians take cover from Israeli snipers during clashes at the Gaza-Israel border at a protest in the southern Gaza Strip March 31, 2018

17 dead, over a thousand injured after Palestinians clash with IDF on Gaza border

20,000 men, women and children attended Friday's Land Day protests.

MARCH 30, 2018ByJPOST.COM STAFF
A wounded Palestinian woman is evacuated during clashes with Israeli troops, during a tent city protest along the Israel border with Gaza, demanding the right to return to their homeland, the southern Gaza Strip March 30, 2018.