Students in Gaza will soon have the option of taking Hebrew classes for the first time in nearly two decades.

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Gaza Journal: Hamas-Run Schools in Gaza Set Out to Teach Hebrew

The deal between Fatah and Hamas outlines work on registering voters for elections that would bring in a new unity government.

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Hamas and Fatah Agree in Cairo to Begin Work on Elections

Palestinian Authority President and Fatah leader Mahmoud Abbas swears in a new cabinet in the West Bank, a move Hamas describes as a “big error”.

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New Palestinian cabinet sworn in

In a signed deal, Israeli authorities agreed to provisions like returning those in solitary confinement to the general prison population.

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Palestinians in Israeli Jails End Hunger Strike

Three prisoners, including one accused of collaborating with Israel, have been hanged in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

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Hamas hangs three Gaza prisoners

Fuel from Israel arrives in the Gaza Strip as a result of a deal between the territory’s Hamas-led government and the rival Palestinian Authority.

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Fuel arrives in Gaza after deal

JERUSALEM — An escalation of cross-border violence continued for the second day on Saturday, as the death toll from Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip rose to 14 militants and militant factions fired dozens more rockets into southern Israel. Read full article > >

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Israeli raids kill 14 in Gaza; militants fire dozens of rockets

Marking the first public rift with its longtime patron, a leader of Hamas spoke out against President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.

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Hamas Supports Syrian Opposition

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemns a unity deal between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, saying it damages prospects for peace.

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Israel condemns Fatah-Hamas move

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority embraced reconciliation with the Hamas movement, but much remains to be done, and the effect on a bid for Palestinian statehood remains unknown.

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Unity Deal Brings Risks for Abbas and Israel

The political leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas, is due to visit Jordan, 13 years after it expelled Hamas leaders.

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Hamas leader goes back to Jordan

Israel faced an escalating cyber war on Monday as unknown attackers disrupted access to the symbolically strategic Web sites of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al, the national airline.

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Cyberattacks Temporarily Cripple 2 Israeli Web Sites

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At least five Palestinians at an Islamic Jihad training site in southern Gaza were killed, according to witnesses and the militant group, and militants responded with rocket fire.

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Israeli Drone Strike Kills Militants in Gaza

Twenty-five Egyptian prisoners were set free in exchange for the freedom of Ilan Grapel, an American-Israeli dual citizen who was charged with spying in Egypt.

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Ilan Grapel, an American-Israeli Held by Egypt, Is Released in Prisoner Exchange