Sentence examples for hamas from inspiring English sources

Tens of thousands of people across Gaza returned to their homes on Monday as a tenuous ceasefire held and hopes rose of an end to the month-long conflict between Israel and Hamas.

Kerry is in Cairo to push for diplomatic efforts to broker a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas.

The US secretary of state is in Cairo as he begins a diplomatic push on Monday to try to secure a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.

But the stalemate in peace talks – neither Netanyahu, Abbas nor Hamas appear ready to concede any point – means American action or inaction is a variable for the first time in decades.

Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.12am BST09:12 Israel denies Hamas has kidnapped soldier Israel has denied that Hamas militants have captured one its soldiers, the Times of Israel reports.

The material effect of being so isolated is that information is reordered around the reality they can't escape: everybody has to care what the Hamas military guy says; his speech is analysed late into the night by groups huddled over cigarettes.

"The difficult is that the blockade issue is closely aligned with the political demands being made by Hamas, and the political and security demands being made by Israel".

"We learned about these confessions from the Israeli investigation … Hamas political leadership was not aware of all these details," he said.

On Tuesday, Hamas's spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, said: "Hamas praises the role martyrs Abu Aisha and Qawasmeh played in chasing down Israeli settlers and we stress that their assassination will not weaken the resistance".

Warsi was increasingly distressed by the prime minister's failure to sufficiently condemn the Israeli bombings of Hamas-controlled Gaza.

The offices of the Hamas-affiliated al-Aqsa TV were also hit in at least 60 air strikes following the breakdown of the ceasefire.