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Topic: Egypt-Hamas relations

June 18, 2013
3:53 pm

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal, left, congratulates Mohammed Morsi, the Muslim Brotherhood party's leader for winning the biggest number of seats in parliamentary elections in Cairo, January 21, 2012 (photo credit: AP)

Egyptian protesters besiege Hamas at Cairo hotel

Some demonstrators attempt to kidnap Islamist delegates ‘to trade them for [Egyptian] officers abducted in Sinai’

By Elhanan Miller

May 21, 2013
8:58 pm

Palestinian Hamas security forces patrol the border area in Rafah between the Gaza Strip and Egypt on May 20, 2013. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas shuts tunnels to keep kidnappers from sneaking in

Shuttering smuggling routes seen as routine move meant to distance Gaza’s rulers from Sinai incident

By Elhanan Miller

April 30, 2013
8:26 pm

An Egyptian man throws a stone during clashes between rival groups of protesters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, April 19, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Mostafa Darwish)

‘Hamas used metal darts to kill protesters during Egypt’s revolution’

Islamist movement also stole police cars and, with Hezbollah fighters, helped political prisoners break out of jail, Cairo’s ex-interior minister claims

By Elhanan Miller

March 19, 2013
5:52 pm

A Palestinian works inside a smuggling tunnel, beneath the Egyptian-Gaza border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip February 19, 2013 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Smuggled cloth gets Hamas in trouble with Egypt, again

Egyptians fear Islamists intended to make fake army uniforms, dismiss Hamas claims that fabric was intended for kids’ clothes or for use in attack on Israel

By Elhanan Miller

March 14, 2013
10:14 pm

A Palestinian smuggler in a tunnel along the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip on October 4, 2012 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash90)

Hamas accuses Egyptian media of anti-Palestinian incitement

Press had reported that seven Palestinians detained in Cairo were planning to target local installations

By Elhanan Miller

February 11, 2013
3:06 pm

A Palestinian man works outside a smuggling tunnel which connects the Gaza Strip and Egypt in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip on November 24, 2012 (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Egypt pumps water into smuggling tunnels from Gaza

Palestinian tunnel owners decry move, which endangers workers’ lives

By Elhanan Miller

January 30, 2013
5:08 pm

Egyptian protesters clash with riot police, not seen, near Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas denies its gunmen are aiding Morsi in Egypt

Gaza-based daily blames Egyptian Copt organization for attempt to ‘demonize’ Palestinians

By Elhanan Miller

November 25, 2012
11:05 pm

Members of the Iranian proxy group Islamic Jihad praying in Gaza on the 17th anniversary of the death of the group's founder, Fathi Shikaki (Photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash 90)

United by a common threat: Israel, Egypt and Hamas all fear Iran and its Islamic Jihad proxy in Gaza

Some analysts believe that the bedrock of the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is a shared fear of Iranian influence

By Mitch Ginsburg

November 16, 2012
10:51 am

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, and Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Kandil, left, wave to the crowd as they meet in Gaza City on Friday (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egyptian prime minister pays solidarity visit to Gaza

No respite in terrorist rocket attacks as Hisham Kandil meets with Hamas PM, laments ‘pain of the Palestinian people’

By Elhanan Miller and Times of Israel staff

November 15, 2012
9:15 pm

Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Kandil (photo credit: Youtube image grab)

Egyptian prime minister to visit Gaza Friday

Despite IDF strikes on Strip, Hisham Kandil will head a high-ranking delegation in support of the Palestinians

By Elhanan Miller

November 11, 2012
5:24 pm

An Israeli tank operating along the Gaza border in late October (Photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/ Flash 90)

The approach of an unwanted war in Gaza

Neither Israel nor Hamas nor Egypt seems to wish it, but as rocket fire intensifies again, a deeper conflict looms

By Mitch Ginsburg

October 11, 2012
6:51 pm

Gaza residents celebrate the victory of Mohammed Morsi in Egypt's elections, June 24 (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Hamas snubs Egypt with a new billboard, favoring Qatar

With Morsi’s forces destroying smuggling tunnels, Gaza’s rulers pay tribute to the Gulf Emirate and its multi-million-dollar investments

By Elhanan Miller

September 16, 2012
4:44 pm

Ismail Haniyeh and Mohammed Morsi meet in Cairo, July 26 (photo credit: MOHAMMED AL-OSTAZ / Flash 90)

Hamas calls on Egypt to reconsider shutting smuggling tunnels

Haniyeh and Mashaal to visit Cairo on Monday and discuss tunnels, economy and reconciliation

By Elhanan Miller

September 11, 2012
2:58 pm

Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi meets Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh in Cairo, July 26, 2012 (photo credit: Mohammed al-Ostaz/Flash 90)

Cairo agrees to host Hamas headquarters, Arabic daily says

A year after leaving Damascus, Islamists reportedly find a new home

By Elhanan Miller

August 15, 2012
11:34 am

An Egyptian armored vehicle commandeered by terrorists burning at the Kerem Shalom crossing August 5. (photo credit: @AvitalLeibovich, Twitter)

Hamas and Egypt to join forces to probe Sinai attack

Officials from Gaza government and Cairo’s intelligence will cooperate on new commission

By Aaron Kalman

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