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A Palestinian woman counts her money after receiving her salary in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip November 9, 2018. (Said Khatib/AFP)
November 9, 2018, 5:23 pm
PA fumes as suitcases of ‘gangster’ Qatari cash reach Gaza in bid to ease crisis
While Israel gives approval for first $15 million to enter Hamas-ruled Strip, Liberman slams move as ‘capitulation to terrorism’; border clashes continue despite deal
By AFP and TOI staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi meeting in Sharm al-Sheikh on November 3, 2018. (Credit: Wafa)
November 8, 2018, 12:43 pm
Abbas agrees to Egypt-mediated ‘calm’ between Israel and Hamas — report
Sissi convinces PA chief to accept temporary truce, which will lead to internal reconciliation and only then to a long-term ceasefire with Israel, Arab paper reports
By TOI staff
Palestinians rally in support of Qatar at a Qatari-funded housing project in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis on June 9, 2017. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)
November 7, 2018, 12:16 pm
Qatar announces aid for Gazan poor amid Israel truce talks
$100 each for 50,000 of the Strip’s poorest families will arrive in the ‘next few days,’ Doha says; beneficiaries will be selected with Hamas’s help
By AFP
Palestinians react to tear gas fired by Israeli forces during clashes east of Gaza City near the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel on November 2, 2018. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
November 4, 2018, 6:40 pm
Fatah said to back Egypt’s bid for Israel-Gaza calm, but not a full ceasefire
Officials tell Cairo negotiators that any long-term agreement can only come after internal Palestinian reconciliation with Hamas
By TOI staff
Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, left, greets Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt, on June 8, 2014. (AP/MENA)
November 1, 2018, 4:21 pm
Abbas-Sissi meeting planned for this weekend, Palestinian official says
PA chief and Egyptian president set to discuss ‘latest developments’ as Cairo continues efforts to broker Gaza ceasefire, Hamas-Fatah reconciliation
By Adam Rasgon
Israeli trucks carrying diesel fuel enter Kerem Shalom cargo crossing on the Israel-Gaza border, October 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
October 22, 2018, 11:07 pm
Report: Emerging truce deal would see Qatar fund Gaza’s salaries, fuel
Israeli ministers said briefed on details of accord that would see end of border protests, while netting Hamas a major diplomatic win in bypassing the PA
By TOI staff
In this file photo taken on January 23, 2018 Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh delivers a speech in Gaza City (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
October 18, 2018, 6:21 pm
Haniyeh hosts senior Egyptian intelligence officials in Gaza
Meetings said to address efforts at reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah, as well as a possible truce with Israel
By Adam Rasgon
Egyptian head of Intelligence Abbas Kamel attends a meeting of Egyptian and Sudnaese Foreign Ministers and heads of intelligence at Tahrir Palace, in Cairo, Egypt, February 8, 2018. (Khaled Elfiqi/Pool photo via AP)
October 16, 2018, 7:20 pm
Senior Egyptian intelligence official arrives in Gaza for talks
Cairo is trying to advance intra-Palestinian reconciliation and a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian protesters gather in the smoke billowing from burning tires as Israeli forces launch tear gas canisters at the Israel-Gaza border, east of Gaza city, October 12, 2018. (SAID KHATIB/AFP)
October 14, 2018, 1:43 pm
Hamas warns thousands of Gazans will rush fences if PA squeezes Strip — report
Terror group says Abbas will be responsible for mass casualties if protests grow in face of new sanctions; rejects two-week border calm, according to Arabic daily
By TOI staff
PA Minister of Religious Affairs Mahmoud al-Habash (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
October 13, 2018, 8:37 pm
Abbas adviser says ending Hamas rule over Gaza is a ‘religious duty’
‘Afterwards, we can all free Jerusalem,’ says Mahmoud al-Habash, Palestinian Authority president’s religious affairs aide
By Adam Rasgon
A tanker delivers fuel at the Gaza power plant in Nuseirat, in the central Gaza Strip October 9, 2018. (AFP/Said Khatib)
October 9, 2018, 10:18 pm
First shipment of Qatar-funded fuel enters Gaza despite PA objections
UN-brokered deal will give Gazans a few more hours of electricity a day in move authorities hope will help ease tensions in the enclave; Abbas aide threatens retaliation
By TOI staff and Agencies
A Palestinian youth walks towards the Gaza strip's sole electricity plant, which provides a fifth of the embattled region's power needs, after it stopped working at midnight the previous night due to lack of fuel as per local officials, on February 15, 2018. (MOHAMMED ABED/AFP)
October 9, 2018, 1:59 pm
UN official: Qatar to buy fuel for Gaza’s only power plant
Jamie McGoldrick, the UN’s resident humanitarian coordinator, confirms reports of new aid influx; PA reportedly livid over move, which is seen as propping up Hamas
By Agencies and TOI staff
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a joint press conference at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, October 4, 2018. (Haim Zach/Government Press Office)
October 4, 2018, 7:05 pm
Hosting Merkel, Netanyahu accuses Abbas of ‘choking’ flow of funds to Gaza
Prime minister tells visiting German chancellor that Palestinian Authority’s pressure on Hamas rulers of coastal enclave could lead to ‘very difficult consequences’
By TOI staff
Israeli Merkava tanks drive near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip as they return from the Hamas-controlled Palestinian coastal enclave on August 5, 2014, after Israel announced that all of its troops had withdrawn from the Gaza Strip. (AFP/THOMAS COEX)
September 30, 2018, 5:11 pm
Hamas says Abbas is pushing Israel to launch a new war in Gaza
Terror group sends delegation to Cairo for talks on reconciliation deal and a possible long-term truce with Israel, as PA leader vows to impose further sanctions on the Strip
By TOI staff
Senior Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya is seen in the Egyptian capital Cairo on November 22, 2017. (AFP Photo/Mohamed El-Shahed)
September 29, 2018, 3:32 pm
Gaza delegation in Cairo for talks on reconciliation, long-term truce
Hamas official warns rival West Bank government against imposing new sanctions on Strip, says ruling terror group will respond if PA imposes further punitive measures
By TOI staff
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