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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 565

Fatah

Palestinians inspect the rubble following an Israeli strike on a fishing harbor in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, March 22, 2025. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
March 22, 2025, 6:48 pm
Fatah urges Hamas to cede power in Gaza to safeguard ‘Palestinians’ existence’
Hamas spokesman says terrorist organization has ‘no aspiration to govern Gaza’; group’s control of enclave remains major obstacle in negotiations over permanent ceasefire
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas meets with Jibril Rajoub, the head of the Palestinian Football Association, in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 7, 2018 (Thaer Ganaim/APA Images/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News)
March 13, 2025, 10:40 pm
Abbas may be the last PA leader who believes in two states, warns potential successor
Senior Fatah official Jibril Rajoub praises Abbas and urges US to engage with him, looking to remain in the Palestinian Authority chief’s good graces while no new election is slated
By Jacob Magid
Members of an alleged terror cell said by the Shin Bet on February 6, 2025, to have been arrested for a plot to bomb a Jerusalem bus in late 2024: (Top row left to right): Ahmad Jassar Ali, Mundhir Sheikh Qassem; (bottom row left to right), Bashir Awad, Omar Subah, and Ali Shweiki (Shin Bet)
February 6, 2025, 3:48 pm
Shin Bet says it foiled Jerusalem bus bombing late last year
Five-person cell composed of Fatah and Hamas members arrested before they could put plan into action; security officials seize bomb and submachine gun
By Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers
Freed Palestinian prisoner Mohammed al-Tous gives an interview to Saudi-owned al-Arabiya news outlet on January 31, 2025. (Screenshot from Youtube)
February 2, 2025, 3:00 pm
Following release, elderly Palestinian security prisoner bashes Hamas, price of Oct. 7
Citing Gaza war’s heavy Palestinian death toll, 69-year-old Mohammed al-Tous tells Arab outlets that he is warning his grandchildren against armed resistance
By Charlie Summers
Zakaria Zubeidi, after being recaptured in northern Israel on September 11, 2021, following his escape from Gilboa Prison. (Courtesy)
January 30, 2025, 4:22 am
Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Atallah among notorious terrorists set for release Thursday
Israel has yet to name the 110 prisoners who will be freed in return for 3 hostages, though public broadcaster says 33 of them are serving life terms for deadly attacks
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Palestinians hold yellow Fatah movement flags as they demonstrate in support of the Palestinian security forces in the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, December 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
January 12, 2025, 10:31 am
Fatah vows not to let Hamas ‘replicate its actions’ in West Bank, slams Iran
PA President Abbas says terror group ‘sacrificed the interests of the Palestinian people for Iran,’ caused destruction of Gaza, as Ramallah cracks down on West Bank operatives
By Jacob Magid
Hamas's new deputy leader Salah al-Arouri (seated, left) and Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmad (seated, right) sign a reconciliation deal in Cairo on October 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian movements work to end their decade-long split following negotiations overseen by Egypt. (AFP/Khaled Desouki)
December 2, 2024, 8:39 pm
Cairo hosts Fatah-Hamas talks, aiming for deal on PA control in post-war Gaza
Egypt’s foreign minister says talks aim to equip Palestinian Authority to govern Strip after war, though past attempts to end rivalry between Fatah and Hamas have failed
By AFP and ToI Staff
(L-R) PA President Mahmoud Abbas, Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister Mouldi Kefi, and Fatah's ex-Secretary General Farouk Kaddumi hold hands shortly after the Abbas's arrival in Tunis, Tunisia, November 10, 2011. (Fethi Belaid/AFP)
August 23, 2024, 3:40 pm
Farouk Kaddumi, Fatah hardliner who opposed Oslo Accords, dies in Amman at 93
Kaddumi was among Fatah’s founders, supported realignment with Hamas; he served as the faction’s head before fallout with Abbas, whom he accused of killing Arafat
By ToI Staff
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech during an extraordinary Parliamentary Meeting on Palestinians, at the Turkish Parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP/Ali Unal)
August 15, 2024, 8:31 pm
In Turkey, Abbas declares he’ll go to Gaza ‘even if it costs my life,’ mourns Haniyeh
PA leader tells parliament in Ankara there can be no Palestinian state without Gaza: ‘We don’t accept any solution that would divide our territories’
By AFP and ToI Staff
(L-R) Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organization and political party Fatah, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and Mussa Abu Marzuk, senior member of Hamas, attend an event at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024 (Pedro Pardo / AFP)
July 26, 2024, 9:33 pm
With Palestinian declaration and Ukrainian FM visit, China showcases rising influence
By brokering unity efforts by Palestinian factions and hosting Kyiv’s top envoy, Beijing is seen as cementing its role as a global diplomatic force
By HUIZHONG WU and Didi Tang
Moussa Abu Marzouk (R), senior member of the Hamas terror group (R) signs a document as China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (C) and Mahmoud al-Aloul, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of Palestinian organization and political party Fatah, look on during the signing of the 'Beijing declaration' at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on July 23, 2024 (Pedro Pardo/AFP)
July 23, 2024, 2:20 pm
Hamas, Fatah sign declaration on plans to seek joint government; Israel slams Fatah
China upbeat on agreement made in Beijing, though previous efforts to end rift have failed; Israel’s Katz: ‘Instead of rejecting terrorism, Abbas embraces the murderers and rapists’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (third right), and top official Khalem Mashaal (second right), are seen meeting with Fatah's Nasser al-Qudwa (second left) and Samir al-Mashrawi (third left) in Qatar on November 22, 2023. (Courtesy)
July 16, 2024, 12:35 am
Hamas, Fatah leaders to meet in Beijing this month for reconciliation talks
Political chief Ismail Haniyeh to lead Hamas delegation, Fatah group to be led by deputy head Mahmad Alul; China hosted the two groups in April
By AFP and ToI Staff
Gazan anti-Hamas activist Amin Abed speaks from a hospital bed in northern Gaza after sustaining critical injury in an attack by masked assailants whom he identified with the terror group's internal security service, in a video published by Saudi state-owned Al-Arabiya news site on July 9, 2024. (Screen capture: X/Al-Arabiya, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 12, 2024, 3:00 pm
‘You were wrong not to kill me’: Gazan activist slams Hamas for attack on him
‘You are partners of the occupation in killing us,’ Amin Abed says of terror group, in videos recorded from hospital bed; admits thinking of leaving Strip for fear of being killed
By ToI Staff
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh (third right), and top official Khalem Mashaal (second right), are seen meeting with Fatah's Nasser al-Qudwa (second left) and Samir al-Mashrawi (third left) in Qatar on November 22, 2023. (Courtesy)
June 24, 2024, 5:08 pm
Fatah postpones Palestinian unity meeting with Hamas in China, no new date set
With the factions deeply divided, analysts had held out little hope of talks achieving a breakthrough toward a reconciliation deal
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Students of Birzeit University in the West Bank chant slogans during a protest in support of Gaza on June 10, 2024. (Zain Jaafar / AFP)
June 14, 2024, 12:30 pm
Daily Briefing June 14: Day 252 – As US loses patience, Hamas support rises in Gaza
US bureau chief Jacob Magid discusses the stalemate in hostage release negotiations, dire consequences of Israel not releasing PA tax funds and why Palestinians turn away from Fatah
By ToI Staff
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