Read more Ismail Haniya stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/4205/ismail-haniya.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:35:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/21470/jihad-rockets-hit-israel-after-raid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA week-long moratorium on rocket attacks in Israel exploded today when the militant group Islamic Jihad fired two rockets into the town of Sderot on the Gaza border. Nobody was injured in the attack. The radical Palestinian group claims its rocket launch was in retaliation for a raid by the...http://www.newser.com/story/21470/jihad-rockets-hit-israel-after-raid.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 13 Mar 2008 7:44:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/14468/hamas-seeks-israeli-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe leader of Gaza’s Hamas party, weary of months of Israeli airstrikes and sanctions, has appealed for a ceasefire through Israeli media, the AP reports. "The occupation should stop its attacks and siege." In return, Hamas PM Ismail Haniya said in an unprecedented phone call to an Israeli TV station,...http://www.newser.com/story/14468/hamas-seeks-israeli-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Dec 2007 12:49:57 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/14174/in-gaza-150000-cheer-hamas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCrowds filled Gaza City streets today, celebrating the 20th anniversary of Hamas in what BBC analysts are calling a critical test of public support. At least 150,000 rallied amid waving flags and banners as Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniya preached “resistance and jihad,” blasting his moderate Fatah counterpart for...http://www.newser.com/story/14174/in-gaza-150000-cheer-hamas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 15 Dec 2007 13:01:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/3846/johnston-release-boosts-hamas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlan Johnston's release after 12 weeks in captivity was used by Hamas today to separate itself from the al-Qaeda-inspired kidnappers, and to assert its ability to secure order in Gaza, the BBC reports. The freed reporter was taken to the home of Hamas leader Ismail Haniya, who was outsted as...http://www.newser.com/story/3846/johnston-release-boosts-hamas.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Jul 2007 8:40:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/3845/bbc-reporter-freed-in-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlan Johnston, the BBC reporter held by an Islamist faction in Gaza for 114 days, was released early today, saying it was "fantastic" to be free. The reporter was handed over to officials of Hamas, now in control of the Gaza Strip, by his captors, a militant splinter group called...http://www.newser.com/story/3845/bbc-reporter-freed-in-gaza.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 04 Jul 2007 4:28:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/2185/palestinian-factions-call-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHamas and Fatah have brokered a truce after two days of intense factional fighting that left 9 dead and 30 wounded. The Palestinian government has deployed its entire security force to the Gaza strip in an effort to maintain peace, but, the BBC observes, sporadic fighting continued Monday.http://www.newser.com/story/2185/palestinian-factions-call-ceasefire.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 15 May 2007 6:49:00 CDT