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Hamas threatens more rocket attacks on Israeli towns if Gaza airstrikes continue
Why the coming days in Gaza have the potential to be so dangerous
The phrase we have heard over again from Gazans is they live in an open air prison and Israel is their warder. It is not hard to see why.
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Inside the Hamas summer training camp for Gaza teens
Two years on from the Israel-Hamas conflict, Hamas cadets are being trained to carry out raids in a terrifying summer camp.
Read the full story ›Israel launches airstrike against Hamas in Gaza
Israeli aircraft bombed a Hamas militant base in the Gaza Strip for the first time since the end of a war in the territory, in response to a rocket that militants launched earlier in the day, the army said.
The bombs struck in the Khan Younis area in the southern Gaza Strip. Local hospital officials said there were no casualties.
The militant rocket fired earlier landed in a field in southern Israel and no one was injured.
Israel urges Abbas to abandon Hamas pact
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that PLO President Mahmoud Abbas "still has time" to reverse course on the unity pact with Hamas if it wants to continue peace talks with Israel.
Hamas: We feel 'extreme happiness' at Sharon death
A spokesman for the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement said "our people" feel "extreme happiness" at the death of Ariel Sharon, who he described as a "tyrant" and "criminal".
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said the former Israeli Prime Minister's "hands were smeared with the blood of our people and the blood of our leaders here and in exile".
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Egypt closes tunnels with Gaza over attack fears
Nearly 1,000 tunnels used to link Gaza with Egypt, but most have been closed or destroyed by Egypt's military, which fears Hamas-supported militants are using them to carry out attacks.
ITV News Middle East Correspondent Geraint Vincent reports:
Hamas welcomes resignation of Palestinian PM
Hamas said it welcomed the resignation of that Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad.
Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zhuri said Fayyad left the government in debt and downplayed the resignation's impact on the unity talks with Fatah:
Thousands gather in Gaza for Hamas anniversary
Exiled Hamas leader makes emotional visit to Gaza Strip
Exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal broke into tears as he arrived in the Gaza Strip for his first-ever visit.
Mashaal, who leads the Islamic militant movement from Qatar, crossed the border, kissed the ground and was greeted by a crowd of Hamas officials. He told the crowd:
"I am back in Gaza because it never left my heart. I have been dreaming of this historic moment my entire life, to come to Gaza. I ask God to give me martyrdom one day on this land."