The confirmation of Mr Sinwar’s death changes little in and of itself. Hamas has already appointed a replacement and it has ...

Hamas assault on Israel did not merely mark another round of violence in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; rather, it ...

But it could shift the balance within the movement ... a Lebanese-born Palestinian who has suggested that he might countenance Hamas relinquishing power in Gaza were it to be replaced by something ...

The emergence of Yasser Abu Shabab and his ‘Popular Forces’ militia in eastern Rafah has become an unexpected fault line in ...

This would weaken Hamas further. But is Hamas' power really fading? A voluntary, substantial surrender of power by Hamas seems unlikely, said Peter Lintl, an expert on the Middle East at the ...

In practice that means that the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to end the group’s hold on power in Gaza. But after 11 months of war, U.S. officials say Hamas’s control ...

Earlier this week, a Palestinian official said the militant group Hamas was willing to relinquish power in Gaza. But even if Hamas did so, it's unclear whether Israel's government is open to any ...

Supplied Moumen al-Natour says Hamas can no longer stay in power in the Gaza Strip Since Hamas took control of Gaza in 2007 by violently ousting political rivals, a year after winning national ...

The strikes are a sign of Israel’s shift away from restraint, containment and short wars, and toward using force to project power across the Middle East.