The Israeli Palestinian Conflict

During Operation Cast Lead, improvised grenades probably manufactured by Hamas were found inside drug bottles.

The drugs were transported to the Gaza Strip from the Ramallah region within the humanitarian aid. Legally, it undermines the protection afforded to medical supplies and humanitarian relief under the laws of armed conflict.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – February 10-17, 2009

Sporadic daily rocket and mortar shell fire targeting the western Negev towns and villages continued this past week. A basic difficulty has arisen in the negotiations for an Egyptian-brokered lull arrangement around the linkage between the arrangement itself and the release of abducted Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.
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Israeli Air Force Film Clips and IDF Spokesman Pictures Show Use the Hamas Made of a School for Military Purposes during Operation Cast Lead File No. 4

The pictures and film clips which follow were photographed during Operation Cast Lead. They clearly illustrate how Hamas and the other terrorist organizations used schools as rocket and mortar shell launching sites, and how they booby-trapped them to inflict losses on IDF forces.
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Oppression of Hamas Opponents in the Gaza Strip:

According to a new Amnesty report, during and after Operation Cast Lead Hamas waged a “deadly campaign” of retribution against its opponents (primarily Fatah), accusing them of collaborating with Israel.
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News of Terrorism and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict February 3-9, 2009

This past week sporadic rocket fire against the western Negev towns and villages continued, although its scope was smaller. While contacts with Egypt continue in an effort to reach a new lull arrangement. In Cairo and Damascus intensive deliberations have been held regarding the lull arrangement Egypt is trying to broker.
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Tensions between Hamas and UNRWA following the theft of food and blankets and the Hamas takeover of a supply convoy.

Eventually, Hamas returned the stolen humanitarian aid. Those incidents are a result of the policy of Hamas, which strives to control the humanitarian aid brought to the Gaza Strip.
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