Al Qaeda leader killed in clash with Hamas

September 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Osama Bin Laden's close aide and a top leader of al Qaeda, Nazimuddin alias Yahyo, was killed in a drone attack in South Waziristan on September 14, intelligence sources have said. Yahyo, who was under surveillance for quite some time, was involved in some deadliest attacks on troops of Pakistan army's elite forces.

September 7th, 2009 JERUSALEM - A Gaza Strip based pro-al Qaeda terrorist organization has revealed that it tried to kill former British prime minister and Quartet Middle East envoy Tony Blair and former US president Jimmy Carter. Mahmoud Taleb, a former commander of Hamas's armed wing, disclosed that his men had planned to assassinate Carter and Blair during their recent visits to the Gaza Strip, but the plot was foiled after Hamas arrested the men assigned for the task.

September 2nd, 2009 Israel releases 9 Hamas lawmakers from prisonRAMALLAH, West Bank — A Hamas legislator in the West Bank says Israel has released nine other Hamas lawmakers from Israeli prisons. The legislator, Mahmoud Ramahi, says the men had all completed 40-month prison terms and their release Wednesday did not appear to be a gesture from Israel.

September 1st, 2009 Hamas: 2 men killed in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Hamas militant group says two of its fighters have been killed in the Gaza Strip. The cause of the deaths remains unclear.

August 24th, 2009 2 Palestinians, Israeli wounded in Gaza clashJERUSALEM — Three Palestinians and an Israeli were wounded Monday in violence on the Gaza-Israel border, according to officials from both sides. Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a group of suspicious Palestinians across the border in northern Gaza.

August 24th, 2009 3 Palestinians, Israeli wounded in Gaza clashJERUSALEM — Three Palestinians and an Israeli were wounded Monday in violence on the Gaza-Israel border, according to officials from both sides. Israeli military said soldiers opened fire on a group of suspicious Palestinians across the border in northern Gaza.

August 16th, 2009 JERUSALEM - Hamas officials have said that Jund Ansar Allah leader Abdel-Latif Moussa, a.k.a Abu al-Nour al-Maqdessi, killed himself during an armed confrontation early on Saturday by detonating an explosive belt that was wrapped around his waist. They said that the suicide took place after Moussa and his supporters were trapped inside his house in the southern town of Rafah.

August 15th, 2009 RAFAH - A pro-Al Qaeda group which declared a theocratic Islamic emirate in the Gaza Strip battled it out Friday with Hamas policemen, leaving 16 dead and 120 wounded. The fate of Abdel Latif Moussa, leader of the Jihad al-Salafi group also known as the Warriors of God, was unknown after Hamas police blew up his house adjacent to the mosque in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.

August 14th, 2009 Hamas battle with Islamic radicals kills 7 in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Islamic radicals from an al-Qaida-inspired group battled Hamas security in the Gaza Strip Friday in a shootout that killed at least seven people. The fighting began when Hamas forces surrounded a mosque in the southern Gaza town of Rafah where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, were holed up, including some armed with suicide belts and rifles, according to residents of the area.

August 14th, 2009 RAFAH - A pro-Al Qaeda group which declared a theocratic Islamic emirate in the Gaza Strip battled it out Friday with Hamas policemen, leaving eight dead and 46 wounded. The fate of Abdel Latif Moussa, leader of the Jihad al-Salafi group also known as the Warriors of God, was unknown after Hamas police blew up his house adjacent to the mosque in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah.

August 14th, 2009 Hamas battle with Islamic radicals kills 5 in GazaGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Islamic radicals from an al-Qaida-inspired group battled Hamas security in the Gaza Strip Friday in a shootout that killed five people. The fighting began when Hamas forces surrounded a mosque in the southern Gaza town of Rafah where about 100 members of Jund Ansar Allah, or the Soldiers of the Companions of God, were holed up, including some armed with suicide belts, according to residents of the area.

July 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The son of Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has been killed by a US missile attack in Pakistan, US National Public Radio has reported. Saad bin Laden was believed killed in a missile strike from a US drone earlier this year, intelligence officials told the broadcaster Wednesday.

June 8th, 2009 4 Palestinian fighters killed in Gaza border clashGAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Israeli troops killed four Palestinian gunmen early Monday in a flare-up of violence along the tense frontier between Israel and Hamas-controlled Gaza, a Palestinian official said. A group of around 10 gunmen were trying to cross the border fence into Israel when they were spotted by troops, according to Palestinian security officials.

May 31st, 2009 RAMALLAH - At least six people were killed Sunday during a shootout between an armed group and the Palestinian security forces in the northern West Bank city of Qalqilya, the police said. Three of the dead were members of the security forces, two were gunmen and the sixth was owner of the building where the fighting took place, according Adnan Dmeiri, a spokesman for the security forces.

May 31st, 2009 Shootout between Palestinian police, Hamas kills 6QALQILIYA, West Bank — A gunbattle between Palestinian police and Hamas militants killed six people Sunday, security officials said, in the deadliest outbreak of violence since President Mahmoud Abbas began a crackdown against Hamas two years ago. Three of the dead were Palestinian policemen loyal to the Western-backed Abbas, the security officials said.