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FILE - In this March 30, 2012 file photo, a Hamas security officer tries to prevent protesters from reaching Erez crossing during a march heading towards the border with Israel in the northern Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa, File)

Hamas is abandoned in divided Mideast support

By Naser Najjar - Special to The Washington Times

A Palestinian prisoner is seen at the Hamas-controlled Saraya Prison in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, in July 2007. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)

Rights group: Hamas abusing Palestinians in Gaza

By Ian Deitch - Associated Press

Smoke rises in Aleppo, Syria, on Tuesday. Hezbollah commander Ali Hussein Nassif’ was killed by a roadside blast in Syria and his body was returned to Lebanon on Sunday. The bodies of other militants also have been returned to Lebanon recently. (Associated Press)

Hezbollah commander, fighters killed in Syria

Associated Press

Briefly: Iran unveils drone with range of 1,250 miles

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

In this Sunday, Aug. 6, 2012 image released by the Egyptian President, Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, right, speaks to the media as Field Marshal Gen. Hussein Tantawi, second right, listens during their visit to El Arish, Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula. (AP Photo/Egyptian Presidency)

Egypt hits Sinai to crack down on terror

By Nasser Najjar - Special to The Washington Times

Angered by the attack Sunday evening that left at least 16 on Egyptian soldiers dead, residents of Rafah protest by burning tires in the road on the outskirts Rafah, Egypt, Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. (AP Photo)

Egypt buries soldiers slain in border attack

Associated Press

Egyptian border guards patrol Aug. 6, 2012, in Rafah, Egypt, near the border with Israel. Egypt deployed helicopter gunships to the Sinai Peninsula to hunt for the militants who killed at least 16 soldiers the previous day, when the troops at a checkpoint were having the traditional meal at the end of the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. (Associated Press)

Egypt military vows to hunt down Sinai attackers

By Amy Teibel and Ashraf Sweilam - Associated Press

Associated Press

FIELDS: Press sees conflictin Israel’s culture

By Suzanne Fields - The Washington Times

Egypt relaxes transit rules for Gaza Palestinians

By Sarah El Deeb - Associated Press

A Palestinian inspects the debris of a destroyed motorcycle on June 18, 2012, after an Israeli airstrike in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. (Associated Press)

Shadowy al Qaeda-linked group claims Israel attack

By Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

Members of the Palestinian security forces take pictures May 31, 2012, in the West Bank city of Ramallah as they stand around coffins containing the remains of bodies of 91 Palestinian militants transferred from Israel to the Palestinian Authority. Israel transferred the bodies in an effort to induce Palestinian President Mehmoud Abbas to renew negotiations. Palestinian officials said all were killed either while carrying out suicide bombings or other attacks on Israeli targets. (Associated Press)

Israel hands over remains of Palestinian militants

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Family of Hamas figure seeks to block Israel movie

By IBRAHIM BARZAK - Associated Press

Palestinians mark the 64th anniversary of "Nakba," Arabic for "catastrophe" — the term used to mark the events leading to Israel's founding in 1948 — in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

Palestinians march in annual mourning ritual

By Mohammed Daraghmeh - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect the rubble of a building destroyed in an Israeli airstrike in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, on Monday, March 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel-Gaza violence ebbs as truce takes effect

By Amy Teibel - Associated Press

A Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant talks March 12, 2012, during a press conference in Gaza City. Israeli airstrikes killed two Palestinian militants and a schoolboy in the Gaza Strip earlier in the day and Palestinian rocket squads barraged southern Israel, in escalating fighting that has defied international truce efforts. (Associated Press)

5 die in strikes on Gaza; militants barrage Israel

By Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

Palestinians inspect building rubble after an Israeli airstrike on Jabaliya in the Gaza Strip on Monday. Airstrikes killed two Palestinian militants and a schoolboy while Palestinian rocket squads barraged southern Israel. (Associated Press)

Israel’s Iron Dome defense pays off

By Karin Laub and Ibrahim Barzak - Associated Press

Israeli police officers patrol a site after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip hit the city of Ashdod in Israel on March 12, 2012. (Associated Press)

Israel’s missile shield aces first serious test

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press

The Israeli anti-missile system known as "Iron Dome" launches a rocket in Ashdod, Israel, to intercept a missile fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip on Sunday, March 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

3 killed in 3rd day of Gaza-Israel violence

By Ibrahim Barzak and Karin Laub - Associated Press

LETTER TO THE EDITOR: All of Middle East threatened by Iran

The Washington Times

**FILE** Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is seen in Beirut on June 2007. (Associated Press/Hezbollah Media Office)

Leaders: Hamas will sit out if Israel and Iran go to war

By Abraham Rabinovich - Special to The Washington Times