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Rami Aman, a Palestinian Gazan peace activist, holds note's in which he recalled his ordeal, during an interview on the roof of his family house in Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed a marriage contract with the daughter of a Hamas official, and the ruling Islamic militant group apparently wanted to dispel any insinuation that it supported Aman’s outreach to Israeli peace activists. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza man: After lengthy torture, Hamas forced me to divorce

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Rami Aman, a Palestinian Gazan peace activist, recalls his ordeal, during an interview on the roof of his family house in Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. After months of torture and interrogations in a Hamas prison, Aman says he was offered an unconventional proposition: Divorce your wife and you are free to go. Aman had recently signed a marriage contract with the daughter of a Hamas official, and the ruling Islamic militant group apparently wanted to dispel any insinuation that it supported Aman’s outreach to Israeli peace activists. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza man says Hamas forced him to divorce after torture

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2021 file photo, poll workers from the Central Elections Commission register a local resident to the electoral roll, on the main road of Gaza City. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party and his militant Hamas rivals would each fall well short of a parliamentary majority if elections are held in May, forcing them to partner with each other or smaller parties to form a government, according to a poll released Tuesday, March 23, 2021, by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. (AP Photo/Adel Hana, File)

Poll: Fatah, Hamas face headwinds ahead of Palestinian vote

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Palestinians register to receive their first dose a of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a campaign to vaccinate front-line workers, those over 75, cancer patients and medical personnel, at the health ministry in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Sunday, March 21, 2021. On Sunday the Palestinian Health Ministry began administering the first coronavirus vaccines received through the global COVAX initiative to eligible people in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Palestinians expand vaccination campaign after UN shipment

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - IN this May 10, 2018 file photo, Yehiyeh Sinwar, the Hamas militant group's leader in the Gaza Strip, speaks to foreign correspondents, in his office in Gaza City. Hamas is holding a leadership election in its Gaza Strip stronghold. The race has deep implications for its relations with Israel and other regional players. A Hamas official said the field had narrowed down to a tight race between Sinwar, the group’s current firebrand leader, and Nizar Awadallah, a co-founder of the movement. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Gaza’s Hamas rulers hold secret leadership election

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

Explosion kills 3 Gaza fishermen, Hamas rocket suspected

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A Palestinian medic prepares a shot of the Russian-made Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Hamas-ruled Gaza launches coronavirus vaccination drive

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

File - In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank city of Ramallah. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Abbas orders Palestinian public freedoms boosted before vote

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, a Palestinian paramedic takes a nasal swab to test for the coronavirus, at a mosque in Gaza City. The Palestinian Authority said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, that it dispatched the first shipment of coronavirus vaccines to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, two days after accusing Israel of preventing it from sending the doses amid objections from some Israeli lawmakers. Palestinian Health Minister Mai Alkaila said in a statement that the PA sent 2,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik V vaccine for front-line medical workers through the Beitunia crossing between the occupied West Bank and Israel en route to Gaza. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

After delay, Israel allows vaccines into Hamas-run Gaza

By FARES AKRAM and JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2020 file photo, a Palestinian paramedic wearing a full protective suit, takes a nasal swab to test for COVID-19 from a man, at a mosque in Gaza City. The Palestinian Authority said Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 that Israel was preventing it from sending coronavirus vaccines to the Gaza Strip that were intended for front-line medical workers in the territory controlled by the Islamic militant group Hamas. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra, File)

Palestinians say Israel blocks shipment of vaccines to Gaza

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

Hamas court says women need guardian’s approval to travel

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, Palestinians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, hold pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally to support Abbas, in the West Bank town of Tubas. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian Authority, Hamas divided ahead of election

By Asma’ Jawabreh - Special to The Washington Times

Israeli commander says Hamas has amassed vast arsenal

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Members of Central Elections Commission's filed teams register Mohammed Al-Jawabra, right, a street coffee vendor, to the electoral roll, at the main road of Gaza City, Feb. 10, 2021. Palestinian poll workers fanned out across the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, where they found voters eager to register ahead of elections that could serve as the first referendum on Hamas' rule since the militant group seized power more than a decade ago. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gazans hope for vote after years of Hamas rule, isolation

By FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

In this Sept. 27, 2020, file photo, Palestinians wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, hold pictures of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a rally to support Abbas, in the West Bank town of Tubas. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian elections on track after factions meet in Cairo

Associated Press

File - In this Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012 file photo, palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas shows his ink-stained finger after casting his vote during local elections at a polling station in the West Bank city of Ramallah. President Abbas called for legislative elections on May 22 and presidential elections on July 31, 2021. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed, File)

Palestinian leader’s path to elections is fraught with peril

By JOSEPH KRAUSS - Associated Press

In this Feb. 1, 2020, file photo, Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, shakes hands with Hamas movement chief Ismail Haniyeh, prior to their meeting in Istanbul. (Presidential Press Service via AP, Pool, File)

Tarnished by its Gaza rule, Hamas may struggle in elections

By Fares Akram - Associated Press

Qatar pledges $360 million in aid to Hamas-ruled Gaza

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Palestinians ask Europe to send monitors for elections

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Israeli jets hit Hamas targets in Gaza after rockets fired

Associated Press