Palestinians in a Gaza city will vote for the first time in 20 years as they take part in a Saturday election featuring some pro-Hamas candidates. Residents of Deir al-Balah, one of the few Gaza Strip cities not under the control of the Israeli Defense Force,

It will be Gaza's first vote of any kind since 2006, when Hamas won the PA's legislative elections and later seized control of Gaza following a brief civil war with PA President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah.

Palestinians are voting Saturday in local elections, the first in two decades in Gaza and the first in the occupied West Bank since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO, April 20 (Reuters) - Israeli strikes killed at least five Palestinians in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip on Monday, Palestinian health officials said, and fighters from Hamas clashed with gunmen from an Israeli-backed militia,

Hamas is recovering its military and civilian hold on Gaza during the ceasefire, avoiding peace plan commitments, an intelligence document seen by N12 News revealed. Hamas is significantly recovering

Israel was also evacuating a sizable town near the Lebanese border in the latest sign of a potential ground invasion of Gaza that could trigger regional turmoil.

Avraham Zarbiv became known on Israel’s right for demolishing buildings in Gaza. He lit a torch at a national ceremony on Tuesday evening.

Gaza’s most dire conditions — the lack of food and medicine, continuing Israeli attacks, destroyed hospitals, schools and residential buildings, homelessness and overcrowding — now include rodents, climbing temperatures and open-air sewage.

Such a step would be a remarkable concession from Hamas, which until now has publicly resisted giving up any of its arms.