Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, the spokesman of Hamas Movement in Gaza Strip, has described the emergency government that was formed by decrees from PA chief Mahmoud Abbas as “unpatriotic and illegitimate”.

The US and the EU are to normalise ties with the new Palestinian government, lifting embargoes on aid to support an administration without Hamas.

Hamas militants overran the main security headquarters of the Fatah organization in the Gaza Strip on Thursday and targeted remaining key facilities under Fatah control. VOA’s Jim Teeple reports from Jerusalem at least 25 people were killed in Thursday’s fighting, bringing to nearly 100 the number of people killed since …