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Hamas has given control of Gaza to PA and agreed to halt attacks on Israelis in West Bank

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Published: 16 October 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Abbas may rule the land but Hamas may still control the underground, as both Palestinian officials and Gazans say real change is still far away

Hamas agrees to halt attacks on Israelis in the West Bank (Jerusalem Post)
The deal reportedly contains secret clauses, one of which was that Hamas will no longer carry out terror attacks on Jewish settlements in the West Bank

Palestinian deal: Abbas to rule the land and Hamas the underground (Haaretz)
JACK KHOURY Realising plight of Gazans is hurting its standing, Hamas gives up administrative control, but until the occupation ends it won't lay down its arms

Palestinian reconciliation shows that Hamas sees something Israel doesn't (Haaretz)
AMOS HAREL The desire not to return to an unstoppable deterioration in ties with Abbas, like the one that led to the 2014 war, is what led Hamas' decision on reconciliation

Leaked: the six clauses of the Fatah-Hamas deal (Jerusalem Post)
The full text of the agreement was leaked on social media over the weekend. Here is a synopsis of the six clauses of the leaked agreement:

Photo: Head of Hamas delegation Saleh Arouri and Fatah leader Azzam Ahmad sign the agreement (Reuters)

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