Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas are making final preparations for a prisoner swap this week.

以色列和巴勒斯坦激进组织哈马斯正在为本周举行的战俘交换进行最后的准备。

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The report also accuses the Islamic militant group Hamas, which rules Gaza, of committing war crimes by firing rockets at Israel.

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Mr.Netanyahu also addressed an upsurge in violence in the Gaza Strip,which is ruled by the Islamic militant group Hamas.

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But the naval blockade remains in force to prevent weapons smuggling to the ruling Palestinian militant group Hamas.

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Gilad Shalit was seized in June 2006 by Palestinian militants, including members of the Hamas group which runs Gaza, in an raid into Israel that also left two Israeli soldiers dead.

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It has not been made clear what illness the Palestinian leader was suffering from, though doctors ruled out cancer and rejected the allegation - repeated on Thursday by the Hamas militant group - that he had been poisoned.

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And in 2000 he was deported from Israel over allegations that he backed the militant Islamic group Hamas.

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