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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Aftermath Of Beirut Drone Attack Targeting Hamas Deputy Leader

The aftermath of 02/01 drone attack targeting Saleh al-Arouri, Deputy Chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas, in Dahieh Janoubyé, Beirut on January 03, 2024. Photo by Sandro Basili/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Hezbollah leader vows to wage comprehensive war against Israel if it expands attacks on Lebanon

STORY: Hezbollah leader vows to wage comprehensive war against Israel if it expands attacks on Lebanon SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 3, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 5, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:32 LOCATION: Beirut CATEGORY: POLITICS/ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of attendees of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speech 2. SOUNDBITE (Arabic): SAYYED HASSAN NASRALLAH, Hezbollah leader STORYLINE: Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday night to attack Israel "without restraint" if Israel expands its attacks against Lebanon, local TV channel al-Manar reported. Nasrallah made the remarks in a televised speech to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the assassination of top Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in a U.S. drone attack on Jan. 3, 2020. Meanwhile, Nasrallah said the assassination of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief, and other Hamas officials in Beirut a day earlier was "a dangerous crime." He said the current confrontation on Lebanon's southern border has been limited, considering the priority

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-HAMAS OFFICIALS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief, and other two Hamas officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 4, 2024. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday night to attack Israel "without restraint" if Israel expands its attacks against Lebanon, local TV channel al-Manar reported. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-HAMAS OFFICIALS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief, and other two Hamas officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 4, 2024. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday night to attack Israel "without restraint" if Israel expands its attacks against Lebanon, local TV channel al-Manar reported. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-HAMAS OFFICIALS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief, and other two Hamas officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 4, 2024. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday night to attack Israel "without restraint" if Israel expands its attacks against Lebanon, local TV channel al-Manar reported. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-HAMAS OFFICIALS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief, and other two Hamas officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 4, 2024. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday night to attack Israel "without restraint" if Israel expands its attacks against Lebanon, local TV channel al-Manar reported. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-HAMAS OFFICIALS-FUNERAL

(240104) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People attend the funeral of Saleh al-Arouri, Hamas' deputy chief, and other two Hamas officials, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 4, 2024. Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah warned on Wednesday night to attack Israel "without restraint" if Israel expands its attacks against Lebanon, local TV channel al-Manar reported. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-STRIKE

(240104) -- JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk past closed stores in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 3, 2024. A strike on Wednesday took place here after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-STRIKE

(240104) -- JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk past closed stores in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 3, 2024. A strike on Wednesday took place here after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-STRIKE

(240104) -- JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A cat walks past closed stores in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 3, 2024. A strike on Wednesday took place here after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-STRIKE

(240104) -- JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk past closed stores in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 3, 2024. A strike on Wednesday took place here after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-STRIKE

(240104) -- JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People walk past closed stores in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 3, 2024. A strike on Wednesday took place here after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-STRIKE

(240104) -- JERUSALEM, Jan. 4, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past closed stores in Jerusalem's Old City, Jan. 3, 2024. A strike on Wednesday took place here after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- NABLUS, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past closed stores in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Jan. 3, 2024. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- NABLUS, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A woman walks past closed stores in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Jan. 3, 2024. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- NABLUS, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past closed stores in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Jan. 3, 2024. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-NABLUS-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- NABLUS, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past closed stores in the West Bank city of Nablus, on Jan. 3, 2024. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Ayman Nobani/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-HEBRON-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- HEBRON, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2024 shows closed stores in the West Bank city of Hebron. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-HEBRON-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- HEBRON, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A man walks past closed stores in the West Bank city of Hebron, on Jan. 3, 2024. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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MIDEAST-HEBRON-GENERAL STRIKE

(240103) -- HEBRON, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 3, 2024 shows closed stores in the West Bank city of Hebron. A general strike on Wednesday took place in the West Bank after Hamas' deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri and other leaders of the Islamic militant group were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut. (Photo by Mamoun Wazwaz/Xinhua)

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Hamas freezes talks with Israel after deputy leader killed in Beirut

STORY: Hamas freezes talks with Israel after deputy leader killed in Beirut SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 2, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:45 LOCATION: JERUSALEM/RAMALLAH CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. pics of ruined buildings in southern Beirut 2. STANDUP 1 (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah 3. STANDUP 2 (English): WANG ZHUOLUN, Xinhua correspondent in Jerusalem 4. various of conflicts STORYLINE: Hamas announced a freeze on ceasefire negotiations with Israel after the faction's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed in an Israeli attack in Lebanon. STANDUP 1 (English): OHOOD AL-JAGHOUB, Xinhua reporter in Ramallah "After demolishing his house and using it as an intelligence center in mid-October at the start of this battle, Saleh al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas's political bureau, was assassinated in southern Beirut, the capital of Lebanon just hours ago. A drone strike was used to attack a building in the suburbs of south Beirut that contains an office belonging to H

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(240103) -- BEIJING, Jan. 3, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. Hamas announced a freeze on ceasefire negotiations with Israel after the faction's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed Tuesday evening in an Israeli attack in Lebanon, a Palestinian source told Xinhua. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Rescuers work at an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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LEBANON-BEIRUT-SOUTHERN SUBURB-HAMAS LEADER-ISRAEL-ATTACK

(240102) -- BEIRUT, Jan. 2, 2024 (Xinhua) -- People gather outside an apartment belonging to the Hamas movement destroyed by an Israeli attack on the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, on Jan. 2, 2024. A Hamas source told Xinhua that the movement's deputy chief, Saleh al-Arouri, was killed here in an Israeli attack on Tuesday evening. (Xinhua/Bilal Jawich)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two women who were once hostages (front) in the Gaza Strip take part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Two women who were once hostages (1st R and 2nd L) in the Gaza Strip take part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A woman who was once a hostage in the Gaza Strip takes part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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ISRAEL-TEL AVIV-HOSTAGES-RALLY

(231203) -- TEL AVIV, Dec. 3, 2023 (Xinhua) -- People take part in a rally for the release of the remaining hostages in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Dec. 2, 2023. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Saturday that freeing hostages in Gaza would be "impossible" without continuing Israel's deadly ground operation, after pulling his team from talks in Qatar on a ceasefire with Hamas. Saleh al-Arouri, deputy chairman of the Political Bureau of Hamas said on Saturday that "there will be no exchange of prisoners until after the war stops." (Xinhua/Chen Junqing)

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Palestinian rivals Hamas, Fatah announce reconciliation deal

Hamas' Saleh al-Arouri (L) and Azzam al-Ahmad of Fatah shake hands in Cairo on Oct. 12, 2017, as the two rival Palestinian factions reached a reconciliation agreement after a decade-long rift. Under the deal, a new unity government will take administrative control of Gaza by December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Palestinian rivals Hamas, Fatah announce reconciliation deal

Hamas' Saleh al-Arouri (L) and Azzam al-Ahmad of Fatah attend a press conference in Cairo on Oct. 12, 2017, to announce that the two rival Palestinian factions have reached a reconciliation agreement after a decade-long rift. Under the deal, a new unity government will take administrative control of Gaza by December. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo