CAIRO (Reuters) -A Gaza company that operates water desalination plants serving nearly half of the enclave's population has stopped operations to protest at the detention by Hamas of one of its staff.

For Israelis, Sheik Ahmed Yassin was -the godfather of suicide bombings,- but to Palestinians, the paraplegic religious leader was a symbol of helplessness, and his death has sparked outrage in the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Palestinian children in Gaza fetch water from a container (photo credit: REUTERS) Youssef Yassin, a board member of the Abdul ...

A Gaza company that operates water desalination plants serving nearly half of the territory's population has stopped operations to protest the detention by Hamas of one of its staff. Youssef Yassin, a ...