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26 Jan 2006: Hamas wins landslide Gaza election victory

In the first local elections to take place in the Gaza strip, Hamas candidates won 75 of the 118 council seats compared to 39 for members of Abbas' Fatah movement and their allies.

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Key Events: 2004–07
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26 Jan 2006: Hamas wins landslide Gaza election victory
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26 Jan 2004: Hamas offers Israel a 10-year truce (or hudna)
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22 March 2004: Sheikh Yassin assassinated
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27 Jan 2004: Israel rejects Hammas's offer
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06 Jan 2005: Hamas calls a boycott on Palestinian elections
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17 April 2004: Abdel Aziz Rantisi assassinated
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8 Feb 2007: Hamas and Fatah leaders agree to form a government
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13 June 2007: Hamas seizes control of Gaza Strip
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Aug 2005: Israel unilaterally withdraws from Gaza
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