JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 -- President Bush issued a sharp condemnation of Hamas on Friday, accusing the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip of provoking Israeli military action with rocket attacks and then increasing the death toll by hiding among civilian populations. -
Hamas Provoked Attacks, Bush Says
JERUSALEM, Jan. 2 -- President Bush issued a sharp condemnation of Hamas on Friday, accusing the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip of provoking Israeli military action with rocket attacks and then increasing the death toll by hiding among civilian populations.-
By Sudarsan Raghavan and Dan Eggen