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arab world / gaza siege / news report Tuesday August 30, 2011 19:01   image 1 image
The Miles of Smiles 5, and the Africa 1, solidarity convoys managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Monday evening via the Rafah Border Terminal with Egypt. read full story / add a comment
Kids train in Gaza City (IPS photo - by Eva Bartlett)
gaza strip / gaza siege / human interest Wednesday August 10, 2011 14:32   image 1 image
On any given evening, Gaza's small downtown pedestrian area, the Jundi, is crowded with adults and children. Many are fleeing the heat of their homes during the regular power cuts. The majority are there for want of something to do, even if that means merely sitting on the park's simple concrete benches to talk and sip tea. read full story / add a comment
Gaza Strip (image from dslprime.com)
gaza strip / gaza siege / news report Wednesday August 10, 2011 14:03   image 1 image
Late Tuesday night, residents throughout Gaza lost internet, cell phone and landline phone service, creating a communication blackout similar to one which occurred just before a massive Israeli invasion in 2008. The blackout sparked fear among Gaza residents that an Israeli invasion might be underway. read full story / add a comment
Map of Gaza (from about \.com)
gaza strip / gaza siege / news report Friday August 05, 2011 07:00   image 1 image
For the first time in forty-three years, an investigative committee of the United Nations General Assembly has managed to enter the Gaza Strip. read full story / add a comment
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rafah / gaza siege / news report Wednesday August 03, 2011 07:00   image 1 image
The Egyptian Security Forces detonated on Tuesday a siege-busting tunnel at the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. read full story / add a comment
File - Palestine-Info
gaza strip / gaza siege / news report Monday August 01, 2011 13:07   image 1 image
The Miles of Smiles humanitarian convoy arrived into the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening via the Rafah Border Terminal linking Gaza with Egypt. read full story / add a comment
Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza
gaza strip / gaza siege / news report Friday July 29, 2011 16:14   image 1 image
Serious fuel shortages in Gaza are about to lead to a “humanitarian catastrophe” according to the director of public medical supplies. Already major hospitals have begun shutting down operating rooms as a result of the shortages according to Ma’an News Agency. read full story / add a comment
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international / gaza siege / news report Wednesday July 27, 2011 10:01   image 1 image
The Miles of Smiles 4 humanitarian convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip in the coming few days carrying medical and humanitarian supplies to the besieged residents on the coastal region. read full story / add a comment
File - Gaza Patient
gaza strip / gaza siege / news report Wednesday July 27, 2011 09:37   image 1 image
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 33-year-old patient died on Sunday in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities denied him permit to be moved into the West Bank for urgent medical treatment. read full story / add a comment
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gaza strip / gaza siege / news report Thursday July 21, 2011 22:57   image 1 image
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release on Thursday stating that one of its members died when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on him, in Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. read full story / add a comment
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international / gaza siege / news report Tuesday July 19, 2011 19:52   image 1 image
Israeli sources reported that the Israeli Navy stopped, on Tuesday, the Dignity solidarity ship that was heading to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, no clashes were reported. read full story / add a comment
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international / gaza siege / news report Tuesday July 19, 2011 18:22   image 1 image
Israeli navy gunboats surrounded on Tuesday morning the Dignity French Ship, while on its way to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip. read full story / add a comment
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international / gaza siege / news report Tuesday July 19, 2011 17:10   image 1 image
The Spanish ship, the Gernika, part of the Second Freedom Flotilla, that has remained at Port Kolymvari for two weeks, has finally been authorized by Greek Authorities to set sail back to Spain but is not authorized to set sail to Gaza. read full story / add a comment
Freedom Flotilla logo (image from FreedomFlotilla.eu)
international / gaza siege / news report Tuesday July 19, 2011 15:15   image 1 image
The one ship from the Freedom Flotilla that managed to elude a blockade by the Greek government is nearing the territorial waters of the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the Israeli-imposed naval blockade and to bring a message of "peace, hope and solidarity" to the people of Gaza. read full story / add a comment
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