Israeli Army Fires On Homes, Farmlands, In Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several rounds of live ammunition targeting Palestinian homes and lands, in Central Gaza. On Tuesday evening, the soldiers fired a missile into a…
EU Commissioner Visits Seawater Gaza Desalination Plant, Funding Announced
EU Commissioner Johannes Hahn, responsible for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, visited the EU-funded seawater desalination plant in southern Gaza, today. PNN reports, today, that the first phase of…
Guidebook to Gaza Wildflowers
A Palestinian from Gaza city has released a guide on wild flowers growing in the Gaza Strip. Researcher Ayman Dardounah says, according to Al Ray, that his guidebook includes photos of…
Gaza and West Bank Crossings Closed for Jewish Holiday
Israeli occupation authorities shut down, on Sunday, the commercial and land crossings of the Gaza Strip for one day, in addition to a pretrial closure for Al-Karama crossing in the…
Gazans Break Ramadan Fasts on Beach in Lieu of Power Crisis
As an electricity crisis continues to afflict the Gaza Strip, Muslim residents of the besieged coastal enclave are breaking their fasts on the beach, as the holy month of Ramadan…
Soldiers Attack Gaza Farmers, Shepherds and Fishermen
The Israeli army continued its attacks against Palestinian farmers and shepherds along Gaza’s borderline, Sunday, according to WAFA correspondence. Witnesses reported that Israeli soldiers, stationed at watchtowers along the borderline area…
Testimony of One of the Latest Attacks Against Gaza’s Fishermen
06/16/16 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team Last Wednesday, 30-year-old Rajab Khaled Abu Riela, his brother and two cousins left Gaza’s port at 12 pm. They stayed out fishing…
Gaza Strip: Continued Power Cuts Over Ramadan
With the arrival of Ramadan, the most densely populated area on the planet – the Gaza Strip – is now facing the added pressure of increasing power cuts amid the hot summer weather. The…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Three Fishers In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ship attacked, on Wednesday at dawn, a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in the Sudaniyya Sea area, northwest of Gaza city, and kidnapped three fishers. The navy used…
Israeli Bulldozers Continue to Raid Eastern Gaza
Israeli occupation bulldozers reportedly penetrated into the Gaza Strip, east of the border fence, today. Eyewitness stated that five Israeli bulldozers, of the D9 style, penetrated some 50 meters into Palestinian…
Israeli Military Vehicles Invade Farmlands East Of Gaza
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza city, and bulldozed them. Media sources…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli navy ships opened fired, on Sunday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, near Gaza City, causing serious property damage. The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) said…
One Palestinian Injured In Gaza, Many Suffer Effects Of Teargas Inhalation
Medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured a Palestinian teen with a live round, while dozens of residents suffered the effects of teargas inhalation, east of…
Report: “Israeli Army Kidnapped 471 Palestinians In May, 5805 Since October 1st”
Several Palestinians prisoners support groups have reported that the Israeli army has kidnapped 471 Palestinians in May, and that the number of Palestinians who have been kidnapped since the begging…
Israeli Army Invades Agricultural Lands In Central Gaza
Israeli military vehicles invaded, earlier on Thursday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of the al-Boreij Refugee Camp, in Central Gaza, and fired live rounds and smoke bombs. The WAFA Palestinian…
Israeli Army Invades Palestinian Agricultural Lands In Central And Southern Gaza
Several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, close to the border fence, in the southern and central parts of the Gaza Strip. Several…
Israeli Navy Injures One Palestinian Fisher, Kidnaps Four Others, In Gaza Waters
Palestinian medical sources have reported that one fisher was shot and injured by Israeli navy fire, and four others were kidnapped, after the navy ships attacked them in Gaza waters,…
Shams Human Rights Center Denounces Execution Of Three Palestinians In Gaza
The (Shams) Human Rights and Democracy Media Center issued a statement strongly denouncing the Hamas authority in Gaza for executing three condemned Palestinians, on Tuesday at dawn, and considered it…
Hamas Executes Three Convicted Palestinians In Gaza
The Hamas-run Interior Ministry in the Gaza Strip has supervised, on Tuesday at dawn, the execution of three convicted Palestinians, despite repeated calls and condemnations from human rights groups. The…
Army Invades Palestinians Agricultural Lands In Northern Gaza
Several Israeli military vehicles and tanks invaded, on Tuesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the coastal region, and fired many rounds of…
Infant With Heart Condition Dies Due To Gaza Siege
The deadly siege on the war-torn Gaza Strip claimed, on May 29 2016, the life of a five-month old infant, who was born with a heart condition, but whose family…
Israel Unilaterally Reduces Gaza’s Fishing Zone To Six Nautical Miles
Israel has, yet again, unilaterally reduced the fishing zone in Gaza territorial waters to only six nautical miles, in all of Gaza’s waters, from the northern to the southern parts…
Army Invades Palestinian Lands In Southern Gaza
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Monday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, near Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources said the…
OCHA Report On Israeli Violations – May 17-23
Protection of Civilians Weekly Report | 17 – 23 May 2016 — This is a report bu the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) — Published on…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Friday morning, on several Palestinian fishing boats within six nautical miles from the Gaza shore, forcing them to return without fishing. The WAFA news…
Army Kidnaps, Two Palestinians, Including A child, In Nablus, Navy Attacks Fishers In Gaza
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported, Thursday, that Israeli soldiers have kidnapped a Palestinian child, and a man, in two areas, in Nablus district, in the northern part of…
Dr. Ashrawi: “Capital Punishment, Not A Deterrent, Must Be Abolished”
Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, strongly denounced the Hamas decision to execute 13 convicted Palestinians, and called on the Palestinian President…
Army Fires Missiles Into Qassam Centers, Says Shells Were Fired From Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Thursday at dawn, two air strikes targeting two centers of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in the Gaza Strip. The…
Hamas Approves Execution Of 13 Convicted Palestinians
Hamas legislators in the Gaza Strip, and the Hamas movement, said they intend to allow the execution of 13 Palestinians, convicted with several crimes, without the approval of the president,…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Fishers; Army Fires On Shepherds, In Gaza
Israeli navy ships opened fire, Wednesday, targeting fishers in Palestinian waters, northwest of Gaza city, while the soldiers opened fire on shepherds and farmers, in different parts of the coastal…
Al-Mezan Center: “Israeli Navy Kidnapped 65 Fishers Since The Beginning Of 2016”
The Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights has reported, Sunday, that the Israeli navy has carried out at least 17 attacks against Gaza fishers, since the beginning of this year, and…
Israeli Navy kidnaps 10 Palestinian Fishers, Confiscates Five Boats
Update: Sunday 23:10: The Israeli army released, on Sunday at night, all of the detained fishers. Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Sunday morning, at several Palestinian fishing boats near the…
Two Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on Friday targeting Palestinian protesters, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and east of Gaza city, wounding two…
Hamas: “Lieberman’s Threats Do Not Scare Us”
Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) said Friday that the threats of the newly appointment Israeli Defense Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, against the movement and the Gaza Strip, do not scare it, and…
Palestinian Injured By Israeli UXO In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Thursday, that a Palestinian farmer suffered moderate wounds after an Unexploded Object, dropped by the army in a previous invasion, detonated near him while he…
Israeli Army Attacks Gaza Farmers And Fishers
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Thursday morning, targeting several Palestinian farmers east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while navy ships also opened fire on…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Two Fishers In Northern Gaza
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Tuesday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats, kidnapped two fishers, and confiscated their boat, before towing it to the Ashdod Port. The Palestinian Fishers Syndicate said…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire On Palestinian Farmers East Of Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fried on Monday morning, at several Palestinian farmers, in their lands, east of Gaza City. The WAFA Palestinian News Agency said the…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps 10 Palestinian Fishers In Gaza Territorial Waters
Update: Monday, 05-16-2016 — The army released eight of the ten kidnapped fishers. The two were remained imprisoned have been identified as Khamis Radwan Bakr and Hasan Ibrahim Madhi. Original…
UNICEF: “Israeli Soldiers Killed 25 Palestinian Children In Last Three Months of 2015”
The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has reported that the Israeli army have killed 25 Palestinian children in the last three months of 2015, and expressed its concern about…
Israeli Army Injures Three Palestinians During Protest in Central Gaza
Medical sources reported Friday that Israeli soldiers shot and injured three Palestinian with live fire, during a protest march east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered In 2003
A Palestinian resistance fighter died on Wednesday morning, of serious wounds he suffered in 2003, after Israeli soldiers fired missiles into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the coastal…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire On Palestinian Farmers In Southern Gaza
Israeli Soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fired earlier on Monday on a number of Palestinian farmers, in their own agricultural lands, east of Khuza’a town, east of Khan…
Israeli Air Force Fires Missiles Into Palestinian Lands In Khan Younis And Rafah
Israeli war jets carried out, on Saturday at dawn, two air strikes into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Three Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured three Palestinians, in different parts of the besieged Gaza Strip. The sources said that a young man was…
Israeli Air Force Carries Out Several Air Strikes On Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday morning, several airstrikes targeted various areas in Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and in Deir…
Israeli Shell Kills A Palestinian Woman In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian woman was killed, on Thursday evening, after the Israeli army fired shells into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli Army Official: “No Agreement Regarding Limiting Army Operations On Gaza Border”
Israeli Army Coordinator of Government Activities in the Occupied Territories, Major Maj. -Gen. Yoav ‘Poli’ Mordechai, said the Israeli army will continue its activities in border areas in the Gaza…
Israeli Army Vehicles Invade Palestinian Lands In Southern Gaza
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while army drones and war…
Elderly Man, Three Children, Injured In Israeli Bombardment Of Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported that an elderly man, and three children, suffered moderate-to-severe wounds at dawn Thursday in a serious of Israeli air strikes targeting a number of areas…
Israeli TV: “Tension On Gaza Border Could Last For Several Days”
Various military analysts of the Israeli TV said, on Wednesday at night, that the current deterioration, and escalation, on the Gaza border is serious, but will unlikely lead to a…
While Factions Call For De-escalation, Tension On Gaza Border Warns Of An Impending War
Various Palestinian factions, including Hamas and Fateh movements, have warned that the latest Israeli military escalation on Gaza, including the Wednesday bombardment of border areas in the southern part of…
Shells Fired Across The Border Fence In Southern Gaza
An armed Palestinian resistance group fired, Wednesday, a mortar shell on Israeli military vehicles, operating near the border fence, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Army Vehicles Invade Agricultural Lands In Rafah
A number of Israeli army vehicles, and bulldozers, carried out, on Monday at dawn, a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands east of Rafah, in the southern part of the…
PCHR Weekly Report: 2 Palestinian civilians killed, 4 wounded by Israeli troops this week
In its Weekly Report On Israeli Human Rights Violations in the Occupied Palestinian Territories for the week of 21– 27 April 2016, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) found…
Army Opens Fire On Gaza Farmers
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Thursday morning, on a number of Palestinian farmers in their lands, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and east of Gaza city. The…
Israeli Military Vehicles Invade And Uproot Farmlands In Central Gaza
Several Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Wednesday at dawn, a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, uprooted them and fired…
PCHR Publishes New Report In March 2016 As Part Of The Closure Reports’ Series
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) published a new report as part of the series of the monthly “Closure Reports” addressing the latest developments of the state of the…
Army Uproots Palestinian Farmlands East Of Gaza
On Tuesday morning, several Israeli army vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Gaza city, and uprooted them, in addition to firing live rounds and smoke bombs. The…
Israeli Navy Ships Open Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli navy ships opened fire, earlier Monday, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters, in the northern part of the coastal region. The fishers had to sail…
Israeli Navy Kidnaps Three Fishers, Injure One, In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships attacked, on Tuesday morning, several Palestinian fishing boats and opened fire on them, wounding of fisher, and kidnapped three others, in Gaza territorial waters, in Rafah, in…
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World Bank: PA Losing $285m Annually Under Agreements with Israel
The Palestinian Authority is losing up to $285 million a year under its current economic arrangements with Israel, the World Bank said on Monday. According to Ma’an News Agency, the…
Hamas Tunnel Discovered by Israeli Forces
Israeli forces discovered a tunnel, inside the ’48 territories, coming out of the southern Gaza Strip, just over a week ago, the army revealed on Monday morning. The tunnel has since been…
Eleven Palestinians Injured By Israeli Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli troops opened fire on Palestinians, protesting in different parts of the Gaza Strip wounding eleven, while many others fired the effects of…
Army Injures A Child In Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Monday, a Palestinian child in Johr ed-Deek area, in central Gaza, while he was herding the family cattle in Palestinian lands, close to the…
Israeli Soldiers Kidnap Eleven Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers kidnapped, late at night and on Sunday at dawn, at least eleven Palestinians, including children and a journalist, in different parts of the occupied West Bank, and summoned…
Palestinian Factions Denounce Hamas’ “Children Repentance Video,” Hamas Defends It
Various Palestinian factions in occupied Palestine issued statements strongly denouncing a recent video that surfaced on social media outlets, showing Hamas members in a school yard, lining up students to…
Army Attacks Shepherds near Gaza Border
Israeli soldiers on the border between the southern Gaza Strip and Israel, Saturday, opened machine gun fire on Palestinian shepherds. WAFA correspondence reported that soldiers, stationed at watchtowers along the…
Israeli Army Kidnaps Six Palestinians In The West Bank
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Saturday at dawn, several Palestinian districts in the occupied West Bank, searched many homes and kidnapped at least six Palestinians, in addition to summoning others for…
Army Injures Eight Palestinians In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday, at least ten Palestinians, including four with live fire, in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources said two Palestinians were shot with live rounds…
Israeli Military Destroys Agricultural Lands in Gaza
by International Solidarity Movement (ISM) At around 9am on Thursday, the 31st of March, four Israeli bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip at El Fakhuri.
Gaza Fishing Zone Officially Increased by 9 Nautical Miles
The decision to extend the fishing zone, off some parts of the Gaza coast, to nine nautical miles took effect early on Sunday morning, the Palestinian civil administration said.
Al-Qassam: “There Will Be No Free Information Regarding The Four Israeli Soldiers”
Abu Obeida, the spokesperson of the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stated Saturday that there will be no free information regarding the fate of the four…
Israeli Navy Sinks A Palestinian Fishing Boat In Southern Gaza
Israeli navy boats fired, on Saturday at dawn, several shells and live rounds on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, near the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the…
Israeli Army Injures Five Palestinians In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and injured, on Friday, at least five Palestinians in different parts of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said clashes took place after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border…
Gaza Hit by Blackouts Again
The Gaza Strip was left almost entirely without power, Tuesday, due to maintenance work on power lines from both Israel and Egypt and ongoing tax disputes on fuel for the…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Gaza Fishing Boats; Army Invades Lands In Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence opened fire, on Tuesday morning, targeting Palestinian agricultural lands and farmers, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Israeli Forces Target Gaza Farmers
The Israeli army targeted with live fire, on Monday morning, Palestinian farmers east of Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza Strip.Al Ray reports that, according to witnesses, Israeli occupation…
Gaza; Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats; Army Fires On Shepherds
Israeli navy ships opened fire, earlier on Friday morning, targeting a number of Palestinian fishing boats, while the soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on shepherds, in the…
March 16th: Anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie
March 16th, 2016 marks 13 years since a young American peace activist stood in front of an Israeli armored bulldozer to try to protect a Palestinian home from demolition, and…
March 16th: Thirteenth anniversary of the death of Rachel Corrie
March 16th, 2016 marks 13 years since a young American peace activist stood in front of an Israeli armored bulldozer to try to protect a Palestinian home from demolition, and…
Gaza: Hamas Officer Dies in Tunnel Accident
A Hamas field commander died on Monday, in a tunnel accident which occurred in the Gaza Strip, the party stated.The Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigades, Hamas’ military wing, said that Abd…
Bodies Of Two Palestinian Workers Located Under Rubble Of Border Tunnel
The Palestinian Civil Defense, of Gaza’s Interior Ministry, has reported on Saturday evening that rescue workers managed to locate the bodies of two Palestinians, who went missing after a siege-busting…
Gaza: Fateh Committee to Submit Resignation to Abbas
The Fateh High Leadership Committee in the Gaza Strip reportedly plans to submit its resignation to defacto Palestinian President and Fateh leader Mahmoud Abbas, a Fateh official in the besieged…
Navy Attacks Fishermen Off Gaza Shore
Israeli naval boats, Saturday, targeted Palestinian fishermen’s boats with several missiles, despite sailing within the unilaterally-designated allowed fishing zone offshore, to the northwest of Gaza City.WAFA correspondence said that soldiers…
Hours After Her Brother Was Killed In Israeli Bombardment; Child Dies Of Her Wounds In Gaza
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Saturday, that a child, six years of age, who was seriously injured after the Israeli Air Force fired a missile into their…
Child Killed, His Sister And Brother Seriously Injured, As Israeli Air Force Bombards Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Saturday at dawn, a series of airstrikes targeting different areas in the Gaza Strip, killing a child and seriously wounding his sister, and…
Galant Supports Establishing Gaza Seaport
Israeli Minister of Construction and Housing Yoav Galant has expressed support for the idea of constructing a seaport for Gaza, explaining that it would release pressure on the Strip, which…
Israeli Officer killed in ‘Friendly Fire’ During Invasion of Gaza
An Israeli intelligence officer with the Shin Bet covert intelligence service of the Israeli armed forces was killed on Tuesday by other Israeli troops while carrying out an operation in…
Qassam Fighter Killed During Training In Central Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Hamas movement, has reported Wednesday that one of its fighters was killed in what it called “training and preparation accident,” in central…
Israeli Forces Continue to Target Gaza Farmers
The Israeli army targeted, on Tuesday morning, Palestinian farmers and opened fire towards them to the east of Khan Younis city, in the southern Gaza Strip.Al Ray reports that, according…
A Moment That Changed Me: Carrying Out Kidney Transplants in Gaza
It is only a 20-minute walk, but crossing no-man’s-land at the Erez border control changes everything. Entering Gaza feels like gaining access to a state penitentiary; there are guards, automatic…
Military Opens Fire on Gaza Farmers
The Israeli military, Saturday, targeted with gunfire a group of Palestinian farmers as they attempted to enter their agricultural land situated along the borderline area of al-Zaytoun neighborhood, to the…
Army Fires on Palestinians near Gaza Border
Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian workers east of Gaza City, Friday morning, with no injuries reported.Heavy gunfire was heard as Israeli soldiers stationed in military towers along the Gazan…
Young Gazan Self-immolates, Rescued by Locals
A young Palestinian man set himself on fire in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Tuesday night, before being saved by bystanders.The 22-year-old reportedly poured flammable liquid over…
Palestinian farmers attacked by Israeli troops in southern Gaza
A group of Israeli farmers were fired upon by Israeli troops in the Rafah region of southern Gaza on Tuesday.The farmers reported that Israeli troops stationed along the southern border…
Navy Kidnaps 9 Fishermen off Gaza Coast
The Israeli navy, on Monday, attacked and abducted nine Palestinian fishermen while they were on board two fishing boats offshore Gaza, according to local sources.Zakaria Bakr, a fisherman, told WAFA…
Israeli Military Targets Gaza Civilians, Violates Truce
Israeli military boats and border forces early Sunday morning opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishermen and farmers offshore of the northern Gaza Strip and to the south of the Strip,…
Child Killed, Another Injured in Gaza Explosion
A Palestinian child was killed and another seriously injured, today, after an explosive device detonated in the Jabalia area of the northern Gaza Strip.The children were identified, respectively, as Soheib…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Fishing Boats In Gaza Waters
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Thursday morning, on several Palestinian fishing boats, only four nautical miles away from the Gaza shore, causing damage.The navy fired several rounds of live…