Category: Gaza Strip

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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 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…

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…

  by International Solidarity Movement (ISM) At around 9am on Thursday, the 31st of March, four Israeli bulldozers entered the Gaza Strip at El Fakhuri.

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.

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 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 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…

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 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…

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…

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, 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, 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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,…

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 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…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, Wednesday, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the shore, in the central part of the Gaza Strip, and northwest of Gaza city, causing…

Large areas of Palestinians lands, and several homes, in the al-Meghraqa and Gaza Valley areas, in central Gaza, have been completely flooded after Israel opened its dams towards Gaza.The Palestinian…

The Israeli and Egyptian siege imposed on the impoverished and war-torn Gaza Strip on Thursday claimed the life of Marah Diab, 10, who suffered from kidney failure for the past…

Israeli forces opened fire on Thursday, towards the houses and lands of Palestinian farmers to the east of Maghazi refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses reported, according to…

At least 21 people were injured on Monday, after a ceiling collapsed, in a building under construction, at a university campus in the southern Gaza Strip, a Gaza civil defense…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Monday morning, on several Palestinian farmers in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while navy ships fired live rounds on fishing boats, in Gaza…

Israeli naval boats, on Saturday, continued to breach a truce agreement reached in August of 2014, under Egyptian auspices, opening heavy machine gunfire on Palestinian fishermen offshore, in the north…

Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian farmers east of al-Buriej refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip, on Friday afternoon, locals said.The farmers were forces to leave the area, with…

The Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Palestinian Gaza Strip will be open Saturday and Sunday, February 13 – 14. The opening was ordered by Egyptian President Abdel Fatah…

A Hamas fighter was killed on Tuesday, when a tunnel collapsed on  him, in the southern Gaza Strip, the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas said. Al-Qassam identified the…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that one Palestinian was killed, on Monday at dawn, when a tunnel, used for smuggling goods into the besieged coastal region, collapsed…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Monday morning, targeting Palestinian farmers in central Gaza, and fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters.The soldiers, stationed behind the border fence, east of the al-Boreij…

The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has executed one of its former members for what it deemed “behavioral and moral violations.”Al-Qassam said, on its Arabic Twitter account (see…

The Israeli navy took into custody four Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast and seized their boats, Wednesday morning, while the army invaded the area to the east of Khan…

Two Hamas resistance fighters were killed in a tunnel collapse in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, just one week after seven other fighters were killed in a tunnel…

Israeli planes have reportedly sprayed chemical substances on farmlands across the besieged Gaza Strip, killing off the crops in the already impoverished Palestinian territory.Several farmers informed that Israeli planes had…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, on Tuesday evening, that one resident was killed in a tunnel accident in central Gaza.Dr. Ashraf al-Qedra, spokesperson of the Ministry of Health in Gaza,…

Israeli Major General and coordinator of Israeli government activities in the Occupied Palestinian territories, Yoav Mordechai, admitted that his government prevents cancer patients in Gaza from receiving treatment.Earlier this week,…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported, Friday, that at least eight Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, during clashes in different areas, close to the border fence…

The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, said seven of its fighters were buried under the rubble when a border tunnel collapsed on them, on Tuesday evening, and that…

A year after the 2014 Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip, 70% of the unexploded ordnance (UXO) remains in the region, UNRWA reported on Tuesday.UNRWA stated, in a report, that…

Israeli warplanes, predawn Monday, launched multiple airstrikes targeting different locations in the southern Gaza Strip, in yet another act of aggression against the besieged enclave, local sources said.WAFA correspondence said…

Israeli war jets fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles targeting two areas in the Gaza strip, causing damage. The army said a rocket was fired from Gaza, on Sunday…

Dozens of Palestinian journalists demonstrated on Sunday morning, in front of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights office in Gaza City, in solidarity with hunger striking journalist Muhammad al-Qeeq.The…

A Hamas-affiliated militant died on Saturday, after a tunnel collapsed west of the city of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, medical and local sources in Gaza said.Gaza’s Ministry…

Israeli authorities allowed cooking gas and diesel into the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian sources told Ma’an News Agency.Samir Hamadeh, a board member of an organization of Gaza fuel…

With a decade of Israeli-imposed economic siege on Gaza and three devastating wars which accompanied it, the Strip now suffers from an acute housing deficit, with a need of more…

During the latest massacre in Gaza 60-year-old Fatma was one of the many Gazans who lost her home.01/22/16 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team She was sheltering in an…

During the latest massacre in Gaza 60-year-old Fatma was one of the many Gazans who lost her home.01/22/16 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team She was sheltering in an…

Medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported, Friday, that at least 17 Palestinians were injured by Israeli army fire, in different parts of the besieged coastal region, and that…

Several Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian farmlands east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, bulldozed and uprooted lands close to the border…

Israeli forces, on Friday afternoon, shot dead a Palestinian during a military invasion of al-Bureij refugee camp, in the central Gaza Strip. In addition, a Palestinian was killed during a…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has reported that one of its fighters died, on Friday morning, in an accident while working in a border tunnel, in Rafah,…

Israeli navy ships attacked, on Thursday evening, a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, northwest of the Gaza Strip, and kidnapped two fishers.The two kidnapped fishers have…

Israeli occupation forces opened fire, Thursday morning, at Palestinian farmers east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses reported, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, that soldiers fired…

A military court in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, sentenced four Palestinians to death for collaboration with Israel, Palestinian security sources said.Security sources told Ma’an News Agency that the Hamas-run…

Palestinian medical sources have reported, Wednesday, that one Palestinian was killed and three others were injured, at least one seriously, after an Israeli drone fired a missile into an area,…

Several Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers carried out, on Wednesday morning, limited invasions into an area, northwest of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and al-Qarara…

The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said that it received only 20 percent of the money needed for the reconstruction of…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Monday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, close to the Beit Lahia shore, in the northern part of…

An Israeli naval boat, Saturday, opened heavy machine gun fire on Palestinian fishermen’s boats, while sailing within the allowed fishing zone offshore Gaza.WAFA correspondence reported that an Israeli naval boat…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured at least 16 Palestinians in border areas, in different parts of the Gaza Strip.The Ministry…

Israeli naval forces, on Wednesday morning, targeted a fishing boat off Al-Sudaniya shores in Gaza, causing it to burst into flames. Al-Sudaniyya shore is the fishing permitted area for Palestinians.…

Israeli drones, Tuesday evening, sprayed toxic pesticides on the Palestinian agricultural lands to east of Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Media sources reported that Israeli drones sprayed hundreds of…

Internal Security Services Arrest 2 Activists in Gaza, PCHR Concerned and Calls upon Attorney General to Follow up and Clarify Arrest Circumstances to Public Opinion.On Sunday, 03 January 2016, Palestinian…

The suffering of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip has doubled, due to Israeli cuts on cooking gas supplies during this current wave of extreme cold.“It is week four since the…

Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, fired several rounds of live ammunition, targeting Palestinian farmers, in their land, east of Gaza city.Media sources said the soldiers, on military towers…

It has now been ten years for the strict, harsh and inhumane Israeli, Egyptian and internationally backed blockade on the Gaza Strip.The blockade started in the wake of the 2006…

Israel’s military has confirmed reports that it destroyed Gazan agricultural crops near the security fence with Israel. The Israeli military told Anadolu Agency in a written statement, Thursday, according to…

Israeli soldiers shot and moderately injured, on Friday evening, two young Palestinian men, east of Jabalia refugee camp, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Medical sources said the two…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported, Sunday, that one Palestinian died of wounds suffered several days ago, after Israeli soldiers shot him while working on his land,…

Israeli troops attacked, using live gunfire, four different protests held in different parts of Gaza Friday, wounding six people near Khan Younis, wounding four people in al-Boreij, wounding one near…

Israeli planes reportedly sprayed agricultural crops along the Gaza border, on Wednesday, with pesticides that have been killing off crops for the third day in a row, the general manager…

Dim lighting and candles softly illuminate decorative tapestries as the smell of incense fills the air and the harmonic sound of hundreds singing in unison drifts onto a busy street…

Taghreed has never been outside Gaza. Her family was exiled to the impoverished Gaza Strip when Palestine was ethnically cleansed, to make room for the state of Israel in 1948.She…

Medical sources have reported that three Palestinians were injured, on Tuesday evening, after Israeli soldiers opened fire on several residents, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza.Eyewitnesses said…

Israeli Navy ships attacked, Tuesday, several Palestinian fishing boats, close to the Gaza City shore, opened fire on them, before kidnapping ten fishers, and confiscated their boats. Woman injured by…

Israeli navy ships attacked, late on Monday at night, several Palestinian fishing boats, in the Beit Lahia sea area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and kidnapped four…

Palestinians medical sources have reported, Friday, that Israeli soldiers shot and injured seventeen Palestinians, one seriously, after the army attacked protesters close to border areas, in different parts of the…

Several Israeli military bulldozers and tanks carried out, on Friday morning, a limited invasion into the al-Qarara area, north of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.The…

A rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip on Thursday, landing in an open area in southern Israel, according to the Israeli army.An Israeli army spokesperson told Ma’an News Agency…