Category: Gaza Strip

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…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that four residents were injured, on Wednesday evening, after Israeli soldiers fired shells into farmlands, east of Khan Younis, in the…

Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian farmer south east of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health said.The 20-year-old farmer sustained moderate injuries in the…

For the third year in a row, the farmers in the Gaza Strip will not be able to export flowers to European markets, due to Israeli restrictions.Since Dutch funding for…

Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Tuesday morning, on several Palestinian farmers in their lands, east of Deir al-Balah city, in central Gaza.The soldiers, stationed near the Kissufim military base, across…

The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Monday at dawn, two air strikes targeting a training camp for the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, and the Palestinian Naval…

Israeli soldiers, on Sunday, shot and injured a Palestinian farmer east of Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, locals and medics said.Locals told Ma’an News Agency that Israeli soldiers stationed…

After shooting to death a leftist leader at a protest on Friday, Israeli forces again invaded Gaza Saturday to attack the man’s funeral in the town of Dir al-Balah.41-year-old Sami…

The Israeli army, on Tuesday, fired live ammunition and teargas canisters at Palestinian protestors east of Burij refugee camp, causing several cases of suffocation among the youth.WAFA correspondence relayed that…

7 people have been rescued, but 14 remain missing Tuesday morning, after Egyptian authorities flooded a tunnel across the Egypt-Gaza border with no warning. The tunnel runs between Gaza and…

Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, close to Gaza City shore, causing damage but no injuries.The fishers were only four nautical…

The Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, at least two missiles targeting a training site run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in the Zeitoun…

Israeli soldiers attacked Friday, dozens of Palestinian protesters near various border areas, in the besieged and improvised Gaza Strip, wounding 47 with live rounds, and 5 with rubber-coated steel bullets,…

Palestinian doctor Mohammed Shuraab, from Gaza, has won the gold medal for best scientific research in Japan, for 2015, in the field of medicine.According to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency,…

Turkey’s Religious Affairs Directorate announced, Wednesday, that it would rebuild nine mosques destroyed in last year’s Israeli military onslaught on the blockaded Gaza Strip.Deputy directorate chief Hasan Kemal Yilmaz told…

Israeli forces shot an elderly Palestinian woman in the neck, on Wednesday, near al-Bureij refugee camp in central Gaza, a spokesperson for the Gaza-based Ministry of Health said.Ministry spokesperson Ashraf…

Israeli naval forces, Saturday, opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, according to local fishermen.The fishermen told Ma’an News Agency that…

Israeli soldiers shot 11 Palestinians with live rounds, including one who suffered a serious injury, while dozens suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation, during clashes near border areas in…

The Israeli army, on Tuesday, continued to breach the truce agreement reached between the Palestinian-Israeli sides under the Egyptian auspices, earlier in August 2014, launching an airstrike on a site…

Some 3,500 patients in Gaza are eagerly awaiting the opening of Rafah crossing, on the joint borders between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, in order to travel to receive medical…

A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip reportedly landed in southern Israel on Monday, with no injuries reported, according to Israel’s army.A spokesperson said that the rocket was launched at…

Israeli occupation authorities have asked a number of Palestinians to close their Facebook accounts, in order to be allowed to travel via Erez crossing.Head of the studies and documentations unit…

Israeli soldiers shot and moderately injured, on Tuesday evening, a young Palestinian man, east of the al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza. Israeli army and navy ships fire shells and…

Israeli Navy boats opened fire, on Monday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the besieged coastal…

Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon revealed, on Thursday, that his government would start digging a ‘groove’ around the Gaza Strip. According to Israeli military radio, Ya’alon said that his army…

Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition on Palestinian farmers, working in their lands close to the border fence, east of Deir al-Balah,…

The Israeli Air Force fired, on Monday at dawn, several missiles into a site, run by of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in southern Gaza.The Al-Qassam Brigades…

A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip landed in southern Israel on Sunday evening, with no reported injuries, according to the Israeli army.An Israeli army spokesperson said that sirens sounded…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Friday, that one Palestinian was shot dead, and thirty-eight others injured, by Israeli army fire, close to border areas, in the besieged…

On Thursday, a number of Israeli armored tanks infiltrated the border with Gaza from the eastern part of al-Qarara town, to the northeast of Khan Younes, according to local sources.WAFA…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip has reported that one Palestinian was injured by Israeli army fire, on Wednesday evening, east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza.The wounded…

For the second time in recent weeks, Egyptian authorities flooded the area along the border with Gaza with water, to destroy underground tunnels between Sinai and the Palestinian territory.A Palestinian…

Israeli forces injured at least 46 Palestinians during demonstrations in the Gaza Strip on Friday, including 17 by live fire, hours after Israeli naval forces opened fire at fishing boats…

The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Monday at night, two air strikes targeting targets in the Gaza Strip, wounding one civilian, and causing excessive property damage. Another Palestinian was…

The number killed by Israeli forces in the Gaza Strip during the month of October has reached 17, as a Palestinian succumbed, Saturday, to wounds sustained during a demonstration days…

Twenty-one Palestinians have been injured, Friday, during clashes with Israeli soldiers in areas close to the border fence in the besieged Gaza Strip, while one of the wounded suffered a…

Israeli forces shot and killed a Palestinian, and injured nine others with live fire on Tuesday, during clashes on the border of the northern and central Gaza Strip, a medical…

A 24-year old Palestinian was shot in the head and killed, while at least 27 others were injured after Israeli occupation forces fired at demonstrators in the Gaza Strip on…

Israeli forces have announced heavier deployments at the border area with Gaza, following the announcement of a Hamas-prompted ‘Day of Rage’ planned for Friday, an Israeli army spokesperson said.The spokesperson…

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza has reported, Friday, that a Palestinian man died, earlier this morning, of wounds he suffered last Friday October 9, after Israeli soldiers shot him…

Israeli soldiers shot and injured six Palestinians, including two children, by sniper fire in the al-Boreij refugee camp, in Central Gaza.Palestinian medical sources said the soldiers, stationed across the border…

At least 50 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces during rallies in the northern and central Gaza Strip on Tuesday, with at least three seriously wounded, medics said.Dozens of Palestinian…

A group of Gaza children organized a stand on Tuesday, in front of the mourning tent erected for the murdered child, Rahaf Hassan, age 2, who was killed along with…

A Palestinian mother who was five months pregnant was killed along with her child, on Sunday at dawn, while at least four other family members were injured, after the Israeli…

Six Palestinian civilians, including a 15-year-old boy, were reported killed on Friday midday by Israeli troops live gunfire in two separate protests organized in Gaza City and Khan Younis, south.…

Israeli forces launched an airstrike in the Gaza Strip, overnight Sunday, following rocket fire reportedly coming from the besieged territory.A Ma’an reporter said the strike hit a training site for…

Israeli navy boats attacked, on Monday morning, Palestinian fishing boats near the Gaza shore, and kidnapped two fishers. Earlier at dawn, the Israeli Air Force fired missile into a site…

Muammar Quider was set to marry, but he reached his breaking point as he dealt with the unique pressures of life in the Gaza Strip. The 21-year-old Palestinian recently tried…

The Israeli Air Force fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several missiles targeting different areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing significant property damage.Media sources in Gaza said the army fired…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Monday, while working in one of its border tunnels.In a press…

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Several Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, carried out on Monday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of Jabalia town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses said…

The Palestinian resistance movement of Hamas says it has captured a drone belonging to the Israeli regime in the north of the besieged Gaza Strip, the second such incident in…

On Friday morning, the Egyptian army started to pump large amounts of sea water into large pipes that have recently been extended across the border connecting Gaza and Egypt, in…

It only depends on us that this mother’s cry of pain does not drown in the silence.19th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team “My paralyzed daughter was…

Israeli war jets fired, on Saturday at dawn, several missiles into different areas of the besieged Gaza Strip, causing excessive damage to homes and structures, while one Palestinian was injured.…

Israeli forces, on Friday, opened fire at Palestinians near the border north of Beit Lahiya, in the northern Gaza Strip, witnesses told Ma’an News Agency.Witnesses said forces opened fire at…

Israeli forces shot and injured a member of Hamas’ military wing in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, Palestinian sources said, according to Ma’an.They said that the Palestinian, a member…

A group Palestinian armed resistance fighters exchanged fire, Sunday, with Israeli soldiers invading the eastern area of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The military vehicles advanced approximately…

The Energy and Natural Resources Authority in Gaza announced, Friday evening, that the sole power generation plant in Gaza is scheduled to shut down Saturday, September 12, due to “General…

Several Palestinians fishing boats have been attacked, on Thursday morning, by Israeli navy fire close to the shore in the Sudaniyya Sea, northwest of Gaza City.The Palestinian News & Info…

Reporters from RT (Russia Today) traveled to Gaza to look into last year’s report that 90% of Gaza’s water is undrinkable. As they sampled water from different parts of the…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip have reported, on Wednesday at dawn, that a young man was hospitalized at the Shifa Medical Center, west of Gaza City, after an…

One year after Israel’s attacks in the Gaza Strip, the massacre in Khuzaa is vividly remembered by one of its inhabitants.8th September 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team…

About five Israeli military machines,Tuesday night, entered the town of Khuza’a near Khan Younis city, southern Gaza Strip, to raze agricultural lands.Security sources said, according to the PNN, that farmers…

A number of Palestinians were reportedly injured Saturday morning, after a ‘dispute’ erupted at a Fateh conference in the city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip.Witnesses told Ma’an…

Israeli forces shot and injured a Palestinian child near the shores of the Beit Lahiya village in the northern Gaza Strip, medics said.Medics told Ma’an News Agency that Bilal Abu…

Israeli, Egyptian and international siege have been imposed on Gaza for nine years obliges grooms to attend wedding parties via Skype.Andalou/Days of Palestine reports that, in one of the wedding…

Two Palestinian children from Rafah, in southern Gaza, were injured Monday night by random gunfire on civilian houses by the Egyptian army.Media sources said, according to the PNN, that Adam…

The Israeli Air Force fired, on Thursday at dawn, two missiles into a site for the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, in the northern part of…

A new report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) found that under current conditions, the Gaza Strip, home to 1.8 million Palestinians, will become uninhabitable within the…

Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on Monday morning at a number of Palestinian farmers, in their lands, and at several homes, east of Khan Younis in…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) has reported that one of its fighters was killed, Saturday, in a tunnel accident, in Khan Younis, in…

“While Israeli drones were roaring overhead and the fighter jets were targeting homes, I receive a SOS call to find food for celiac patients who were dying.”Al-Asqalani complains from the…

The Israeli air force, on Thursday morning, has reportedly shelled a site of the Hamas movement, claiming that a rocket was fired from there into Israel.Local sources reported no injuries,…

In light of a new death sentence issued in the Gaza Strip, which is the fifth of its kind in 2015 in the Palestinian Authority (PA) controlled areas, the Palestinian…

Defense for Children International said, in a special report, on Tuesday, that about a thousand Palestinian children have sustained permanent disabilities as a result of the Israeli aggression on Gaza…

The Palestinian Ministry Of Health in Gaza has reported that four main hospitals in the besieged and warn-torn coastal region are facing closure as they are running out of fuel…

Around 225,000 Gazan schoolchildren were forced to return home, on Monday, after local staff at the UN agency for Palestinian refugees in Gaza (UNRWA) went on strike on the first…

The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip, on Monday, said that four main hospitals may shut down within the next few hours, due to a lack of fuel needed…

Eyewitnesses from Beit Hanoun city, northern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, said that four Israeli tanks and three bulldozers entered the Strip, opened fire and razed civilian lands.Locals said that the…

The military wing of Palestinian resistance movement, Hamas, has captured a dolphin sent by Israeli forces to spy on the Gaza Strip, it was reported on Wednesday.In a statement, Al-Qassam…

A United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) report on Palestine’s Gaza Strip concludes that infant mortality has risen for the first time in decades. A significant marker for a…

Soldiers stationed in occupation watchtowers along the eastern border of Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, opened fired toward the Palestinian farmers and shepherds, early Sunday. No injuries were reported.…

A Palestinian woman from Rafah city, in the southern Gaza Strip, died Sunday morning from wounds she sustained more than a week ago when an unexploded ordnance, from last summer’s…

In her small atelier surrounded by hundreds of small, medium and large portraits, Palestinian painter Majdal Nateel from the besieged Gaza Strip uses her skills to express her hopes for…

Israeli naval forces opened fire on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza City, early Wednesday, witnesses said.The fishermen said that they came under fire as they were sailing off…

Maher Shitat, 13 years old, was shot in the leg on Friday night by the occupation forces.11th August 2015 | International Solidarity Movement | Gaza Team Hi’s father sent him…

The Israeli Security Service (Shabak) has reported that the army arrested, earlier in July, a senior Hamas fighter, allegedly responsible for digging tunnels across the border, and various other military…

Israeli naval forces on Monday morning, detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of Gaza City, the secretary-general of Gaza’s fishing union said.Amjad al-Shirafi told Ma’an that the fishermen were…

Israeli naval boats, Sunday, opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishing boats offshore the city of Gaza, according to WAFA correspondence.Israeli naval boats opened machine gunfire on fishing boats sailing within…

“I have written this book as a way of preserving and passing on stories that need to be told.”I visited North Vietnam in 1968, and had meetings with its leaders…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child was wounded, late on Friday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, opened fire on homes, east of Beit Hanoun,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that five Palestinians were injured, one seriously, in an airstrike on Friday at night targeting a site that they claimed was a resistance training center in…

Israeli forces have continued with systematic attacks against Palestinian civilians and their property in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt) for the reporting period of 30 July – 05 August 2015.Israeli…

A number of hospitals in Gaza Strip may be forced to close, due to lack of funding and an ongoing humanitarian crisis, an official warned on Thursday.Deputy Palestinian Minister of…

At least four Palestinians were killed on Thursday and over 30 injured when an unexploded ordnance (UXO), from last summer’s Israeli military offensive went off, while clearing rubble from a…

A senior Hamas official said, Tuesday, that his movement will not deal with the new ministers sworn into the Palestinian government in a reshuffle, last week.Hamas political bureau member Moussa…

Several armored Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday morning Palestinian agricultural lands, northeast of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and opened fire at…

Israeli naval boats, Saturday, opened machine gunfire on Palestinian fishing boats off the shore of the northern and central Gaza Strip, reported witnesses.Israeli naval boats opened machine gunfire on fishing…