Category: Gaza Strip

This morning, Israeli warplanes targeted several locations in southern Gaza Strip.The PNN reports that an Israeli Apache helicopter and a surveillance drone fired at least three missiles targeting a location…

Palestinian sources, in the besieged coastal region, have reported that several Israeli war jets have been flying over various areas of the Gaza Strip, while Israel also ordered all border…

[Wednesday at Night, June 11, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed, and two were seriously injured, when an Israeli war jet fired a missile targeting…

[Wednesday Evening, June 11, 2014] A Palestinian child was killed, and a young man was wounded, in an explosion that took place in a home in the at-Tuffah neighborhood, in…

Banks in the Gaza Strip began operating on Wednesday after a week of closure, according to Jihad al-Wazir, governor of the Palestinian Monetary Authority.The Palestinian official told Ma’an that Hamas-affiliated…

Palestinian militants in Gaza fired a rocket, on Wednesday, striking again an open area in southern Israel, according to Israeli officials.The rocket hit the Eshkol region, without causing any casualties…

One half of all beaches along the Gaza Strip have been polluted to the point of being rendered unfit for swimming, according to the Palestinian environmental authority.Khalid Abu Ghali, a…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) is deeply concerned over the continued closure of the banks in the Gaza Strip for 6 days, as former Gaza government employees prevented…

Robert Serry, the UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process, met Sunday in Gaza with four ministers of the new Palestinian consensus government. “I assured them full support…

According to Israeli media, a Palestinian rocket was fired from Gaza at midnight, this morning, into open area in Ashkelon. In related news, Israeli Minister of Economy Naftali Bennett has…

[Monday, June 9, 2014] Israeli soldiers, stationed across the eastern border of Gaza City, fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition targeting a number of homes, and farmlands, east of…

A Palestinian fisherman who was recently shot and critically injured by the Israeli navy, off the coast of the northwest part of the Gaza Strip, has died of his wounds…

Three girls drowned in the northern Gaza Strip, yesterday, in an area that is designated off limits for civil defense forces due to imposed Israeli restrictions, according to officials.Gaza health…

Israeli Navy boats have opened fire at Palestinian fishermen boats again, this time in the al-Sodania area, northwest of Gaza. PNN correspondence has reported that the sounds of bombs and…

[Tuesday Morning, June 3, 2014] The Palestinian News & Info Agency (WAFA) has reported that Israeli navy ships fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats near the Gaza…

[Monday at dawn, June 2, 2014] The Israeli Air Force carried out two air strikes targeting two centers run by the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement,…

[Sunday Morning, June 1, 2014] A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands, east of Rafah and Khan Younis cities, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…

Israeli navy forces abducted, early this morning, three fishermen working off the Rafah coast, in the southern Gaza Strip. Additionally, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation has released a report stating…

The Israeli navy shot and injured a Palestinian fisherman, on Monday, while he was working off the coasts of Gaza, according to media sources. A correspondent from WAFA said that…

Israeli authorities have allowed 660 Christians from Gaza to see Pope Francis, on Sunday, in the occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem.According to Al Ray, the Ministry of Interior has…

[Saturday, May 24 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians were killed, and two others were seriously injured, in an explosion in Khan Younis, in the southern part…

Southern Israel was hit by a rocket fired across the Gaza border, after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian residents east of Deir al-Balah, shooting one youth, on Friday afternoon.According…

The Israeli army shot and injured a young Palestinian citizen in the head, this morning, in the neighborhood of al-Farain, to the east of Khan Younis city, southern Gaza Strip.The…

[Wednesday Morning, May 21, 2014] Israeli navy vessels attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza waters, close to the shore in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that two fishermen were shot and injured late Monday night, after Israeli navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats near the Rafah shore, in…

Dr. Mousa Abu Marzouk, a senior member of the Hamas political bureau, says all Palestinians, regardless of religious diversities, are sailing on the same boat.Abu Marzouk, making a visit to…

Palestinian Professor Haidar Eid discusses several of the most pressing topics of Palestinian national liberation, including the ongoing siege of Gaza, the apartheid nature of Israel, the BDS movement and…

[Sunday, May 18, 2014] Around 30 international peace activists, in two humanitarian convoys, made it into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Terminal, between Gaza and Egypt.The convoys, Miles…

[Saturday, May 17, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child, and a fisherman, were shot and injured by Israeli army fire, in two separate attacks, in the…

Palestinian Prime Minister Haniyah called all Palestinians in the West Bank, Jerusalem, Gaza and Pre-1948 Palestine, Thursday, to unify in prayer for the souls of some 230 Turkish miners who…

Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Dubai, has made a…

According to the Ma’an News Agency, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not be the head of the upcoming unity government, and that the new president will not have a deputy…

Senior member of Fatah and reconciliation officiator Azzam al-Ahmad arrived in Gaza, Tuesday evening, via Erez Beit Hanoun crossing, to discuss the formation of a unity government with Hamas.Fatah spokesman…

12 May, 2014 Dear supporters, This weekend representatives of the Gaza’s Ark steering committee met with our Flotilla Coalition partners in London, England, and this morning we are standing together…

[Thursday, May 8, 2014] The Israeli army partially opened the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Trade Terminal, east of the besieged Gaza Strip, to allow the export of one truck,…

Gaza authorities have executed two men after finding them guilty of collaboration with the Israeli military.The Ministry of Interior said, in a statement, that “the death sentence was carried out…

[Wednesday, May 7, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two fishermen were injured after Israeli Navy boats chased Palestinian fishing boats in territorial waters, west of Gaza city.The sources…

The Egyptian navy detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, early Tuesday, according to a union official. Spokesperson for the Gaza fishermen’s union, Nizar Ayyash,…

Gaza’s Ark was badly damaged and partially sunk by a large explosion, at about 3:45 AM Gaza time, on April 29th. No one was injured. Mustafa Abu Awad, the guard…

At 3:45 AM Gaza time, on April 29th, the night guard on board Gaza’s Ark received a call to leave the boat because it was going to be attacked.The guard…

A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded on Thursday evening [April 24, 2014] the Eastern Graveyard Area, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and clashed…

[Wednesday, April 23, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that eight Palestinians, including children, were injured when the Israeli Air Force fired a missile into an area in Beit Lahia…

Representatives of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Hamas agreed to form a government of national unity, and have called for general elections within five to six weeks, officials said…

The Israeli Authorities prevented Palestinian Legislator and the secretary-general of the Palestinian National Initiative, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, from entering the besieged and impoverished Gaza Strip, as he was planning to…

Senior Hamas official Mousa Abu Marzouq arrived in Gaza via the Rafah crossing, on Monday, where he was welcomed by a delegation of Hamas and Fatah officials.The senior official, who…

[Monday, April 20, 2014] Palestinian fighters fired a shell at an Israeli military vehicle, across the border east of Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza. Eyewitnesses said the army fired dozens…

Miles of Smiles Convoy (26) arrived this past week, in Gaza, with solidarity activists from 21 nations worldwide.Deputy Foreign Minister, Ghazi Hamad, welcomed the convoy’s activists ‘Here Gaza, where we…

The new Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) Pierre Krahenbuhl pledged, yesterday, to defend Gaza and to work hard to end the blockade.Krahenbuhl…

Large numbers of students from different schools, Thursday morning, participated in a sit-in organized by the Ministry of Education in Gaza, to mark the Prisoners’ Day, on April 17.Director General…

Three people killed and five injured in a blast which hit the city of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on Wednesday. The source of the blast is so…

A governmental committee to break the siege in Gaza said that human right solidarity convoy ”Miles of Smiles 26” is to reach Gaza next Sunday, via Rafah crossing, in the…

Several military occupation bulldozers, Sunday afternoon, broke into the eastern outskirts of al-Qarara town in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. A correspondent from Al Ray said that four bulldozers moved…

[Saturday, April 12, 2014] According to reports by Israeli military sources, the army kidnapped three Palestinians, allegedly after they crossed the border fence, in the northern part of the Gaza…

Nine Palestinians were targeted, on Friday afternoon, with tear gas fired by the Israeli military stationed east of the northern Gaza town of Jabalya.Spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Dr…

Minister of Local Government Mohammed al-Farra said that the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, since 2007, disrupted 21 projects in the fields of water and sanitation.The projects were negatively…

Israeli occupation forces, on Thursday afternoon, fired on Qararah village, east of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, with three artillery shells.According to Al Ray, Israeli sources claimed Israeli force,…

[Tuesday Morning, April 8, 2014] Israeli Navy boats opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, near Gaza city, causing excessive damage.One of the fishermen reported the navy…

The Israeli occupation army detained a young Palestinian man near the northern border with the Gaza Strip, raising the month’s number of detentions to six.Walla news website quoted an Israeli…

[Friday at Dawn, April 4, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians, including a child, were injured in a series of Israeli air strikes targeting different areas of…

Israeli warships opened fire, Thursday morning, at Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza sea.Witnesses said that the warships fired at boats off al-Sodaniyya shore, north of Gaza, although the fishermen were…

Israeli authorities opened the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, to allow a single truckload of wooden furniture to be exported to Ukraine, a Palestinian official said.Head…

Egyptian authorities opened, on Saturday morning, the Rafah crossing both ways after 50 days of closure.An Al Ray correspondent said that the Egyptian side opened the crossing gate at 10:10;…

[Saturday Morning, March 29, 2014] Israeli navy boats opened fire on a number of Palestinian fishing boats in territorial waters. northwest of Gaza City; the attack caused damage but no…

Two children have died, and four others were wounded, in a candle fire which broke out in their home in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. The families of Gaza…

Gaza Strip – Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Palestinian medical sources have reported that four fishermen were wounded after Israeli navy arsenal opened fire on their fishing boats near the Rafah…

On the roof of Gaza City’s children’s hospital, a pristine row of solar panels gleams in the sunlight, an out-of-place symbol of modern, clean energy in the impoverished Strip.Juan Cole…

[Friday, March 21, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed in an explosion that took place in Gaza City.The sources said Ibrahim Mohammad ar-Rafaty,…

Israeli warships, late Monday, fired on Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the southern Gaza Strip, fishermen said.Gaza fishermen told Ma’an that Israeli forces fired at them off the coast…

Israel will reopen the Kerem Shalom crossing with the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, after keeping it closed for six consecutive days, according to a Palestinian official. Nathmi Muhanna, the Palestinian…

Israeli sources alleged Monday [March 17, 2014] that gunmen riding Palestinian boats exchanged fire with Israeli navy ships, close to the Gaza shore.The sources said the navy chased boasts, believed…

Deliveries of fuel to the Gaza Strip resumed, on Sunday, as Israeli authorities allowed the Kerem Shalom (Kerem Abu Salem) crossing to re-open, according to Palestinian crossing officials.Ma’an News Agency…

Scores of patients and disabled Palestinians, on Saturday, staged a protest outside of the Egyptian embassy, in the Gaza Strip, to call for the reopening of the Rafah border crossing…

[Sunday, March 16, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a child died of serious injuries suffered last week in an explosion that took place in Beit Hanoun, in the…

A Gaza official said that the number of the Gaza Palestinians killed by Israel since early 2014, as a result of military escalation, has increased to 18.Al Ray Palestinian Media…

[Saturday, March 15, 2014] The Gaza Strip’s only power plant shut down today, due to a lack of fuel from Israel, which closed a goods crossing after militant rocket attacks,…

(AFP/Ma’an) A truce declared by Gaza militants appears to be largely holding, on Friday, with the Israeli military reporting a single rocket fired after two days of tit-for-tat violence.’Moments ago…

A three-year-old child died, on Thursday, after he was unable to receive medical care abroad, due to the closure of the Rafah crossing, an activist group said. Spokesman for the…

[Friday, March 14, 2014] Israeli military sources have reported that the Air Force fired missiles into 29 sites in different parts of the Gaza Strip, alleging that the escalation comes…

Sheikh Khaled al-Batsh, a senior political leader of the Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip, has reported that Egyptian mediation efforts have managed to achieve a truce between the resistance…

[Friday, March 13, 2014] Despite talks of a truce between Israel and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza, the Israeli Air Force said that it carried out on Friday, at dawn,…

A senior Islamic Jihad official said, Thursday, that Egypt had managed to reactivate a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip.Khalid al-Batsh highlighted that his movement would…

[Thursday, March 12, 2014] The Israeli army fired several shells into a number of areas in the Gaza Strip, causing power blackouts and property damage, in certain areas, but no…

On Tuesday, March 12, 2014, Israeli naval boats opened fire at Palestinian fishermen from Gaza, official Palestinian News Agency (WAFA) reports.(PNN/WAFA) The incident happened off the coast of As-Sudaniya, reportedly…

[Tuesday Evening, March 11, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said that three Palestinians were killed, and seven were injured, in an explosion which took place in a home in Beit Hanoun…

Palestinian medical sources reported, on Tuesday [March 11, 2014], that a Palestinian man has died of injuries suffered when a siege-busting border tunnel collapsed on him in Rafah, in the…

Dozens of Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers carried out, Tuesday morning, an incursion east of Khuza’a village, in the southern Gaza Strip.According to Al Ray, six bulldozers entered into the…

[Tuesday at noon, March 11, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said that three Palestinian resistance fighters have been killed by an Israeli shell, east of the Rafah district, in the southern…

The last shipment of Qatar-donated diesel — used to fuel the Gaza Strip’s sole power plant — is expected to run out within four or five days, a Palestinian official…

[Wednesday at Dawn, March 5, 2014] Israeli Navy ships opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats close to the shore, near Gaza City, causing damage but no injuries.Local sources said that…

Egyptian Authorities continue the closure of Rafah crossing to Palestinian travelers, for the third week in a row, according to borders and crossings administration in Gaza.Hundreds of Palestinians, including students…

The ‘National Committee to Lift the Siege’, on Friday, announced that it is planning to escalate its popular protests against the Israeli siege on Gaza.Photo: ‘National Committee to Lift the…

A Palestinian woman was shot dead by Israeli forces in the southern Gaza Strip late Friday, according to witnesses and medics.Witnesses said that 57-year-old Aminah Atiyeh Qudeih was shot and…

Israeli forces launched an air strike on the northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday evening, targeting a rocket launch site, according to a statement by Israeli forces.The statement said that the…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has stated that unknown gunmen detonated an explosive device in the yard of a local Christian church in Gaza City, on Wednesday at…

A Palestinian woman, sick with a heart disease, died Wednesday morning at Erez crossing, in the northern Gaza Strip.Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qedra said that Wedad Deeb, 71, died…

The mufti of Gaza City died late Monday, medics said.GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — Gaza medical sources said that 80-year-old Abd al-Karim al-Kahlout passed away at Shifa Hospital in Gaza City.…

Three Palestinian men were injured and others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation, during clashes with Israeli forces east of Gaza City, on Tuesday, said an official. Gaza Health Ministry…

At least two rockets were fired, Sunday night, from Gaza Strip and landed in Ashkelon Regional Council.(PNN) WALLA Israeli website has reported that two rockets were fired from the Gaza…

The Hamas government has said that it plans to let private contractors take over the running of the Palestinian territory’s border crossings with Egypt and Israel.Photo: Palestinian children carry placards…

Thirteen people were injured, Friday, after Israeli forces opened fire on Palestinian demonstrators east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Dozens of others suffered from excessive tear gas inhalation…