Four Major Universities in Gaza closed due to ongoing fuel shortages
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that four major universities had to shut down due to shortages of fuel as the students became unable to travel from…
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Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that four major universities had to shut down due to shortages of fuel as the students became unable to travel from…
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Monday that its fighters managed to shoot an Israeli soldier with a sniper-rifle in Khuza’a town, in…
A Palestinian resistance group announced that its fighters attacked an Israeli army patrol along the Gaza-Israel border, in central Gaza, on Monday morning. The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing…
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza City reported that one Palestinian patient died on Monday midday, succumbing to cancer after having been denied a permit by the occupying Israeli army to…
The Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, on Sunday challenged talks that are currently underway between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. In a statement…
The Gaza-based Palestinian Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Al-Agha, stated in a press conference on Monday that he held the international community responsible for the deteriorating economic conditions in the Gaza…
The Israeli cabinet decided on Sunday that there is no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and that the ruling Hamas party exploits the shortage of fuel supplies. Israeli housing…
A Palestinian mortar shell was reportedly landed just close to an Israeli army officer to the south of Gaza Strip, Israeli media reports said Sunday. The reports pointed out that…
Hamas’ spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, rejected in a statement, faxed to press today that Israel does not say truth regarding a fueling crisis in the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli…
Palestinian medical sources said on Sunday that three Palestinian residents from the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip were killed in an explosion that ripped through a house.…
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, set forth a number of conditions before any truce with the Islamist Hamas goes into effect, the Saudi-based aL-Wattan newspaper quoted Palestinian sources as saying.…
Saturday afternoon, a number of Israeli armored vehicles and military bulldozers invaded the area east of Beit Hanoun town north of the Gaza Strip. Local eyewitnesses reported that heavy vehicles …
Jamal al Khudari, head of the popular committee against the siege warned on Saturday with the continued stoppage of fuel to Gaza, then the power plants will be forced to…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and injured 28 others in several attacks carried against the Gaza Strip on Friday. Most of…
Two Palestinian fighters of the ruling Hamas party have been reportedly killed by two Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza Strip on Friday, as a column of Israeli tanks rolled…
The Israeli “Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center” claimed on Thursday that Hamas movement managed to build up its military capabilities in the Gaza Strip and recruited nearly 20.000 fighters despite…
A contingent of Israeli army incurred on Thursday into the central Gaza Strip village of Wad Alsalqa, as another Israeli force arrested five Palestinian inhabitants in the northern Gaza city…
On Thursday a group of unknown gunmen attacked a beauty Salon in central Gaza city. Witnesses said masked gunmen placed a home-made bomb inside the shop which exploded totally destroying…
A number of Israeli tanks invaded on Thursday farm lands east of Khan Younis town southern Gaza strip. Witnesses said that the tanks stormed the area and surrounded a group…
Cairo sent out yesterday a firm warning to the ruling Hamas in Gaza against any breach of the Egyptian borders with the Gaza Strip. According to the London-based aL-Hayat Arabic…
Israeli deputy-defense minister, Matan Valnaie, said on Thursday that Israel will be holding Hamas accountable for the yesterday’s cross-border attack by three Palestinian resistance groups. Valnaie, speaking to the Israeli…
The Israeli army stated on Wednesday that it estimates that the objective of Wednesday’s attack against the Nahal Oz base aimed at abducting Israeli soldiers, and that the attack had…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that eight Palestinians, including three children, were killed on Wednesday in three Israeli air-strikes that targeted Gaza city. Two fighters were killed…
Three Palestinian civilians and two Israelis were killed on Wednesday afternoon in two deferent attacks in and near the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources reported that three Palestinian civilians including two…
Palestinian and Israeli sources reported on Wednesday morning that one Israeli soldier and one Palestinian Resistance fighter were killed in clashes between Israeli troops invading the southern part of the…
Medical sources in the northern Gaza Strip said that a Palestinian fighter was killed by an Israeli army shell, east of Jabalya refugee camp in the northern part of the…
The Hamas-run Ministry of Agriculture warned on Tuesday of a likely complete halt of services that the ministry offers to the civilian population in Gaza, and that the population will…
The death toll of patients who are unable to get proper medication due to the Israeli closure of Gaza’s travel crossings, rose Tuesday to 125 after the passing away of…
Spokesman of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Taher Al-Nunu, said that the Abbas-Olmert meetings have resulted in nothing but mere promises. ‘Only the security part of the U.S-backed road map…
Sources for the Hamas movement told media outlets on Monday that Palestinian resistance groups based in the Gaza Strip have agreed to stop firing home-made Qassam shells at Israeli targets.…
The Al Aqsa Brigades the armed wing of the Fatah movement announced on Monday that one of their fighters sustained moderate wounds during clashes with the Israeli army occuring in…
A number of assailants set early on Sunday morning the Gaza-based Fatah main office, known as the Marji'yya, was set on fire, causing a considerable damage to the building, located…
The Fatah Alyasser, a Gaza-based group, slammed Sunday underway meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, as ‘security coordination with the occupation’. In a statement,…
Palestinian medical sources in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir Elbalah, announced that a five-year-old child was killed on Sunday by Israeli army gunfire in the central Gaza Strip…
In a special report issued by the Gaza-based aL-Damir society for human rights revealed that the Israeli closure of the coastal enclave since June2007, has impacted the Palestinian environment in…
The Palestinian health ministry of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza said today that 71 percent of Gaza’s children are suffering from malnutrition and that 35 children have died because…
I still vividly remember my father’s face – wrinkled, apprehensive, warm – as he last wished me farewell fourteen years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family’s…
Palestinian medical sources in the local hospital of Kamal Adwan, reported on Saturday that a Palestinian farmer who identified as Ra'fat Mohammad Mansur, 33, was killed and another was injured…
Friday night Palestinian medical sources in Gaza announced that an ill Palestinian woman and her infant died afterbeing denied permission by Israeli Authorities to leave Gaza for essential treatment.…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday evening that an infant and a woman died in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities barred their transfer to…
The assistant of the Israeli minister of interior, Avi Dechter, was injured by Palestinian resistance fighters on Friday near the separation fence north of the Gaza Strip. Israeli medical sources…
Two Palestinians including a child were injured when an explosive charge blew up on Friday, east of Al Qararah south of Gaza Strip. On thursday evening, after the Israeli army…
The Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) issued a statement of Thursday accusing Israel of committing war crimes against the patients of the Gaza Strip as those patients need medical treatment…
A statement, faxed to press by the aL-Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, read Thursday that seven members of the brigades have…
The Gaza-based popular committee for breaking the Israel-enforced siege accused on Thursday Israel of perpetrating a war crime against the patients of Gaza Strip, who are in need of medical…
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in Gaza (UNRWA), recieved Thursday a fund from the United Arab Emirates, worthy of $4 million dollars, to be allocated…
The local Popular Committee for Resisting the Israeli attacks in districts in the northern part of the Gaza Strip issued a report on Thursday stating that the Israeli army has…
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza slammed on Thursday what it termed ‘ignorance’ by the international community of Gaza conditions, calling on all concerned parties to take their responsibilities towards…
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten Palestinians were injured during an on going Israeli army invasion targeting Al Qarrara village in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Al Qudes…
Former spokesperson of the Hamas-dominated government in Gaza, Ghazi Hammad, said on Wednsday that the rival Fatah party need to take a unified stance towards potential reconciliation with the Hamas…
The Palestinian health ministry of the Hamas-rule Gaza warned on Wedensday of a humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip, because of continued Israeli closure on the coastal territory, since June…
The death toll of Gaza patients, who have been unable to get medication, due to the Israel-enforced closure since last June, mounted on Wedensday to 121, after the passing away…
An Israel army force invaded the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun Wednesday morning, taking several prisoners. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israel infantry force, backed…
Israeli security sources reported that two Israelis were lightly injured on Tuesday after the Palestinian resistance factions launched two homemade shells on the nearby Israeli city of Asqalan located north…
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that a Radical group threatened to attack the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.The group, calling itself Ahrar Al…
Palestinian sources reported that two Palestinian fighters were killed and another two injured during armed clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Wadi Al Salqa in the southern part…
Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Fawzi Barhoum, stated on Monday that his ruling part in Gaza is ready to welcome Palestinain President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in Gaza for reconciliation talks.…
Palestinian resistance groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza, shelled early on Monday Israeli areas near the border lines with Gaza Strip. In a statement, faxed to press, the aL-Qassam brigades, the…
Two Palestinians have been reportedly moderately wounded early on Monday as the Israeli soldiers, stationed to the south of Gaza Strip, opened fire at them. Medics confirmed that the two…
Palestinian media sources reported Sunday that Cairo has decided to allow tens of stranded Egyptians, who have been stuck on the Gaza side of border in January, back to Egypt.…
On Sunday a Palestinian dug tunnel, on the Gaza-Egypt border line has reportedly collapsed , causing the death of one Palestinian. An Egyptian security official, speaking anonymously, told media outlets…
The aL-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed of Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, mourned Sunday in the Jabalya refugee camp of the Gaza Strip, two of their members killed…
A joint group of fighters from the armed wing of the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine and the armed wing of the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud…
A Palestinian resistance fighter of the aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Hamas in Gaza, has been reportedly killed by the Israeli army early on Friday morning. Media…
Spokesman of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza, Ayman Taha, was quoted by media sources today as saying that his party’s talks with Egyptian officials were fruitful. Taha was speaking…
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the village of Al Qarrara in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday night. Tanks and bulldozers destroyed two homes owned by…
AMNESTY International issued a press release on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army barred resident Karima Abu Dalal, 34, from leaving the Gaza Strip in order to receive medical treatment…
Scores of Palestinians, representing civil society organizations in Gaza, staged on Wednesday a demonstration at a public square, urging the rival Hamas and Fatah parties to unite. Participants who marched…
A senior Islamist leader was found dead in the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday morning, near the evacuated settlement of Nitzarim south of Gaza city, Palestinian sources and eyewitnesses reported.Mahmoud Basal,…
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza hailed Wednesday the Norwegian government’s call to the European Union to necessarily initiate dialogue with Hamas. Hamas’s spokesman in Gaza, Fawzi Barhoum, said in…
A Palestinian resistance fighter was pronounced dead on Wednesday at midday of wounds sustained during an Israeli attack targeting the Gaza Strip three weeks ago. Mohamed Abed Rabuh, 24, was…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday that an aged woman was pronounced dead after being prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip for medical care by the Israeli Armed forces. Jazyiah…
Tens of bakeries in the Gaza Strip have been reportedly stopped working today morning, demanding an increase of bread prices. Media sources said that the move came in protest against…
Israeli media sources reported that the Egyptian president Husni Mubarak has voiced concern over what he believes ‘growing Iranian influence’ in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, which borders Egypt. The Israeli…
Israeli media sources reported that a Palestinian sniper shot and wounded an Israeli farmer from the Ein Shlosha Kibutz (farm settlement) near the Gaza borders with Israel, Israeli media sources…
Palestinian media sources reported that an Israeli army force kidnapped a local Palestinian farmer from the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun on Tuesday . Zamel Shallouf, 23, was…
Senior Palestinian political sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that the dissolved Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by Ismail Haniyya of Hamas, decided to reappoint its…
Two Palestinian patients reportedly died in Gaza on Sunday after they had been delayed access outside of the coastal region, due to ongoing Israeli closure of the enclave. Medics confirmed…
The Israeli army shot and killed a Palestinian farmer on Monday midday in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Yousif Abu Thahier, was working his land located in the…
Lawmaker Jamal Al-Khudary, chairman of the Gaza popular committee for breaking the Israeli siege, appealed to the upcoming Arab states summit in Damascus to focus on possible ways of lifting…
The Egyptian authorities released Sunday 34 Palestinian prisoners of Gaza, they detained in January, after hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flocked to the nearby Egyptian town of aL-Arish, in the…
Palestinian media reports on Sunday stated that the Israeli military, manning the Eretz checkpoint to the north of Gaza, have denied access to an Italian sports delegation since early Sunday…
Consultations are held over expanding the Palestinian deposed government based in the Gaza Strip and headed by Isma’el Haniyeh by appointing ministers to its ministerial council, Palestinian sources said on…
A few kilometers from where the Israeli army attacked Gaza’s coast, a coalition of 27 women’s organizations held a festival marking International Women’s Day. Organized by the Women’s Affairs Center…
At least one resistance fighter from the al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, has been killed and another wounded, apparently in an explosion at a training center in southern…
Sami Abu Zuhri, media spokesperson of Hamas affirmed on Thursday that the statements of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the withdrawing of the PLO delegation from Yemen contradict with the…
Five Palestinian factions of the Palestine Liberation Organization including ‘the Palestinian Arab Front, Palestinian Liberation Front, Popular struggle Front and Palestinian Democratic Union (Feda)’, had welcomed on Thursday the Yemeni…
Israeli media sources reported Thursday that Egypt and Israel have recently agreed to Egypt, providing the Gaza Strip with power supply. According to the Israeli online daily ‘Haaretz’, both parties…
Spokesman of the ruling Hamas in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, stated on Thursday that his party is still considering the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), not to be the representative of…
Three Palestinians have been reportedly killed in separate incidents in the Gaza Strip, medics and media sources reported.Palestinians security sources said early on Thursday that farmer Hassan Abu Abed, 60,…
Head of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s political-security bureau, Amos Gilad, stated on Wednesday that Israel and Egypt are conducting intensive negotiations in an attempt to achieve a long-term truce deal…
The local popular committee for breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza staged yesterday a symbolic funeral procession in Gaza city for some thousand local industries, in protest of the ongoing…
U.S assistant Secretary of State, David Walsh has recently told his Israeli counterparts that Cairo is much more interested in a long-term ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians, urging them…
A Palestinian youth from the Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis has been reportedly shot dead by unknown assailants, medical sources said. The medics added that a bullet ripped through…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday at night that at twelve residents were wounded, four seriously, when the Israeli air force fired missiles at fighters who gathered near a local…
Emir of Qattar, Hammad Ben Jasem Al-Tani, pledged to the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, whose government has been deposed by President Abbas in June of last year, that he…
Palestinian media sources reported Monday that representatives of the rival Palestinian parties , Hamas and Fatah will be heading for the Yemeni capital of San’a for talks over possible reconciliation.The…
Two Palestinian passersby have been reportedly wounded by Israeli gunboats along the northern Gaza coast.Medical sources said that two minor injuries have been aided on the spot after having been…
A Palestinian resistance fighter of the Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, died early on Sunday morning of wounds he sustained earlier yesterday. Mohammad Yousef Hammouda, 25,…
Three Palestinians have been reportedly killed on Saturday after an Israeli drone fired a missile towards the vicinity of a local school in eastern Gaza city. Witnesses said that the…