Category: Gaza Strip

Israeli sources reported, Friday, that Israeli Navy boats came under fire close to the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Israel said the incident took place…

[Friday Morning, February 21, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli army fire, east of Jabalia town, in the northern…

[Thursday at Dawn, February 20, 2014] Israeli navy boats fired rounds of live ammunition at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza territorial waters, targeting a Palestinian security base close to the…

Egyptian authorities have closed the Rafah crossing for five days in a row, now, says Director General of Borders and Crossings in Gaza Maher, Abu Sabha.He has called on Egypt…

An Israeli tank, on Saturday, fired a shell at an open area in Gaza City, according to local residents.Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli tanks were stationed along the border facing…

Israeli troops fired tear gas and live bullets at Palestinians who were throwing stones, Friday, near the border fence in northern Gaza, the army said, with Palestinian medics accounting for…

[Thursday Evening, February 13, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian was killed, and another wounded by Israeli military fire in the al-Mintar area, east of the Ash-Shujaeyya…

Israel has agreed to allow a shipment of goods to enter the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian official said Tuesday.Hussein al-Sheikh, the head of the Palestinian Authority’s civil affairs department, told…

[Tuesday at Dawn, February 11, 2014] The Israeli air force fired several missiles into two areas in the besieged Gaza Strip, causing property damage but no casualties, the Palestine News…

[Tuesday Morning, February 11, 2014] Israeli Navy ships attacked Palestinian fishing boats in Palestinian territorial waters, near Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, and kidnapped three fishermen.Local sources have reported that…

90 families of Gaza prisoners left the coastal enclave, on Monday at dawn, to visit their sons in Nafha prison via Erez crossing to the north of Gaza city.Director of…

Israeli warplanes targeted a motorcycle in the central Gaza Strip, early Sunday, injuring two young Palestinian men, according to a medical official.Ashraf al-Qidra, spokesman for Gaza’s Ministry of Health, told…

MP Jamal al-Khudari has stated that 80% of the factories in Gaza were fully or partially closed due to the continued siege. Khudari, who is Head of the Popular Committee…

Five Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army gunfire near the separation barrier in the northern Gaza Strip, on Friday, according to Palestinian medical sources.(Ma’an/AFP) Ashraf al-Qudra, a spokesman for the…

A rocket from Gaza fell in the Western Negev region on Saturday evening, causing no damage, according to an Israeli military spokesman. The spokesman said that the rocket fell in…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinian fighters were killed on Friday night, [February 7, 2014], in two separate incidents, in the besieged coastal region.Spokesperson of the Ministry of…

The number of cancer patients in the besieged Gaza Strip is on the rise, as Israel uses weapons containing carcinogenic agents against Palestinians, medical sources have reported. (Press TV/Al Ray)…

An Israeli officer was killed by friendly fire, Monday night, near the northern Gaza border, according to the Israeli army.’The IDF confirms an IDF officer was killed overnight following misidentified…

On 01 February, 2014, the report ‘Under Fire’ was issued by the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), and the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) was launched in London. The…

[Friday at Dawn, January 31, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that seven Palestinians were injured after the Israeli Air Force fired missiles targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip.…

[Monday Morning, January 27, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian farmer was shot and seriously wounded by Israeli military fire in the Abu Al-‘Ajeen area, southeast of…

[Saturday at Dawn, November 25 2014] Israeli soldiers fired several shells and rounds of live ammunition into Palestinian farmlands east of Al-Qarara town, northeast of Khan Younis in the southern…

[Friday, January 24, 2014] Israeli forces shot dead one Palestinian and injured another, on Friday, during a protest east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza Strip. Spokesman for the Gaza…

[Thursday Evening, January 23, 2014] A number of Israeli military vehicles, stationed across the border fence with Gaza, fired dozens of rounds of live ammunition into Palestinian agricultural lands and…

[Tuesday, January 21, 2014] An explosive charge detonated nearly 200 meters east of the Gaza border fence, on a border road used by the Israeli military, east of Khan Younis,…

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights, PCHR, issued a statement Sunday condemning an extra-judicial execution attempt, on Sunday morning, 19 January 2014.In the assassination attempt, an Israeli drone fired a…

[Sunday Morning, January 19, 2014] Israeli gunboats opened fire, Sunday morning, on Palestinian fishermen off the Gaza coast near al-Sodania area, to the north of Gaza.Al Ray reports that the…

[Sunday at Dawn, January 19, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least two Palestinians, including a child, have been injured after the Israeli army bombarded an area in…

[Saturday, January 18, 2014] Egyptian border guards demolished eight smuggling tunnels underneath the Egypt-Gaza border in Rafah, on Saturday, according to Egyptian army sources.A military source told Ma’an News Agency…

Four Israeli artillery vehicles crossed briefly, on Friday evening, into the Shuhada Cemetery lying east of Jabalya, in the northern Gaza Strip.A reporter from Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency said…

[Thursday at Dawn, January 16, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that four children and one woman have been injured, after Israeli soldiers carried out a number of air strikes…

[Wednesday Morning, January 15, 2014] Several Israeli military vehicles carried out a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Abasan town, east of the southern Gaza Strip city of…

Gaza – [Monday Evening, January 13, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said that a three-year-old child was injured after the Israeli army bombarded central Gaza. Soldiers also fired shells into several…

[Saturday evening, January 11, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said that a young Palestinian man was shot and wounded by Israeli army fire in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses…

The Hamas-led government in the besieged Gaza Strip warned that Israel is escalating its aggression on Gaza, and that armed resistance groups in the coastal region have the right to…

[Thursday January 9, 2014] Three Palestinians have been injured after an Israeli airstrike targeted the southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, according to medical officials.Ashraf al-Qidra, Gaza’s health ministry spokesman, told…

[Wednesday January 8, 2014] The “Miles Of Smiles 24” humanitarian convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Terminal, between the besieged Gaza Strip and Egypt.The Governmental Committee…

[Wednesday Afternoon, January 8, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least one Palestinian was wounded after Israeli soldiers attacked the funeral procession of a Palestinian fighter killed earlier…

[Wednesday January 8, 2014] Palestinian medical sources have reported that one Palestinian has been killed, and two children injured, one seriously, when Israeli soldiers fired shells into the Al-Kassarat area,…

[Saturday January 4, 2014] A group of youngsters from Gaza began, on Saturday morning, a day of hunger in solidarity with Palestinian refugees in Syria, under the slogan ‘On Hunger…

[Friday Evening, January 3, 2014] Palestinian medical sources said that two Palestinians were shot and wounded by Israeli military fire east of the Jabalia town, in the northern part of…

An Italian solidarity delegation has arrived in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday evening via the Rafah crossing, in order to assess the humanitarian situation across Gaza’s five governorates and refugee…

[Friday January 3, 2014] Palestinian Medical sources have reported that a Palestinian teen has died of wounds suffered Thursday, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at an area in northern Gaza.The…

Two Palestinians were injured after Israeli artillery fired on the central Gaza Strip, on Sunday, a Palestinian official has said.According to Gaza’s Ministry of Health spokesman, Israeli forces hit an…

[Friday Evening, December 27, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that seven Palestinians suffered the effects of tear gas inhalation after Israeli soldiers fired gas bombs at Palestinian homes in…

[Thursday December 26, 2013] Gaza – Palestinian medical sources have reported that two Palestinians have been injured, after the Israeli Air Force carried out several air strikes targeting different parts…

Hundreds of mourners in Gaza, today, attended the funeral of the 3-year-old girl who was killed by Israeli forces, during an airstrike conducted the previous day.Hala Abu Sbeikha was buried…

[Tuesday December 24, 2013] The Israeli army has bombarded several areas in the Gaza Strip, killing two Palestinians, including one child, and wounding at least four, one seriously. Two of…

[Tuesday December 24, 2013] Israeli military sources said that an Israeli military engineer has died of serious injuries, after being shot near the border fence with Gaza.Israeli sources said the…

[Monday Evening, December 23 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian man was severely wounded by Israeli army fire in northern Gaza. An Israeli soldier was stabbed in…

[Friday, December 20, 2013] Areas of the Gaza Strip are still struggling to cope with severe flooding of homes and businesses, reports +972.According to Gaza City residents, local government was…

Israeli Naval Forces stationed off Beit Lahi shore, in the northern Gaza Strip, opened fire at Palestinian fishing boats in 4 separate incidents, while sailing between 600 meters and 3…

Gaza, Occupied Palestine – On Sunday, the 15th of December, a young Palestinian was injured by Israeli gunfire in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip.Mohammed el-Shanbary, age 17, was…

[Sunday, December 15, 2013] Palestinian medical sources have reported that a Palestinian child was moderately wounded by Israeli army fire, east of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the…

[Friday, December 13, 2013] A winter storm of unparalleled dimensions has left hundreds of families in Gaza homeless, the Middle East Monitor has reported.Local Palestinian sources have told the Palestine…

[Wednesday, December 11, 2013] Israeli sources have reported that the army has kidnapped two Palestinians who crossed the “border fence” between the Gaza Strip and Israel. The sources said that…

An official from the Gaza Strip Power Authority (GSPA) expressed concerns, Sunday, that Gazans will have electricity for less than six hours a day, as winter approaches, the Ma’an News…

The Intifada Youth Coalition stated that it launched on Monday [December 2, 2013] what it called the Convoy of Steadfastness and Justice, to challenge the illegal Israeli siege on Gaza,…

This is a Press Released issued by The Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) regarding the impacts of Israel’s illegal siege on the impoverished population in the Gaza Strip.Network (PNGO) and…

The Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, announced Monday that his government is working with the Fateh party which controls the West Bank to try to re-supply Gaza’s main…

The “Miles Of Smile” solidarity aid convoy made it into the coastal region, on Thursday [November 21, 2013], after crossing through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt, carrying…

[Tuesday Evening November 19 2013] Israeli war jets carried out seven air strikes, targeting different areas in the northern and the southern parts of the Gaza Strip.Israeli military sources allege…

Israeli navy boats opened fire, on Tuesday at dawn [November 19, 2013] at a number of Palestinian fishing boats near the Gaza coast causing damage but no injuries.Eyewitnesses said that…

As a consequence of the recent Israeli and Egyptian clampdown on the tunnels under the border between Gaza and Egypt, fuel has become exceedingly scarce in Gaza, and a major…

Gaza – Thursday evening November 14, 2013, Palestinian sources have reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out two separate airstrikes targeting what appeared to be open areas in Gaza…

14 November 2013, marks the first anniversary of the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, codenamed “Operation Pillar of Defense,” which lasted for 8 days. This offensive, like the preceding…

The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) expresses deep concern over the deterioration of humanitarian conditions of the civilian population due to the aggravation of the electricity crisis in the…

Palestinian fighters in the Gaza Strip declared, Sunday November 3, 2013, that it managed to down an Israeli drone flying over the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The fighters managed…

After three long days of search, the body of slain fighter, Khaled Abu Bakra, was located, on Saturday evening under the rubble of tunnel bombarded by the Israeli army on…

[Friday November 1, 2013] The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that four of its fighters have been killed during armed clashes with Israeli soldiers…

A number of Israeli officials of the government of Benjamin Netanyahu threatened to wage what they called a “decisive war” on the Gaza Strip, targeting Hamas and armed Palestinian resistance…

[Monday October 28, 2013] The Israeli Air Force fired at least one missile at an area behind the Al-Maqousy towers, close to an elementary school, northwest of Gaza city.Dr. Bassem…

[Sunday October 27, 2013] The Al-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed in an accident in one of its…

Palestinian sources reported Friday [October 25, 2013] that a car owned by a senior resistance fighter was hit by an explosion in the center of the Jabalia refugee camp, in…

Lawyers of the Legal Aid Unit at the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) succeeded in ensuring remedy for the families of 3 Palestinian children, who were killed by Israeli…

[Tuesday Morning October 22, 2013] A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded areas in the northern and central parts of the besieged Gaza Strip, and fired dozens of rounds…

Israeli military sources claimed Monday [October 21, 2013] that Israeli soldiers, manning the border with Gaza, managed to uncover a high velocity explosive charge, near Kissufim area, on the border…

[Monday October 21, 2013] A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded Palestinian farmlands east of Deir Al-Balah, in central Gaza, and fired rounds of live ammunition.Eyewitnesses said that seven armored…

Sunday October 20, 2013, the Israeli Authorities refused to allow 120 trucks, loaded with construction material, into the Gaza Strip as they tried to cross through the Karem Abu Salem…

Israeli officials froze the delivery of construction materials into the Gaza Strip following the army’s discovery of a 1.7 km long tunnel connecting Gaza to Israel.Israeli military official, Guy Invar,…

Israeli sources have reported that the Israeli army cleared for publication, Sunday, the uncovering of a border tunnel between Gaza and Israel, and that the tunnel was prepared to carryout…

Palestinian legislator, member of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, Dr. Mahmoud al-Zahar, stated that resistance is the only means to liberate Palestine, and that his movement will not…

A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, in Thursday morning, an area east of Khoza’a town, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and in…

Israeli forces Use Excessive Lethal Force Killing Palestinian Civilian, Wounding, and Arresting another One in the North of the Gaza Strip.In an excessive use of lethal force, on Monday, 30…

[Monday Evening September 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers stationed across the border with Gaza fired a number of shells into an area, east of Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of…

Monday evening [September 30, 2013] Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian man, injured and kidnapped another, near the border fence, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Israeli media…

The Israeli army declared Sunday that an Israeli military court is looking into an indictment filed against two Israeli soldiers who beat a cuffed and blindfolded Palestinian.The Palestinian, from Gaza,…

[Tuesday Morning, September 24, 2013] A number of armored Israeli military vehicles, and a military bulldozer, invaded an area east of the Al-Boreij refugee camp, in central Gaza, and clashed…

After the new Egyptian government decided to close the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian population of Gaza has faced a worsening health crisis due…

Friday evening [September 20, 2013] Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian youths have been shot and injured by Israeli army fire east of Jabalia, in the northern part of…

Thursday morning [September 19 2013] Two Palestinians have been kidnapped by Israeli soldiers in the Juhr Ad-Deek area, in central Gaza, allegedly after they tried to cross the border fence…

[Saturday evening September 14, 2013] Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip have reported that a two Egyptian Navy boats sailed into Palestinian territorial waters in the Gaza Strip, chased…

Sunday evening [September 8, 2013] Israeli soldiers kidnapped a young Palestinian man at the Erez Terminal, between Gaza and Israel, as he was on his way to receive treatment at…

Palestinian Minister of Interior and National Security of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Fathi Hammad, stated that his ministry is ready for any possible Israeli war against the Gaza Strip,…

The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, has reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Thursday at dawn [September 4, 2013] east of Gaza City.The…

Local sources have reported that a number of armored Israeli military vehicles carried out, on Tuesday [September 3] a limited invasion into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the…

Palestinian sources in Gaza have reported that five Palestinian fishermen have been kidnapped on Friday at dawn [August 30, 2013] after members of the Egyptian navy attacked their boat claiming…

Israeli soldiers kidnapped, on Tuesday morning [August 27, 2013], a Palestinian social activist, head of the Palestinian Youth Association for Leadership and Rights Activation (PYALARA) after heading to the Erez…

Khader Merwan Al Seidi (26) is one of Gaza ‘s fishermen and a victim of the repeated military attacks carried out by Israeli forces against fishermen in the Gaza Sea…

Media sources in Gaza has reported that a number of young masked men, apparently unarmed, attacked a Palestinian journalist in Gaza City, the Palestine News Network (PNN) has reported.The sources…