Army Bombards Southern Gaza
Sunday at dawn, April 28, 2013, the Israeli Air Force bombarded two areas west of Khan Younis, and west of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage…
Army Invades Khan Younis, Uproots Farmlands
Thursday April 25, 2013; several armored Israeli military vehicles and bulldozers invaded an area east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and uprooted Palestinian farmlands…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
Wednesday morning April 24, 2013, Israeli Navy boats opened fire at a number of Palestinian fishing boats at the Gaza coast, an issue that forced them back to the shore…
Palestinian Short Film to Compete at Cannes Film Festival
RAMALLAH, April 22, 2013 (WAFA) – A Palestinian short film was one of nine films selected from among 3500 short films from 132 countries to compete at the Cannes Film…
Turkish PM To Visit Gaza In May
Turkish Prime Minister, Receb Tayyip Erdogan, stated that he intends to visit the Gaza Strip by the end of this coming May following his trip to the United States. Erdogan…
Protests in Gaza and 40 European cities urge end to trade with Israeli agriculture firms
Palestinian farming organisations and campaigners in more than 40 European cities held demonstrations Tuesday calling for governments and supermarkets to end trade with Israeli agricultural export companies over their role…
Qassam Fighter Killed, Two Injured In Tunnel Accident
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported Tuesday that one of its fighters was killed and two others were injured in a tunnel collapse accident in…
“I really hope these crops can reach their harvest”
Following its disengagement from the Gaza Strip in September 2005, Israel unilaterally and unlawfully established a so-called ‘buffer zone’, an area prohibited to Palestinians along the land and sea borders…
Army Closes Two Gaza Border Terminals
Late on Tuesday March 26, the Israeli army informed that Palestinian District Coordination Office that the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) and the Beit Hanounn (Erez) border terminals with Gaza…
Ten years on I want answers for my daughter Rachel Corrie
On March 16, 2003, my daughter Rachel Corrie was crushed to death under a bulldozer driven by an Israel Defense Forces soldier. The bulldozer was manufactured in the United States…
Bardaweel: “Hamas Will Continue To Smuggle Weapons Into Gaza”
Salah Bardaweel, a political leader of the Hamas movement in Gaza, and an elected member of the Palestinian Legislative Council, stated Thursday that his movement will continue the smuggling of…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Fishermen In Gaza
Thursday March 14, 2013, the Israeli Navy attacked several Palestinian fishermen and fishing boats in the As-Sudaniyya coastal area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, No injuries have…
Army Carries Out Limited Invasion Into Gaza
Monday Morning, March 11, 2013, a number of armored Israeli military vehicles carried out a limited invasion into an area east of Juhr Ed-Deek area, southeast of Gaza city.Local sources…
Palestinian seriously Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday March 8 2013, Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian youth was seriously injured by a round of live ammunition after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire…
‘I hope I will be buried in my home, Isdod’
Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed Tuman (85) was 19 years old when, on 20 December 1948, he and his family were forced to flee their home in Isdod, now known as Ashdod.…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian have been injured after Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinian agricultural lands east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Fisherman Injured and Fishing Boat Damaged
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy’s attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep concern for such escalation, which resulted in…
PCHR Condemns the Israeli Forces’ Assaults on Palestinian Fishermen in Gaza Waters
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns the Israeli Navy’s escalation of attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip and expresses its deep concern for such escalation, which…
Two Fishermen Injured By Army Fire
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Monday evening, that two fishermen have been moderately injured by Israeli Navy fire on the Gaza shore, in As-Sudaniyya, in the northern part of the…
Israel Fortifies Military Bases, Settlements, Close To Gaza Border
Last Wednesday February 13, the Israeli army started work meant to secure and fortify military bases, and settlements, located on the eastern part of the Gaza Strip.Military sources that the…
HRW: “Israel Violated International Law During Gaza War”
Human Rights Watch (HRW) reported that Israel’s airstrikes against the Gaza Strip in the most recent war on Gaza in November of last year violated International laws of war, as…
Gaza: Palestinian Boy dies; Three More Injured Due to Israeli Ordnance
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that one boy was pronounced dead and three others injured in two separate incidents of Israeli army un-exploded ordnance detonated near…
‘My family has been separated’
The Gaza Strip has often been called an “open air prison” in light of the illegal closure imposed on it by the Israeli authorities. However, the territory became a prison…
Protests In Gaza And 40 European Cities Demand End To International Trade With Israeli Agribusiness
More than 300 farmers and activists in Gaza march towards the buffer zone near the border with Israel to demand boycott of Israeli agriculture firms.- 16 Palestinian agricultural and civil…
Gaza welcomes home former hunger striker Akram Rikhawi
Akram Rikhawi finally tasted freedom today after Israel released him from nearly a decade of imprisonment. Rikhawi had gone on and off hunger strike since last April in protest of…
Palestinian Prisoner Dies At A Prison In Gaza
A Palestinian prisoner held at the detention center run by the Palestinian Police in the Gaza Strip died, on Friday morning after he was moved to the Intensive care unit…
Army Kidnaps Three Palestinians At Border Fence In Gaza
Israeli military sources reported Wednesday that the army kidnapped three unarmed Palestinians after crossing the border fence separating the Gaza Strip from Israel.The sources stated that initial investigation revealed that…
Gaza; Two Fighters Injured In Clashes Between Fighters And Security Forces
Two Palestinian fighters of the Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, have been injured during clashes that took place, Saturday, with members of the Al-Qassam Brigades of…
Two Children Injured By Army Fire In Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday evening, that two Palestinian children have been injured by Israeli military fire, east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Medics…
The Closure Is Like Dying A Slow Death
Ramadan Daoud Hussein Abdel Bari (51) lives in Gaza together with his wife, their 8 children, and his sick mother. He opened a clothing factory in Khan Younis in 1985.…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man was killed, and another was injured, in a tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday January 25 2013; Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that seven Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire in the northern part of the coastal region.The…
Three Palestinians Injured In A Gaza Explosion
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three residents were injured in the Az-Zawayda area, in central Gaza, after an explosive device detonated near them.Ashraf Al-Qudra, spokesperson of…
Paralyzed By Israeli Missile, Child Faces Israeli Legal System
The Israeli Supreme Court delayed, Thursday, deliberation in an appeal filed on behalf of a Palestinian child from Gaza who was paralyzed by an Israeli missile that also killed several…
‘We were too afraid to stay on our farmlands’
Since 2007, Israeli authorities have unilaterally and illegally established a so-called ‘buffer zone’ along the border, which officially extends 300 metres into the Gaza Strip. However, in reality, the ‘buffer…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian teenager was killed, on Saturday at night, when a siege-busting tunnel, in Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, collapsed on…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Friday January 18, Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians have been injured by Israeli military fire as they worked in their lands, close to the border in Beit Lahia,…
Resident’s Body Found Under Collapsed Tunnel
Thursday January 17; Palestinian rescue teams located the body of a resident who went missing last week when a siege busting tunnel on the border with Egypt collapsed on him…
“The view of these children will never leave my mind, it is just too horrible.”
“Ever since I was a child I loved the work of the Civil Defense. I would follow the fire trucks through the streets on my bicycle”, says Jamal Sehwail (55),…
Army Fires Several Shells Into Central Gaza
Wednesday morning, Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli soldiers fired several artillery shells into Palestinian lands, east of the central part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries were reported.Eyewitnesses reported…
Farmer Killed By Israeli Fire In Beit Lahia
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian farmer died, on Monday evening, of serious injuries he suffered at noon after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him as he worked on…
Palestinian Youth Killed By Israeli Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian teenager was shot and killed by Israeli military fire, while another resident was wounded, east of Jabalia, in the…
Egypt Allows Entry Of 25 wheelchair-Accessible Vehicles Into Gaza
The Maan News Agency reported that the Egyptian Authorities allowed, Thursday, the transfer of 25 wheelchair accessible vehicles into the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and…
Heavy Rain Causes Collapse Of Tunnels In Gaza
An Egyptian security source reported Thursday that the heavy rainfall, that started several days ago, caused the collapse of a number of siege-busting tunnels in Rafah, across the border with…
Photographer Shoots Under Fire in Gaza
November’s Israeli military operation in the Gaza Strip saw journalists from many nations risking their lives in the process of reporting for the outside world. Despite Israel’s targeted attacks and…
More Than 600 Medications Missing In Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that more than 602 types of medications and medical supplies are not found in Gaza, including several types of essential…
Prison Doctors To Amputate Leg Of Wounded Detainee
Lawyer of the Palestinian Ministry of Detainees, Fadi Obeidat, stated that Israeli physicians at the Ramla Prison Clinic decided to amputate the left leg of detainee Nahedh Al-Aqra’, 41, from…
Lift the Closure Imposed on Gaza Completely
Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) is closely following the statements made by the Israeli authorities concerning significant facilities on the closure imposed on the civilians in the Gaza Strip,…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire At Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
The Israeli Navy opened fire, on Wednesday morning, at a number of Palestinian fishing boats at the coasts of Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire At Farmers In Gaza
Israeli soldiers attacked, Sunday, dozens of Palestinian farmers working on their lands in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.Local sources reported…
Two Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinians were shot and injured, on Friday evening, by Israeli military fire close to the Israeli “security fence” east of…
Soldiers carried Out a Limited Invasion Into Khan Younis
Media sources in the Gaza Strip revealed that Israeli soldiers carried out, earlier on Monday at dawn, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands east of Khan Younis, in the southern…
Palestinian Dies Of Serious Injuries Suffered During Latest War On Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man, who was seriously injured by Israeli shells during the recent war on Gaza, died of his…
Mashal Calls On Arab Countries To Support Resistance
Speaking the massive celebration marking the 25th anniversary of the foundation of Hamas, in Gaza, Khaled Mashal head of the Political Bureau of the Hamas movement, called on the Arab…
Khaled Mashal Arrives In Gaza
Leader of the Hamas Political Bureau, Khaled Mashal, arrived in the Gaza Strip Friday after 37 years in exile, making his first trip to the besieged coastal region via the…
Indonesian Parliament Head Arrives In Gaza
Indonesian Parliament head, Ali Marzouki, arrived in the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal on Wednesday heading a senior Indonesian delegation to observe the massive destruction caused by Israel…
191 Palestinians Killed, 1492 Injured In November
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip reported that 191 Palestinians, including children, women and elderly, have been killed by Israeli military fire in Gaza in November, and…
Israeli Forces Arrest 14 Fishermen, Confiscate 3 Fishing Boats
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) repeats its condemnation of Israel’s violations against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip. PCHR is concerned over the escalation of Israeli attacks directed…
Two Palestinians Die Wounds Suffered Saturday, And During War
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered on Saturday at dawn after the army opened fire at him in Rafah,…
Palestinian Killed, Six Injured In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that one Palestinian was killed, on Friday at dawn, in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, and six residents have been injured, when…
Eight Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, Friday, that eight Palestinians have been injured by Israeli army fire in different parts of the Gaza Strip in a new military escalation against the coastal…
Qassam Fighter Killed, Several Injured, In Jabalia
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters was killed and eight were injured, on Friday at dawn, when an unexploded Israeli…
PCHR Statement On Ongoing Attacks Against Palestinian Fishermen In Gaza
The Continued Attacks against Palestinian Fishermen Prove False Israeli Claims of Permitting Fishermen to Fish up to 6 Nautical Miles.The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns Israel’s violations against…
Tunisian Health Minister Arrives In Gaza
Tunisian Health Minister, Dr. Abdul-Latif Al-Makky, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening, heading a medical team in addition to the Tunisian Ambassador in Cairo, and were welcomed by…
European Parliamentarians, Politicians, To Visit Gaza Saturday
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that senior European Parliamentarians and officials will be arriving in the coastal region on Saturday to observe the devastating effects of the latest…
Seven Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Central Gaza
The Israeli army continued its violations of the ceasefire that was reached on the evening of Wednesday November 21, shot and injured on Wednesday evening (Nov. 28), seven Palestinians east…
Turkish PM To Visit Gaza
Turkish Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, stated that he will be visiting the Gaza Strip on December 5, in order to express support to the Palestinian people living under siege…
Palestinian Youth Injured By Army Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Tuesday evening, that a young Palestinian man was shot by a live round in the chest after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at…
Woman Dies Of Wounds Suffered During Israel’s War On Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian woman died, on Monday morning, of wounds suffered during the latest Israeli war on Gaza.The woman, Sabah As-Skafy, in…
Four Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that four Palestinians have been injured, on Monday evening, after Israeli soldiers opened fire at them near the eastern border of the…
Three Injured By Israeli Fire In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians have been injured, on Sunday evening, after Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border, opened fire at them in Al-Faraheen area, east of Khan…
Palestinian Killed In Gaza Tunnel, Three Injured
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Friday that one resident was killed, and three more were injured, after they inhaled toxic gas fired by the Israeli army at…
Palestinian Killed By Army Fire In Khan Younis, 19 Injured
In a direct violation of the truce that was declared Thursday, Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian, and wounded 19 others after opening fire at them, near the border…
After Ceasefire Was Implemented; Palestinian Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
In what seems to be the first Israeli violation of the truce that came into effect Thursday, Israeli soldiers shot and injured a young Palestinian man near the border fence,…
Israeli Offensive on Gaza Stopped Following 8 Days of Attacks
By the Last Day of the Offensive: Palestinian Deaths Rise to 156, Including 103 Civilians, and 1,000 Others, Including 971 Civilians, Wounded- 33 Children Killed and 274 Others Wounded –…
Another Body Found Under Rubble In Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that rescue teams located the body of Mohammad Al- Dalou, 35, buried under the rubble of his home that was bombarded by the…
Ceasefire Takes Effect; Egypt Takes Responsibility Of Maintaining It
Egyptian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Kamel, stated in a press conference with U.S. Secretary of State, Hilary Clinton, in Cairo, that the ceasefire between Israel and the resistance in Gaza started…
Bombing Leads To More Casualties In Gaza
The Israeli army intensified its bombing to the Gaza Strip, apparently rushing to bombard as much targets at it can before the truce agreement is implemented. The Wednesday Israeli shelling…
Israeli Chief Of Staff: “We Will Continue To Pound Gaza Despite Truce Mediation”
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Benni Gantz, stated Wednesday that the Israeli army will continue its offensive against the Gaza Strip “as if mediation efforts are not ongoing”, and added…
12 Palestinians Killed In Gaza Wednesday, 157 In Eight Days
The Israeli army intensified it bombardment targeting government building and dozens of Palestinian homes in the Gaza Strip, and killed on Wednesday 12 Palestinians while dozens have been injured; some…
Israeli Airforce Bombs Government Buildings, Media Overnight; Israel Refuses Truce Terms
The Israeli military has reported dropping over 100 bombs on Gaza overnight Tuesday and into Wednesday, including government buildings and media offices. The Abu Khadra government building in Gaza City…
21 Palestinians Killed In Gaza Tuesday, 137 in last 7 days
Despite talks about truce and mediation, Israeli soldiers continued to bombard Gaza, Tuesday, and killed 21 Palestinians in different parts of the coastal region, while dozens of civilians have been…
Airstrikes on Gaza Monday kill 20 people, including two brothers less than 3 years old
Palestinian independent journalist Shahd Abusalamah, reporting from Gaza, compiled the following list of casualties from a series of Israeli attacks on Gaza all day and night on Monday:An Apache warplane…
Another Family Killed By Israeli Airstrike Monday Evening
After airstrikes both Saturday and Sunday that killed entire families including parents, grandparents and small children, another airstrike on a home in northern Gaza Monday evening killed a mother, father…
Five More Residents Killed By Israeli Missiles In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that five residents were killed in a new round of Israeli attacks targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip. 19 Palestinians have been killed since Monday…
Three Family Members Killed In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinian family members were killed, on Monday morning, when the Israeli army fired a missile into a civilian vehicle driving west of Dir al-Balah,…
Palestinian Child Amongst 13 Killed In The Last 5 Hours, 84 Since Wednesday
The Israeli air strikes and bombardment continues against Gaza, one child was killed in Gaza City, three resident injured, including two women. 83 Palestinians killed since Wednesday, more than 700…
Gaza journalists defiant after Israeli attack on media center
“The rocket hit me directly after it made a hole into the roof,” said Khader al-Zahhar, 20, from his hospital bed in Gaza City’s al-Shifa hospital on Sunday. Al-Zahhar, a…
Three More Palestinians Killed In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians, including an 60-year-old woman, were killed, Sunday, in two Israeli air strikes targeting Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…
24, Including 11 Children, Killed Sunday; 69 Killed Since Wednesday
The Israeli army escalated its offensive against the Gaza Strip, Sunday, killing 24 Palestinians, including 11 children of the same family in central Gaza; the number of Palestinians killed by…
Attack on journalists marks new stage of Israeli assault on Gaza
The attacks late Saturday night and Sunday morning on the Ash-Shawwa Al-Husari and ash-Shuruq buildings in Gaza City mark a new type of escalation in the Israeli assault on Gaza,…
Jewish Voice for Peace Statement on Israel’s Operation “Pillar of Defense”
The international group ‘Jewish Voice for Peace’ issued a statement Saturday calling for an end to the Israeli attack on Gaza. The group has also participated in and sponsored protests…
Amid Relentless Israeli Bombing, Gaza Families Huddle Together Hoping For Safety
More than 15 members of the Dalloul family now sleep in one room of their home in the al-Zaytoun neighborhood, a densely-populated area in the southeast of Gaza City. “All…
Saturday Five Palestinians Killed In Gaza By Israeli Shells
According to medical sources, five people were killed, including a woman killed in her home, and at least 19 injured in over a dozen separate Israeli airstrikes on populated areas…
Israeli Bombardment Intensify; 48 Killed, 451 Injured, Missiles Target Journalists, 6 Injured
Palestinian medical sources announced on Sunday at dawn that the continued Israeli bombardment against Gaza have left 48 killed, including 11 children, while 451 others were injured since Wednesday.Two children…
‘He left life so early’: Gaza family devastated by Israel’s killing of baby Omar Masharawi
An Israeli missile strike on Gaza on Wednesday left an aching hole in the home and hearts of the family of 11-month-old Omar Masharawi, who was fatally burned all over…
Ongoing Israeli Offensive on Gaza; 17 Civilians Killed
Palestinian Civilian Deaths Rise to 17, Including 2 Women and 6 Children, and 381 Wounded, Including 107 Children and 64 WomenThe number of Palestinians killed by Israeli Occupation Forces in…
Four More Palestinians Killed; 11 Since Saturday At Dawn, 41 Since Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Saturday, that four Palestinians were killed during the ongoing Israeli assault against Gaza; 8 have been killed since dawn hours Saturday while…
Tunisian Foreign Minister Arrives In Gaza
Tunisian Foreign Minister, Rafik Abdul-Salaam, arrived in the Gaza Strip Saturday to express support and solidarity with the Palestinian people living under an ongoing Israeli war. The minister entered Gaza…
Eight Palestinians Killed; 38 Killed Since Wednesday, 335 Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that a total of eight Palestinians have been killed, and several other residents have been injured, some seriously, in a fresh wave of Israeli military…