Quds 5 Solidarity Convoy Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Authorities allowed on Thursday evening the Al Quds 5 solidarity convoy to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Haniyya’s Facebook Page Removed
The fan page of Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, has been removed from Facebook, the Palestinian Information Center reported. In reaction to the removal of…
Four Fishermen Kidnapped In Palestinian Waters In Southern Gaza
The Israeli Navy kidnapped attacked late on Wednesday at night a Palestinian fishing boat in Palestinian territorial waters, near Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
Cement, 20 New Vehicles, To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Authorities Decided on Thursday to allow twenty 20 new vehicles into the Gaza Strip via the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Crossing, in addition to allowing the entry…
Palestinian Killed, Two Children Wounded In Israeli Bombardment of Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday evening that one resident was killed and two children were wounded , after the Israeli army bombarded an area in…
Three Youths Injured in Blast in Southern Gaza
Three young Palestinians were injured on Tuesday morning after the explosion of an unknown ordnance in the southern Gaza strip, local sources reported. Medical officials said the blast took place…
Haniyya: “Egypt Interested In Inviting Palestinian Factions To Meet In Cairo”
Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated Sunday that the Egyptian Authorities are interested in inviting Palestinian factions, mainly the rival Fateh and Hamas movements,…
Palestinian Worker Injured in Northern Gaza
A young Palestinian was wounded by Israeli forces, on Sunday morning, in the northern Gaza Strip, medics claimed on Sunday. The victim, known as 21-year-old Ramadan Subih, was shot in…
Gendelman: “Hamas Should Not Test Our Patience”
Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesperson, Ofir Gendelman, stated that the Hamas movement “should not test Israel’s patience”, and must act on halting the firing of homemade shells into adjacent Israeli areas.…
Haniyya Instructs Security Forces To Maintain Calm
Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, instructed the Interior Ministry and the heads of the security forces to ensure claim with Israel, and to prevent…
Army Assassinates Fighter In Gaza, Israeli FM Vows Further Assassinations
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday evening that a Palestinian fighter was assassinated and another resident was injured in an Israeli Air Strike targeting the fighter in…
Five Palestinians Wounded In A Tunnel Explosion
Palestinian medical sources reported late on Sunday at night that five Palestinians were injured after an explosion took place in a siege-busting tunnel, in Rafah, in the southern part of…
Israeli Soldier Killed Near Gaza Border
Israeli military sources reported that a soldier was killed by “friendly fire”, on Friday at night, during clashes that took place with Palestinian resistance fighters along the border with the…
HRW Demands Criminal Investigation Into Death of 20 y.o Palestinian Patient Denied Permit By Israel
Human Rights Watch and other organizations have demanded a criminal investigation into the death of a 20 year old Palestinian patient who was denied a permit by Israeli Authorities to…
Violence Continues After Israeli Shelling at Gaza Border
The firing of three mortar shells was reported towards an Israeli military base along the Gaza border, on Thursday morning, a PFLP affilated armed group told Ma’an News. Violence resumed…
Lieberman: “Gaza Siege Could Be Lifted if Smuggling Stops & International Forces Are Deployed”
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman stated during his Wednesday meeting with the visiting EU Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, that the siege on Gaza can only be lifted if the…
Gaza Youth Manifesto Joins Supporters
The manifesto that an anonymous group of Gazan students, called Gaza Youth Breaks Out, issued three weeks ago showing their despair over the living conditions in the strip, has captivated…
Fishermen Abducted off Gaza Port
Israeli navy detained, on Tuesday morning, an unspecified number of Palestinian fishermen who were fishing off the coast of Gaza City, local sources said.Gaza’s Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that the…
Two Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Overnight
The Israeli Air Force attacked two areas in the Gaza Strip overnight under the pretext of responding to a Qassam homemade shell that was allegedly fired from Gaza into an…
Asia 1 Makes It Into Gaza
The Asia 1 solidarity convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip late on Sunday at night to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the residents of the besieged coastal region.…
Gaza Convoy Blocked in Egypt
Egypt stopped activists on the Asia 1 aid convoy from reaching the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian daily newspaper quoted in Press TV reported on Thursday.Around 50 Iranian and Jordanian activists…
Islamic Jihad Refuses To Participate In New Gaza Government
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Gaza refused to participate in the new government that The Hamas movement intends to form in the Gaza Strip. Hamas leader, Ismail Haniyya, offered a…
Another Way to Remember the Gaza War
Marking the second anniversary of Israel’s offensive on the Strip, two youth groups in Gaza City are painting murals in the destroyed government compound, Ma’an News reported.The Cultural Club and…
Two Years After Gaza War, Gaza Remains Sealed-Off, Suffering Continues
Two years after Operation Cast Lead: Gaza Remains Sealed-Off from outside World, Impunity for War Crimes Prevails PCHR Report on Gaza War, Monday, 27 December 2010 11:30 December 27, 2010,…
Two years after Gaza massacre, a demand for justice
Open letter, various undersigned, 27 December 2010 We the Palestinians of the besieged Gaza Strip, on this day, two years on from Israel’s genocidal attack on our families, our houses,…
Shelling Reported in Gaza City
Residents of Gaza City said shelling was heard, on Wednesday morning, in the eastern part of the city, Ma’an News said. Local witnesses reported hearing blasts east of Gaza city,…
Palestinian Factions In Gaza Hold A Meeting To Discuss Israeli Threats
Palestinian factions in Gaza, except for Fateh, held a meeting on Sunday calling on Arab and international institutions to pressure Israel into halting its violations and escalations against the Palestinian…
Six Fishermen Kidnapped Near Israeli Shore
Israeli military sources reported on Monday at night that six Palestinian fishermen were detained by the Navy after their approached an Israeli shore close to the northern part of the…
Palestinians rally to mark 2nd anniversary of Israeli invasion of Gaza
A somber gathering in Gaza City marked the day two years ago in which over 200 Palestinians, mostly civilians, were killed within the first two hours of an Israeli invasion…
Hamas Started Talks To Form New Government In Gaza
Senior Hamas leaders, headed by Legislator Khalil Al Hayya, held meetings on Saturday evening with different Palestinian factions and independent figures, in the Gaza Strip, in an attempt to form…
Army Carries Out Three Air Strikes In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday night after midnight, three air strikes targeting several areas in in central and southern Gaza; three Palestinians were wounded.Adham Abu Salmiyya, spokesperson…
UN: “Both Israel And Hamas Want Calm In Gaza”
The United Nations reported Thursday that both Israel and the Hamas movement in Gaza are interested in calm, and are not seeking tension in the Gaza Strip or around it.…
Shepherd killed; 3 injured in Northern Gaza
The Israeli army fired at four Palestinian farmers and shepherds in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing one and wounding three, local sources reported.Troops opened fire…
Syria Sends Relief Aid to Gaza
A Syrian popular committee has sent a new humanitarian aid convoy of food and medicines to the Gaza Strip, according to local sources. According to the Palestine Information Centre (PIC),…
Gaza Exports Due to Increase Next Week
Around 15 tons of agricultural exports are set to leave the Gaza Strip over next week’s crossings operations, Radio Israel revealed to Ma’an News. The news came after Israeli officials…
Agricultural Export From Gaza To Europe To Resume Next Week
The Israeli Radio reported that the Security and Political Ministerial Council of the Israeli Government has approved the a decision to allow the exports of agricultural products from the besieged…
Two Palestinians Injured In Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that two Palestinian were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a site believed to be a training grounds used by fighters of the Al…
Gaza Officials Appeal for Hold on Israel’s Attacks on Civilians
The deposed government of Gaza has addressed the world community asking to restrain Israel’s escalation of unjustified aggression on civilians in the Strip, The Palestinian Information Centre announced on Tuesday.A…
Israel Opens Only Kerem Shalom Border
On Tuesday, Israeli officials opened Kerem Shalom crossing point in southern Gaza, for the import of commercial goods, fuel and humanitarian aid. Since the blockade began, in 2007, the crossing…
Gazan Women and Children Paint Their Trauma
An art exposition shows, in Gaza City, the work of hundred refugee women and children from the coastal enclave, who use the artwork as a way to convey their traumas,…
Eight separate Israeli airstrikes reported throughout Gaza; 2 injured
Late Monday night, Israeli warplanes dropped bombs in different parts of the Gaza Strip – initial reports from the ground indicate that at least eight separate bombs were dropped in…
Palestinian Worker Moderately Wounded In Northern Gaza
Adham Abu Salmiyya, media spokesperson of the Emergency Unit in Gaza reported Monday that a Palestinian worker, in his thirties, was shot and wounded in his left foot while working…
Israeli military announces deployment of new ‘Windbreaker’-enabled tanks along Gaza border
A new technology known as ‘Windbreaker’ shielding will be deployed in tanks stationed along the Israel-Gaza border, announced an Israeli military spokesperson on Sunday.According to the website ‘Military Analysis’, “The…
Teenage shepherd shot and injured by Israeli troops in Gaza
On Sunday, Israeli soldiers stationed on the northern border between Gaza and Israel shot a Palestinian shepherd, 19, who was herding his sheep and allegedly came ‘too close to the…
Army Claims Responsibility For Gaza Assassination, Five Palestinians Killed
The Israeli Army officially confirmed that its forces carried out the Air Strike that led, on Saturday, to the death of five Palestinians, believed to be resistance fighters. The army…
Weapons, Narcotics Found by Gaza Police
Police completed on Wednesday a several-week raid in northern Gaza City, seizing weapons and narcotics in a shop, Ma’an News reported. Police officers declared that weapons and narcotics were seized…
Gulf Delegation Arrives in Gaza
A Gulf delegation led by Saudi prince reaches the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, to deliver relief material, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.The PIC quoted an Egyptian news agency claiming that…
Haniyeh is Confident that Hamas Will Win in the Next Elections
Marking the 23rd anniversary of the founding of Hamas, the Prime Minister of the deposed government of Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, claimed on Tuesday that in the next elections, ‘Hamas will…
Two Palestinians Injured Near Gaza Border
Two men were injured on Tuesday by Israeli firing in the northern Gaza strip, local medical sources said. Israeli troops opened fire injuring two men in their lower legs in…
Palestinian Health Ministry: 137 essential medicines out of stock in Gaza
According to a report released by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza on Monday, 137 essential medicines are completely out of stock in Gaza’s hospitals and clinics, with supplies of…
Two Palestinians Wounded By Shellfire in Gaza
Two young Palestinians were injured on Monday by Israel’s shelling in the northwest of Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, medical sources claimed.Adham Abu Salmiya, Gaza medical services spokesman, said the…
Bodies Of Two Fighters, Killed Saturday, Retrieved
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday that the bodies of two resistance fighters, who were killed during clashes with Israeli soldiers on Saturday at night, were located and…
Army: “Soldier Wounded In Gaza Was Hit By Friendly Fire”
The Israeli Army stated Sunday that the soldier who was injured on Saturday at night during clashes with Palestinian fighters in Gaza, was not hit by Palestinian fire as previously…
Two Palestinian Fighters Killed, One Israeli Soldier Injured In Gaza
Israeli sources reported that two Palestinians were killed and one Israeli soldier was injured on Saturday at night when a resistance group clashed with Israeli soldiers invading an area inside…
Two Children Killed In Gaza, Several Palestinians Wounded In israeli Attacks
Medical sources in the Gaza Strip that the number of Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning arrived at two after a wounded resident died of his woundsThe…
Three Palestinians Wounded By Army Fire In Gaza
Eyewitnesses reported that Israeli soldiers, stationed at the border with the northern Gaza Strip opened fire at farmers and residents collecting wood, and wounded two of them, one seriously.Adham Abu…
Army Airstrikes Several Areas in Gaza
On Thursday at dawn, the Israeli Air Force carried out several air strikes targeting a number of areas in the Gaza Strip; damage was reported, no injuries.The first target was…
Three Injured in Israeli Shelling on Gaza
Israeli tank shelling left three Palestinians wounded, on Wednesday, in the eastern part of Gaza City, Ma’an News claimed. Three men were injured in the Israeli ground attack, near the…
Israeli Airstrike Hits Gaza
The Israeli Air Force attacked the southern Gaza Strip in the early hours of Wednesday morning, leaving one person injured, local sources reported. Israeli warplanes launched two airstrikes in the…
Gaza Border Opened for the Weekly Imports and Exports
The Palestinian liaison official Raed Fattouh stated, on Tuesday, that Gaza’s southern crossing, Kerem Shalom, was opened for entry of humanitarian aid, fuel and commercial goods and for the limited…
Hamas Orders Death Sentence of ‘Collaborator’
A Gaza military court detained three men for collaborating with Israel, ordering execution for one and sentencing the other two to prison terms, Agence France Presse reported.’The military court handed…
PCHR Condemns Shutdown of Peaceful Assembly and Arrest of 16 Participants by the Palestinian Police
The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has condemned the shutting down of a peaceful assembly and the arrest of 16 participants by the Palestinian police. The peaceful assembly was…
Hamas Denies Al-Qaeda Presence In Gaza
Hamas Prime Minister Haniyya firmly declared that there is no al-Qaeda in Gaza but also denounced a new group of extremists is rising, the Associated Press reported on Thursday. The…
Two Palestinians Killed on Gaza Border in Israeli Troops Attack
The Israeli Army claimed that two Palestinians were killed, Thursday morning, when a number of armed fighters attempted to infiltrate into an Israeli settlement, close to the border with Gaza.A…
Haniyya: “We Will Accept Any Referendum That Includes All Palestinians”
During a meeting with international reporters working in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister of the dissolved government in Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated that his government will accept the results of…
Gazan Worker Injured After Being Shot by Israeli Troops
On Wednesday, the Israeli military shot and injured a resident from Gaza, while he was working collecting stones and rubble in the northern area of the strip. The victim has…
Humanitarian Groups Appeal for End of Gaza Siege
A coalition of 21 international human rights organizations called for end to ‘cruel and illegal’ Gaza blockade, arguing that the partial lifting agreed by Israel has made a limited impact…
5 Palestinians Injured By Army Fire In Gaza
Five Palestinian workers were wounded, on Tuesday, in an area close to the border north of Gaza after the army opened fire at them. The incident followed a rapid succession…
Fighters Fire Mortars At Invading Troops In Gaza
The al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of Islamic Jihad, claimed responsibility on Monday morning for firing mortars at Israeli troops invaded an area, east of Beit Hanoun in the northern…
Hamas Prevents Two Fatah Leaders From Entering Gaza
The Palestinian Security Forces operating under the dissolved Hamas led government in the Gaza Strip, prevented, on Sunday, two Fatah leaders, sent by President Mahmoud Abbas to hold talks with…
European Parliamentarians Arrive In Gaza
The Borders Authority in Gaza reported late on Friday at night that European Parliamentarians made it into Gaza on Friday evening through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt.…
PFLP Set Ambush on Israeli Troops in Gaza
Militants of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, the Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades, claimed, on Thursday night, to have detonated two explosive charges beneath an invading patrol of…
Hamas Fighter Killed By Own Gun In Gaza
A fighter of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, was killed, on Thursday evening, when he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his gun in Jabalia refugee…
“Road To Hope” Humanitarian Convoy Arrives In Gaza
The humanitarian “Road To Hope” convoy arrived in the Gaza Strip, on Thursday, carrying 30 vehicles filled with aid and 101 humanitarian aid workers, including eight who survived the Israeli…
Army Fires Missile At Motorcycle Rider in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli army fired a missile at a motor cycle rider in Al Zeitoun neighborhood, south of Gaza City; damage was reported, no injuries. Eyewitnesses…
The Story of a Surviving Love in Gaza
A Palestinian and an Israeli married couple has survived war, poverty and family ostracism, Donald Macintyre reported in The Independent, on Tuesday. Imad Hamdan, a Palestinian from a refugee family…
Explosive Charge Detonated In Front Of Home In Central Gaza
The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that an explosive charge was placed and detonated by unknown gunmen in front of a home in al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza.…
Air Strikes Continue To Hit Gaza
Ma’an News Agency’s Jared Malsin, has reported, via his Twitter feed that further Israeli air strikes have hit Gaza.Malsin states that he has been informed that the attacks took place…
Gaza Long-range Rocket Fired into Israel
Gaza militants fired a long-range Grad rocket into western Negev, early on Friday, the Israeli Army Radio reported. No casualties were reported. The Soviet-designed rocket exploded north of the Israeli…
Group Reportedly Linked To Al-Qaida Vows To Avenge Two Gunmen
A group known as the Ansar al-Sunna, a fundamentalist group that rivals the Hamas movement in Gaza, published a 30-second recording in Hebrew vowing to avenge the death of two…
Fighters Fire RPG Shell At Israeli Military Vehicle Near Gaza Border
Palestinian medical sources reported, Thursday, that a resident was wounded by Israeli military fire near Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after a resistance group fired…
Haniyya: ‘Palestinian Christians Share the Same Pain and Hope’
In a meeting with a Bishop of the Greek Orthodox Church, the Prime Minister of the deposed government of Gaza, Ismail Haniyya, stated on Thursday, that his government has a…
Two Mortar Shells Launched at Israel, a Day After the Israeli Airstrike
On Thursday, two mortar shells from Gaza landed in the southern district of Israel, adjacent to the Strip. No injuries were caused, Ma’an reported. According to an Israeli spokeswoman, the…
Two Brothers, Members Of the Army of Islam, Killed By Army Airstrike In Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday evening that two brothers, members of the Army of Islam, were killed were the Israeli Air Force targeted their vehicle in al-Wihda Street, in the…
Islamic Jihad Fighters Clash With Israeli Troops in Gaza
The al-Quds Brigades told Ma’an News, on Tuesday, that their forces fought off Israeli military that entered the Gaza Strip at dawn. A statement by Islamic Jihad’s military wing claimed…
Belgian Citizens Set To Sue Israel
Four Belgian citizens who were on board the Freedom Flotilla to Gaza when it was attacked by Israeli forces on May 31, 2010 are planning to sue the Israeli government.The…
Hamas Releases 30 Fatah Supporters Detained During Arafat’s Commemoration in Gaza
Hamas security forces have released 30 persons, two hours after arresting them at an event in Gaza commemorating the the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, the Ma’an News reported on…
Hamas In Gaza Refuses To Authorize Arafat’s Commemoration Ceremonies
The Fatah movement reported that its request to be allowed to hold a public ceremony commemorating the late President, Yasser Arafat, was rejected by the Hamas police in Gaza City.…
New Incursion By Israeli Troops Into Gaza
Israel has launched a ground incursion into the Gaza Strip with its forces advancing hundreds of meters into the east of the southern city of Khan Younis, Press TV reported…
Explosions Near Gaza Borders Leaves Four Injured
On Tuesday, two Palestinians were injured in an explosion near the northeast border of Gaza Strip, possibly caused by munitions left by the Israeli army. Two more Palestinians were also…
German FM Visits Gaza, Urges the End of the Blockade but Refuses to Meet Hamas
German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, urged Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip but refused to meet Hamas officials, in the first German official visit to Gaza in…
Israeli Government Documents Show Deliberate Policy To Keep Gazans At Near-starvation Levels
Documents, whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year, have been released after a legal battle led by Israeli human rights group, Gisha. The documents reveal…
Al-Masri Visits Gaza to Claim Palestinian Unity
On Friday, the independent figure and businessman Munib al-Masri will travel to Gaza to pave the way for Fatah-Hamas meeting in Damascus next week. Al-Masri, a Nablus billionaire and head…
Army Hints Gaza Assassination Was Approved By Washington
The Israeli army claimed responsibility for assassinating a Palestinian man from Gaza, while Israel’s Internal Security Agency claimed that the man was a member of the Army of Islam group.…
Gaza Poet Prevented From Travelling To Abu Dhabi
On Wednesday, Egyptian authorities prevented a Gaza poet from travelling to a poetry competition in Abu Dhabi, arguing security concerns. Suleiman al-Hazeen, from an-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza…
Army Invades Central Gaza
Israeli soldiers, supported by a number of armored vehicles and tanks, invaded on Wednesday evening an area east of al-Boreij refugee camp in central Gaza.Eyewitnesses reported that two Merkava tanks…
Hamas: Palestinian Killed in Gaza Car Explosion
The Hamas Interior Ministry declared that a car exploded outside the Palestinian Authority passport office in Gaza City, killing one Palestinian. According to Hamas officials, the blast was provoked by…
Gaza: Balfour Protest Banned
A group said that Hamas prohibited a demonstration scheduled on the anniversary of the Balfour Declaration in Gaza on Tuesday, Ma’an News reported. The protest was due to be held…
The Entry of UN’s Construction Materials in Gaza Remains Restricted
On Tuesday, while truckloads of food and commercial goods entered the Gaza Strip via the southernmost crossing, Kerem Shalom, the entry of construction materials remained delayed by the Israeli army.Ma’an…
Israeli Soldiers Shot a Citizen in Gaza Strip
On Tuesday afternoon, a Palestinian citizen was shot by Israeli soldiers in the east of al-Bureij refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, while he was collecting plastic from a…