Category: Gaza Strip

An Islamist group in Gaza claimed Wednesday its responsibility for the abduction of BBC reporter Alan Jhonston, who has been taken hostage in Gaza for the past several weeks. The…

The Israeli TV reported on Tuesday evening that the United States and the European Union objected to an Israeli plan to carry out a large-scaled military offensive in the Gaza…

Palestinian medial sources said that Israeli air strike wounded on Monday a Palestinian resident in northern Gaza. Senior Palestinian Health Ministry official, Mo’awiya Abu Hasanain, confirmed that an unidentified Palestinian…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, said Monday that the Israeli rejection of the new American plan for reviving Palestinian-Israeli peace had added momentum to the Palestinian resistance groups’ opposition to the…

Palestinian security sources reported early on Monday that a car, owned by a Fatah member in the Gaza neighborhood of Zaytoun, was blown up by unknown people. The sources said…

A mysterious object, believed to be a remnant of previous Israeli attacks, wounded a resident critically to the east of Alburaij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip, Palestinian medical sources…

Palestinian Authority’s (PA) interior minister, Hani aL-Qawasmi, vowed Sunday to resign unless he is given authorities by President Mahmoud Abbas. aL-Qawasmi’s vow came before a parliamentary session to discuss the…

Palestinian medical sources said Saturday afternoon that a number of Palestinian residents were shot and wounded by an Israeli under-cover unit in northern Gaza. Palestinian medical sources said Saturday afternoon…

Palestinian president and Fatah leader, Mahmoud Abbas and his prime minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, will meet in Gaza on Sunday, after Abbas had wrapped up a seven-country European tour…

Palestinian medical sources said that Israeli army killed early on this morning a Palestinian resident and wounded critically another in northern Gaza Strip. The sources said the casualties were not…

In a statement sent to press on Saturday, the Islamic Jihad group in Gaza claimed it fired two homemade shells on the nearby Israeli town of Sderot, hitting a house…

Unknown gunmen fired randomly near residents' homes in Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip Friday.  One of their stray rounds hit and injured a seven month…

The Israeli army stationed at the Palestinian Israeli borders near Beit Hannon town in the northern part of the Gaza strip opened fire at Palestinian farmers working their land on…

Fatah’s aL-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, threatened on Thursday to carry out resistance attacks outside the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, unless the internationally-imposed economic embargo is lifted. In a statement…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, ruled out Thursday possibility to forming another coalition government, saying that dissolution of the current government remains an option if the international economic embargo remains…

Top Palestinian negotiator, Sae’b Eriqat, slammed Wednesday the Hamas-led government for being unable to release BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who has been held hostage in Gaza over the past several…

Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army shot and killed Palestinian civilian and kidnapped his brother in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday midday. Dr. Mo’awiah Hassanin,…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, told reporters on Tuesday that his coalition government has been working silently on releasing the BBC reporter Alan Johnston. Hniya’s remarks came following a meeting…

Palestinian interior minister, Hani Alqawasmi, renewed Tuesday his warning to step down, on claims of lacking cooperation by security officials, who are loyal to the rival Fatah party. Minister aL-Qawasmi,…

In a statement, issued Tuesday by the Fatah-linked Martyr Ayman Jouda militant group read that a group of its resistance fighters survived an attack Tuesday morning by an Israeli drone…

A spokesman of the Hamas-led government, Ghazi Hammad, told Voice of Palestine radio on Monday that his government is interested in observing a ceasefire with Israel, once Israel commits to…

Various Palestinian resistance factions in Gaza showed dissatisfaction Sunday with statements by the Gaza-based Egyptian security delegation, which described the homemade shells as ‘lost gambling’. Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Ismail…

Four Palestinian resistance fighters were killed Saturday in two separate incidents, three by Israeli army gunfire, Palestinian medics in Gaza said. The Israeli army, stationed on Gaza Israel-Gaza border line,…

Israeli army troops found a suspicious device near the wall that surrounds the Gaza Strip, a military spokesperson said on Friday. Sappers unit arrived at the scene and safely detonated.…

Palestinian sources reported late on Wednesday night that a Palestinian fighter died of wounds he sustained in November 2006. Omer Abu Shari'a, 26, was critically injured when an Israeli war…

Media reports said Thursday that the Palestinian resistance groups returned to a truce with Israel following a meeting of their representatives with senior Egyptian security officials in Gaza. A meeting…

The Palestinian News Agency, WAFA, reported on Wednesday night that several Israeli military vehicles invaded Soufa area, south-east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. One…

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ordered his military to carry out limited pinpoint operations inside the Gaza Strip, in what Israel termed ‘foiling more Qassam-rocket fire at Israel and the…

Former Palestinian foreign minister and a Hamas leader, Mahmoud Al-Zahar, wondered Tuesday where Israel exists, saying his movement will lose confidence in the national unity government, should it not fulfil…

Israeli tanks stationed at the borders near Beit Hanoun city in the southern part of the Gaza strip shelled homes on Wednesday at dawn. Houses sustained damage but Palestinian sources…

A group of Palestinian journalists and some foreign media people protested Wednesday at the Eritz checkpoint (Beit Hanoun checkpoint) on Gaza-Israel border line in northern Gaza Strip, against the ongoing…

One Palestinian man died on Wednesday of wounds he sustained in Gaza city two months ago. Hassan Siam, 24, was admitted to a hospital in Gaza City when he sustained…

One Palestinian man died on Wednesday of wounds he sustained in Gaza city two months ago.

In spite of a clear declaration by the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, that the truce with Israel is effectively dead after the recent assassinations and attacks,…

Tension is rising in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank following several Israeli assassinations of resistance fighters. As Hamas fighters, along with fighters of several other groups, vowed…

Dozens of relatives of a Gazan man who was abducted and killed by the “Army of Islam” group, broke into the Legislative Council building in Gaza carrying his body, and…

The Palestinian cabinet’s spokesman, Ghazi Hammad, warned Tuesday of a possible collapse of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinian resistance groups, in light of ongoing Israeli attacks on…

After almost one month and one week in office, the Palestinian interior minister Hani al-Qawasmi submitted Monday his resignation to Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya. Haniya rejected the resignation and…

Palestinian sources reported that an explosion caused by an unknown object took place in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday midday. Wa'el Hassan,…

Israeli army tanks stationed east of Khan Younis city in the southern part of the Gaza Strip opened fire at nearby Palestinian civilian homes on Tuesday morning. The homes sustained…

The Al Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, conducted a wide-scale shelling attack on Israeli targets near the Gaza Strip on Tuesday at dawn declaring a two-year-long cease fire…

A series of internal incidents had taken place in the Gaza Strip, leaving one boy dead and seven others injured. In the northern Gaza Strip, Muhammad As-Sa’di was announced dead…

As the Palestinian government is preparing to implement the newly approved security plan, chaos in Gaza intensified, leading to further civilian casualties and the destruction of private and public property.…

In a sign of what seems to be a possible Israeli military campaign against the Gaza Strip,  Israeli war planes dropped warning leaflets on Monday at dawn in the northern…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday at night that two brothers were killed by unknown gunmen and a third resident was killed in the northern part…

Palestinian media sources reported that Israeli warplanes fired a missile at a civilian car in northern Gaza, killing at least one passer-by identified as Kamal Annan, and injuring two otrhers-…

The building where the American school of Gaza is situated is no longer beautiful. The damage can be seen in many areas of the school; in the front door, in…

Ashraf El Ajrami, a journalist and employee of the Ministry of Information was injured during clashes with Palestinian Authority security force and gunmen from the same family in Jabalia town…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, stated Friday that the recently-announced interior ministry’s security plan, intended to contain internal unrest, would not affect the Palestinian resistance. Speaking to worshippers…

Abu Ali Mustafa brigades, an offshoot of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) claimed Friday it fired a rocket-propelled grenade at an Israeli military jeep to the…

Mountains of garbage, billowing smoke, have been concentrated across the streets of Gaza the past few days. However, the uncollected garbage heaps are not cannot be attributed to a lack…

Palestinian media sources said Thursday that unknown gunmen blew up late last night a hair salon in the city of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip. Witnesses said that…

Five Palestinian journalists were injured by Palestinian police forces on Tuesday afternoon while protesting against the Palestinian government’s inability to unveil the truth behind the abduction of BBC reporter, Alan…

Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya said Monday that the prisoner swap deal is advancing and that a list of Palestinian prisoners will be delivered to the Egyptian mediators, then to…

A group of unknown gunmen blew up a house in Jabalia refugee camp located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip on Monday morning. The house belongs to Kamal…

A group of unknown gunmen detonated a bomb near a police car that was guarding the house of Dr. Mahmod Al Zahar the ex-Palestinian foreign Minster in Gaza City on…

One Palestinian civilian was injured on Monday morning when Israeli troops opened fire at him in Beit Lahia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip. Palestinian medical sources…

An unknown group bombed early on Sunday a bookshop and an internet café in Gaza, media sources said. Palestinian security sources confirmed that an explosive device was detonated at the…

Palestinian unity cabinet set Saturday the final touches for a security plan, aimed at restoring law and order to the unruly Palestinian territories. Palestinian interior minister, Hani Qawasmi, an independent,…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, of Hamas, called Saturday for halt of all statements involving the prisoner swap proposal presented by Palestinians, via Egypt, to Israel. The prime minister stressed…

Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, said Saturday the government is following up closely and seriously the case of BBC reporter Alan Johnston, who was abducted last month by unknown gunmen…

In a joint press release, the IMEMC received a copy of which, the Abu Ali Mustafa brigades of PLFP and the Shuhada Al-Aqsa brigades of Fatah, claimed responsibility for wounding…

Four Palestinian residents were reportedly injured Wednesday during family clashes in both the Gaza Strip cities of Gaza and Rafah, Palestinian medical sources said. Witnesses said that three passersby were…

One Palestinian Authority security officer died on Wednesday morning of wounds he sustained on Tuesday evening in Khan Younis city in he southern part of the Gaza strip. Tahssen Al…

Israeli gunboats heavily fired on Monday Palestinian fishing boats, while on board on northern Gaza shores. Palestinian media sources said that the Israeli naval forces opened their heavy fire on…

Palestinian media sources said that a Palestinian resident of the northern Gaza Strip was shot and moderately wounded early on Sunday during an armed clash. The man identified as Khaled…

Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported on Saturday at night, that unknown gunmen abducted a Gaza-born Arab resident of Israel after he visited relatives in the Gaza Strip. Haaretz added that…

Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas emphasized Saturday the need to stop ‘aimless’ homemade rockets fire into nearby Israeli towns in northern Gaza Strip in light of recent heightened Israeli deadly attacks…

Palestinian Authority cabinet, in a special session, discussed Saturday a security plan presented by Palestinian interior minister, Hani Qawasmi, in a bid to enforce law and order in the unruly…

Palestinian medida sources said that the Israeli army shot to death a Palestinian resistance fighter and injured another in northern Gaza Strip, just close to the Jabalya refugee camp. The…

Friday, unknown gunmen ambushed a Fateh official, and a top union leader, as he drove his vehicle, with his family, in the Gaza Strip; the official was moderately injured.The gunmen…

Israeli military sources reported on Saturday at dawn that Israeli military helicopters fired at least two missiles at what was described “suspicious movements” near the Jabalia refugee camp, in the…

Israeli TV, Channel 2, reported on Friday evening that Hamas reduced its demands on the number and names of detainees who should be freed in exchange for releasing the captured…

The UK’s general consul in Jerusalem, Richard Makepeace, met in Gaza Thursday with the Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya over the crisis of BBC reporter Alan Jhonston, who still remains…

The Israeli army shelled late last night the northern parts of the Gaza Strip, as a Palestinian girl died of wounds she sustained by Israeli gunfire three years ago. Palestinian…

An Israeli plan to severely restrict trade between Israel and the Gaza Strip is currently pending approval from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Defense Minister Amir Peretz.An Israeli plan…

An undercover Israeli army unit shot and killed Wednesday a Palestinian civilian and abducted another in Beit Hanoun, in northern Gaza. Palestinian medical sources said that Ramez Alz’aneen was killed,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian civilian was killed when an Israeli army tank fired a group of residents east of Beit Hannoun town and in the northern part…

Palestinian media sources reported Tuesday that unknown gunmen detonated an explosive device in an internet café in the northern Gaza Strip town of Jabalia. Palestinian media sources reported Tuesday that…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian child was shot and wounded by Israeli army in the Johr Eldeik village in central Gaza Strip. The sources said that Hani Almodamer,…

Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that undercover forces of the Israeli army invaded Al Atatra area, west of Beit Lahia town, in the northern part of the Gaza…

The Palestinian cabinet meeting held on Monday, urged the European Union not to discriminate between Palestinian ministers, especially those of Hamas and Fatah, on basis of policy lines. Prime Minister,…

Different parts of the Gaza Strip have suffered internal unrest over the past 24 hours, including shootouts, abductions and thefts that led to the injury of one resident as well…

The Palestinian Authority government’s spokesman, Ghazi Hamamd, described the Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s remarks against Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya as ‘farcical’. He called Olmert and his army ‘terrorists’…

Palestinian media sources reported on Friday night that a civilian was shot and killed and another was wounded after unknown gunmen in the Alshija’iya neighborhood opened fire on them. The…

The Um Al Nasser village, on the northern Gaza-Israel borders, woke up on Tueaday to tens of thousands of gallons of sewage water flooding it's small cottages. Many of the…

Israeli Army chief of staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, hinted that Israel would soon launch a massive military offensive on the Gaza Strip, under the pretext of cracking down on the Palestinian…

A Palestinian man died on Thursday morning of wounds he sustained on Wednesday when a car he was in was targeted by an Israeli army helicopter in the northern part…

The number victims of yesterday’s environmental disaster in Um El-Naser (Bedouin) village increased to five after rescue crews recovered the body of Fatima Habban Abu Safra (70) yesterday afternoon. The…

Israeli sources reported on Wednesday afternoon that the Israeli air force fired missiles at a group of fighters “preparing to fire Qassam homemade shells into Israel from the northern part…

On Wednesday evening, Fateh and Hamas movements traded accusation of exchanges of fire in two separate incidents in Gaza that caused the injury of eight Palestinians, including a leader of…

Palestinian sources reported that Israeli forces shelled a Palestinian civilian car west of Gaza City on Wednesday.