Israel Deports Sudanese Man to Gaza
On Tuesday, in the first incident of its kind, the Israeli Authorities deported a Sudanese citizen who had been working in Israel without a visa to the Gaza Strip. The…
Four Fighters Killed In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday at dawn, that four fighters were killed by Israeli fire near the Gaza coast.The attack was carried out approximately at 4:30am, at dawn, as the…
Arab Parliamentarians Visit Gaza
A delegation of Arab Parliamentarians visited the Gaza Strip on Sunday in a step that was described as a move to challenge the Israeli siege on the coastal region, and…
Flotilla Organizers: Israel Fakes Radio Conversation To Depict Flotilla Passengers As Anti-semites
The Israeli army published a Youtube video on Saturday that includes a radio conversation Israel says it happened between the Marmara passengers and the Israeli navy prior to the attack…
Infant Dies Due To Ongoing Siege
Palestinian medical sources reported Friday that an infant died at a hospital in Gaza after Israel refused to allow his family to transfer him to an Israeli hospital to receive…
Egyptian Convoy Heading To Gaza Monday
Egyptian Legislator, Dr. Hazim Farouq, stated Friday that an Egyptian humanitarian convoy will be heading to the Gaza Strip this coming Monday carrying construction materials. Dr. Farouq, who was among…
Hamas Invites Abbas To Gaza
The Hamas movement invited Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, of the rival Fateh party, to visit the Gaza Strip as the first step to break the Israeli siege, and end internal…
Resident Sent To Gaza, Turkish Wife Deported
The Israeli government sent a Gaza Strip resident back to the coastal region while his Turkish wife was deported back to Istanbul. The resident and his wife were among the…
ECESG: “We Have Donations To Prepare First Three Ships of Freedom Flotilla 2”
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) reported that it has enough donations to prepare the first three solidarity ships of ‘Freedom Flotilla 2,’ a second humanitarian…
Netanyahu: “Siege will Continue”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Tuesday that Israel will not end its blockade of the Gaza Strip.He said that the his government’s stance has not changes, and that the…
B’Tselem Demands Investigation into Attack on Solidarity Ships
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) is demanding that Israel conduct an “immediate, independent and effective” investigation into the Israeli raid that killed 19…
Nineteen Activists Killed In Israeli Attack On Freedom Flotilla
19 activists were killed in the attack and dozens were wounded, Israeli news agencies reported.Among the wounded was Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement,…
15 Killed And 30 Wounded After Israeli Navy Attacks Freedom Flotilla
In what activists are calling a ‘massacre on the high seas,’ Israeli commandos assaulted a ship sailing with the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla bound for Gaza. The Israeli commandos roped from…
Hamas: “Israel’s Attack on the Solidarity Ships, a Crime Against Humanity”
Hamas announced that it is holding Israel responsible for its deadly commando raid on the Freedom Flotilla, which resulted in the death of at least 16 activists. Hamas called the…
The Aftermath: Three days of mourning in Palestine, Israel seals off Gaza
Reactions in the Middle East and around the world to Israel’s violent raid on the humanitarian Freedom Flotilla.Secretary of the Arab League, Amro Mousa: Israel feels it is above the…
Communication Lost With Freedom Flotilla
The Israeli Navy has scrambled all communications with the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy carrying hundreds of peace activists and tons of humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip.Al-Jazeera reporter said that…
Israeli Navy Boat Approaches Flotilla Ship
The al-Jazeera journalist travelling aboard the Freedom Flotilla reported that an Israeli patrol boat approached his ship and demanded to see its captain. Human rights activists aboard the Flotilla say…
Israel Dubs Its Planned Attack On Gaza Ships As “Operation Sky Winds”
The Israeli army and navy, under direct supervision and orders from the Israeli government, prepared a plan dubbed “Operation Sky Wind” to attack the Freedom Flotilla” heading to Gaza and…
Army Carries Out Five Airstrikes In Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out on Saturday at dawn five airstrikes targeting Rafah and Gaza City leading to excessive damage. Local sources reported that the Israeli air force fired…
Lieberman: “Freedom Flotilla, Violent”
Israeli Foreign Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, stated Friday afternoon that the solidarity ships, filled with medical and humanitarian supplies, and heading to Gaza, is a “violent propaganda against Israel”, and vowed…
Fighters Exchange Fire With Soldiers Near Khan Younis
The Palestine Eagles Brigades reported Friday that its fighters exchanged fire with Israeli infantry troops in Sheikh Hammouda area, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Salah: “We Don’t Need Israel’s Permission To Break The Siege”
Sheikh Raed Salah, head of the Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, stated that solidarity ships heading to Gaza, all acts of solidarity with the Palestinians people and…
Six Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that six residents were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Al Zeitoun neighborhood, east of Gaza city. Local sources said that Israeli…
15 European Parliamentarians Enter Gaza
The Borders and Crossings Authority in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that fifteen European parliamentarians entered the coastal region via the Rafah terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Israeli Government: “Solidarity Ships Will Not Be Allowed To Reach Gaza”
The Israeli government’s political cabinet decided to instruct the army and the navy not to allow the Freedom Flotilla from reaching the Gaza coast under no circumstances, and said that…
Ewa Jasiewicz – Free Gaza convoy
The largest aid convoy to date is currently en route to Gaza to break the Israeli siege. The convoy includes nine ships, ten thousand tons of aid and eight hundred…
Three Farmers Wounded by Israeli Army Gunfire In Northern Gaza
Three Palestinian farmers were injured Wednesday afternoon by gunfire from Israeli soldier near the Israeli border in northern Gaza. Witnesses said that the famers were harvesting crops near the town…
Gaza Government Rejects West Bank Elections
The dissolved Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip stated that the municipal elections slated to take place in the West Bank July are illegitimate. The Gazan government says that there…
At Least 16 Wounded in Israeli Airstrikes In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Wednesday morning that at least Gaza sixteen residents, mostly women and children, were wounded in a series of Israeli airstrikes over northern…
Turkey Demands that Israel Not Intercept Freedom Flotilla
The Turkish government officially demanded that Israel not intercept or obstruct the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of ships attempting to bring humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip. Turkey is requesting…
We Will Resist Israel’s Attempts To Stop US
(Hearklin, Crete, Tuesday, May 25, 2010) As Israel continues to insist it will stop the seven-ship international Freedom Flotilla, two more ships departed from Greece to Gaza today.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE…
Israeli tanks fire on Gaza Homes; Troops detain Civilians From The West Bank
Israeli tanks stationed at the Israeli-Gazan border bombarded homes and farms in the northern Gazan town of Beit Lahyia Tuesday. Tank shells damaged homes, some impacting near farmers who were…
Solidarity Ships Sail To Gaza Thursday
The Greek-Swedish solidarity ship, carrying humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip, sailed earlier on Tuesday morning after several hours delay due to technical difficulties, while the rest of the ships…
Fighters Detonate An Explosive Charge Near The Electronic Fence In Gaza
Palestinian fighters detonated an explosive device near an Israeli military vehicle, Tuesday morning, near the Erez terminal in northern Gaza. The Jihad Jibril Brigade, the armed wing of the Popular…
Abu Zurhi: “Threats Against Freedom Flotilla, State Terrorism”
Hamas spokesman Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri stated that he is sure the Freedom Flotilla, a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian support and international and Arab activists to the Gaza Strip,…
Hamas Arrested Egyptian Spy In Gaza
The Hamas run Interior Ministry of Gaza announced, on Monday, that police arrested an Egyptian intelligence officer inside the Gaza Strip on Sunday.Fathi Hammad, of the Interior Minister in Gaza,…
Gaza Prepares For Freedom Flotilla
Residents of the Gaza Strip and several humanitarian institutions are preparing to receive the “The Freedom Flotilla,” the largest convoy of solidarity ships yet, expected to arrive by Friday. Israel…
UN Report: “Siege Still Obstructing, Hindering, Gaza Reconstruction”
The United Nations reported Sunday that the Israeli siege on Gaza and the aftermath of its December 2008 war are still hindering the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip and that…
Palestinian Youth Wounded By Army fire In Beit Lahia
Palestinian medical sources reported Sunday, that Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian youth north of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers opened…
Two Fighters Killed In Khan Younis
Palestinian sources reported, Friday, that two fighters were shot and killed during clashes with Israel soldiers east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The Israeli…
Eyad is gone!
Today I woke up with this Tweet in my mail box: Iyad Sami Zindah, 5 yr old, died today of cancer after Israeli occupation forces prevented him from leaving #Gaza…
Israeli Air Force Attacks Several Areas In Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli Air Force carried out several airstrikes on Thursday night, after midnight, targeting a number of areas in the Gaza Strip. No injuries were reported.…
Fundamentalists In Israel To Counter Freedom Flotilla
Israeli sources reported that two Israeli boats will be sailing Saturday from northern Israel in order to counter the Freedom Flotilla bringing 600 peace activists and humanitarian aid to the…
Israel Obstructs Entry Of Medicine, Medical Equipment To Gaza
Despite Israeli guarantees to the International Community, the Israeli Authorities are still obstructing the entry of medicine and medical equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip. The last time medicine was…
Hamas’ Security Forces Arrest Senior Fateh Leader
The Security Forces of the dissolved government of Hamas in the Gaza Strip arrested, on Wednesday, Dr. Osama al-Farra, member of the Revolutionary Council on Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian…
Israel: “Homemade Shell Hits Western Negev”
Israeli security sources reported, Wednesday, that a homemade shell was fired from the Gaza Strip and landed in an open area in the Western Negev.The shell caused no damage or…
Palestinian Boy Injured By An Israeli Bomb In Gaza
A Palestinian boy was injured on Tuesday night after a bomb left by the Israeli military exploded near him in Khan Younis City, southern Gaza Strip. Hassan Abu Farahana, 16,…
Israeli Tanks Invade Northern Gaza Strip Farm Lands
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farm lands, Wednesday morning, that belong to farmers from Beit Lahiya town in the northern part of the Gaza strip.While bulldozers uprooted trees and destroyed…
A force more powerful
Later this month, ships from all over the world will converge in the Mediterranean and set sail for the occupied and besieged Gaza Strip. This international coalition is called the…
Palestinian Fighters Clashe With Israeli Forces In Northern Gaza
A group of Palestinian fighters clashed on Tuesday with an invading Israeli force in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Salah Al Deen Brigades said in a press statement…
Israeli Military Leaders Prepare Scenarios For Possible Redeployment In Gaza
Several senior Israeli military leaders and leaders of the military police held a meeting recently to prepare scenarios for a possible reoccupation of the Gaza Strip and appointing a “military…
Army Invades Northern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli soldiers carried out, on Tuesday at dawn, a limited invasion into al-Saifa area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and clashes with resistance…
Gaza Government Executes Three Prisoners
The Hamas run security forces in the Gaza Strip and its Ministry of Interior executed three prisoners, on Tuesday at dawn, who were previously convicted of murder and sentenced to…
Israeli Official: “Solidarity Ships Will Not Be Allowed To Reach Gaza”
The head of the European Division at the Israeli Foreign Ministry, Noar Gilon, stated Monday, that Israel will prevent solidarity ships, planned to reach the Gaza Strip this month, from…
Elderly Man Killed By Army Fire In Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and killed on Saturday a 75-year oldو and wounded another Palestinian in a separate incident near the border with Gaza.Israeli Radio reported that the body of the…
Report; Palestinian Killed In Gaza
The Israeli army reported that soldiers observed at a Palestinian approaching the fence near the Karni Crossing, east of the Gaza Strip, and shot him dead, the Israeli Radio reported.The…
Human Rights Watch: Israel unlawfully destroyed Palestinian property during the war in January 2009
Human Rights Watch revealed that Israeli army intentionally and unlawfully destroyed Palestinian property, falsifying claims that Palestinians used them for military purposes, during the January 2009 Israeli war on the…
New Refugee Camp To Absorb Palestinians Forced Out Of The West Bank
The Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Hamas movement, has decided to establish a new temporary refugee camp at the Erez Terminal, between the Gaza Strip and…
One Killed, Four Injured, When A Power Generator Exploded In Southern Gaza Strip
One Palestinian was killed and four other members of his family were wounded on Thursday at dawn, when a power generator exploded in their house in Rafah city, southern Gaza…
Around 105 Palestinians Allowed Into Gaza Via Rafah Terminal
Around 105 Palestinian patients and stranded families and students managed to return to the Gaza Strip on Thursday, via the Rafah terminal. The Rafah terminal at the borders with Egypt,…
Egyptian Navy Hit A Palestinian Fishing Boat, Fisherman Dies
An Egyptian Navy boat hit a Palestinian fishing boat near the southern shoreline of the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, killing Mohamed Al Bardaweel, 44 years old, witnesses reported.The Hamas-run government accused…
Egyptian Navy Confiscates Palestinian Fishing Equipment
The Egyptian Navy confiscated fishing equipment owned by Palestinian fishermen after claiming that they crossed into Egyptian territorial waters. The fishermen said that they were violently attacked by the Egyptian…
Biggest Solidarity Convoy To Sail To Gaza In Three Phases
Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal El Khodary, stated that the biggest convoy of solidarity ships aimed at breaking the Israeli siege on Gaza…
Israeli Tanks And Bulldozers Invaded Southern Gaza Strip Areas
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded farm lands close to the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah boarders with Israel. As bulldozers destroyed crops and bulldozed farm lands…
Troops Open Fire At Two Palestinians Protesting At Erez Crossing
Israeli troops inured two Palestinian men while they were protesting at the Erez crossing on Tuesday. Ahmad Abu Salaf and Mahmoud Sha’baan were deported to the Gaza Strip last month…
The Israeli Military Shells Residential Areas In Gaza City
Israeli tanks shelled on Tuesday residential areas near Gaza City and farm lands close to the borders with Israel. Witnesses told local media that tanks shells caused damage in property…
Family Appeals Release Of Seriously Wounded Son
The family of detainee Ahmad Asfour voiced an appeal to human rights and legal groups to intervene and save the life of their son who was seriously wounded during the…
Police Arrests Two Palestinians Entered Egypt Via Tunnels
Two Palestinian teenagers were arrested ion Monday after they entered the Egypt via a tunnel at the borders with the Gaza Strip. Rami Abu8 Mustafa, 17, and Mahmoud Al Alawi,…
Palestinian workers hold Mayday protests in Gaza
In honor of the international workers’ day celebration, workers in the Gaza Strip held a rally of over 2,000 people at the Erez crossing with Israel, and 300 people at…
PHRF: “52 Palestinians Gassed in Tunnels Since beginning of 2010”
The Palestinian Human Rights Foundation (PHRF) reported Friday that since the beginning of this year, 52 Palestinian residents were killed in border tunnels after the Egyptian Authorities gassed the tunnels…
One Palestinian Civilian Injured As Troops Opened Fire At A Nonviolent Protest In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers opened fire at a nonviolent protested organized near Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip, on Thursday injuring one Palestinian man. The protesters gathered near the Israeli borders with Rafah…
Israeli Tanks Invade Border Areas Near Central Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded on Thursday border areas near Al Buraj refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Local sources said that the bulldozers uprooted trees and destroyed crops owned…
Abu Zuhri: “Egypt Responsible For The Death Of Four, Gassed In Tunnel”
Dr. Sami Abu Zuhri, media spokesperson of the Hamas movement, held the Egyptian Authorities responsible for the death of four Palestinians who died in a tunnel after Egypt’s Border Police…
The Israeli Military Open Fire At A Nonviolent Protest In Gaza Killing Youth
A Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli soldiers as they opened fire at a nonviolent protest on Wednesday east of Gaza City. Palestinians along with international supporters gathered near the…
Gaza: Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli naval forces attacked on Tuesday Palestinian fishing boats off the shoreline of northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya. Fishermen said that navy vessels opened fire at them while…
Israel Angered By Shalit Animation
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, slammed the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, for releasing an a short animating video about the captured soldiers Gilad Shalit, and described it as an irresponsible…
Al Qassam Releases 3D Video About Shalit
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, released a 3D video about the captured Israeli soldier, Gilad Shalit, and stated that the video carries several messages to the…
Palestinians protesting land takeover in Gaza fired upon by Israeli troops, six injured
One international peace activist was shot in the leg, and five Palestinians wounded (one seriously) when Israeli troops fired live ammunition at a group of unarmed demonstrators in the northern…
Qassam Fighter Killed in Gaza Explosion
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported Friday that one of its members was killed in an explosion in Al Zaytoun neighborhood, east of Gaza…
Israeli Tanks Invade And Destroy Farm Lands In Southern Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks and bulldozers stormed on Thursday the village of Abassan Al Mubra in southern Gaza Strip and destroyed farm lands. Witnesses told local media that tanks opened fire at…
Palestinian Factions Meet In Gaza
Palestinian factions, including the rival Fateh and Hamas movements, held on Tuesday a meeting in northern Gaza to discuss the latest Israeli decision to deport thousands of Palestinians from the…
Israeli Tanks Bombard Gaza
On Tuesday evening, Israeli tanks fired several shells into Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and into Dir Al Balah in central Gaza; damage was reported,…
Israeli navy attacks Gazan fishing boats
Israeli navy vessels attacked on Tuesday Palestinian fishermen boats off Gaza City shoreline. Local sources announced that the navy opened fire at fishing boats damaging some of them, but reported…
Palestinian Worker Dies, Two Injured At Separate Tunnel Accidents In The Gaza Strip
A Palestinian worker was killed and two others injured late Monday night during separate tunnel accidents at the southern Gaza Strip boarders with Egypt. Mohamed Abu Sha’er, aged 20, was…
Troops Open Fire At A Nonviolent Wall Protest In The Gaza Strip
Israeli troops opened fire on Monday at Palestinians gathered at the Israeli built wall near Rafah city, southern Gaza Strip. The local Committees against the Wall organized the Monday event.…
Palestinian Worker critically Injured In A Tunnel Accident At The Gaza Egypt Borders
A Palestinian worker was critically injured, on Monday, while working inside a tunnel between the southern Gaza Strip borders and Egypt. Ibrahim Al Khawas, aged 24, lost his leg due…
Fighters Exchange Fire With Israeli Forces In Northern Gaza
The Salah Ed Deen Brigades issued a press release stating that its fighters exchanged fire with under-cover forces of the Israeli army invading an area in northern Gaza on Monday…
Fighters Killed In Gaza Explosion Identified
Palestinian medical sources reported that the two fighters who were killed in an explosion in Gaza on Saturday evening, have been identified.The two were identified as Ayman Abu Khousa and…
Mezan Center: “Israel Deliberately Killed Reuters Cameraman”
On the third anniversary of his death, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights reported that the Israeli army deliberately shot and killed Palestinian cameraman, working for Reuters, Fadel Shana’a,…
Gaza; Thousands Protest Against Israeli Deportation Orders
The Hamas and Islamic Jihad Movements organized on Thursday massive processions in the Gaza Strip in solidarity with the Palestinian detainees imprisoned by Israel, and against Israel’s decision to deport…
Palestinian Killed, Another Wounded In Clashes With Israeli Troops In Gaza
A Palestinian fighter was killed in an exchange of fire with Israeli troops who invaded Al-Shuja’iya neighborhood in the central Gaza Strip, Friday noon, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr. Mu’awiya…
Hamas Government In Gaza Executes Two Collaborators
The dissolved Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip officially announced on Thursday morning that it executed two Palestinians convicted of collaborating with the Israeli Intelligence. The two were shot to…
Israeli TV: “Hamas Wants To Abduct More Soldiers”
The Israeli TV, Channel 2, reported that the Hamas movement ordered its military wing to try to abduct soldiers and move them to safe locations, preferably in the West Bank,…
Three Wounded After Army Opened Fire At Peaceful Protest Near Gaza
Local sources reported Wednesday that three Palestinians were shot and wounded after the Israeli army opened fire at a nonviolent protest east of Al Shujaeyya in Gaza city. The protest…
Fighter Killed, Three Wounded In Israeli Bombardment In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed and three were wounded during clashes that took place after the Israeli forces invaded an area east of Al Boreij refugee…
Al Quds Brigades: “Hamas Arrested Some Of Our Fighters”
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated that the security forces of Hamas in the Gaza Strip arrested some of its members while preparing to…
Gag Order On Case of Israeli Reporter, Ex-Soldier, Who Leaked Info On Gaza Assault, Lifted
The Tel Aviv District Court Judge lifted on Thursday a months-long gag order regarding the case of Israeli ex-Soldier, and reporter, Anat Kam, for providing a reporter of Israeli daily…
Young Man Found Dead Inside A Collapsed Tunnel At The Gaza-egypt Borders
A Palestinian young man was found dead on Thursday inside a tunnel at the Gaza Strip boarders with Egypt. Eighteen year old Bilal Abu Taha went missing along with five…
Israeli Tanks Invade Northern Areas Of The Gaza Strip And Destroy Farm Lands
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded on Wednesday midday farm lands close to the northern Gaza Strip boarders with Israeli and destroyed farm lands. The lands are privately…
Boy reported dead in Gaza was found alive
Important Update: Palestinian media sources reported that Mohammad Al-Faramawi, 16 who was reported dead during Land Day activities in the Gaza strip, on March 30, is still alive. Local sources…