Tunnel Collapse In Southern Gaza, Two Works Missing
Two Palestinian workers went missing as a tunnel at the southern Gaza Strip borders collapsed on them on Tuesday. Palestinian media sources said that the tunnel is located at the…
Hundreds of Children Light “Freedom Candles” in Gaza
Hundreds of children marched on Monday evening towards the Unknown Soldier Square, west of Gaza City marking the Palestinian Child Day and lit candles demanding the release of their fathers…
Islamic Jihad Calls For Capturing Israeli Soldiers
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine called for kidnapping Israeli soldiers in order to trade them with Palestinians imprisoned by Israel.The movement added that capturing soldiers is the only option…
El Khodary Calls For Saving The Children In Gaza
Independent Palestinian Legislator, head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, called on the international community to save the children in Palestine, especially in the Gaza Strip as they are…
Army Fires At Palestinians Near Gaza Border
Israeli army sources reported Sunday that soldiers fired at two Palestinians, believed to be armed, who approached the Kissufim Crossing; no injuries were reported. Palestinian media sources said that the…
Free Gaza movement announces upcoming caravan to Gaza; Palestinian legislator voices support
After announcing the purchase of a new cargo ship in Ireland, which will participate in a planned caravan to break the blockade in Gaza, the Free Gaza movement received a…
For The First Time Since Three Years, Israel To Allow Construction Materials Into Gaza
Israeli paper, Maariv, reported Friday that for the first time since the siege was imposed by Israel on the Gaza Strip more than three years ago, the Israeli government decided…
Three Children Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
The Israeli Army carried, and during late night hours and on Friday at dawn, a series of air strikes targeting a several areas in the Gaza Strip. Medical sources reported…
Israeli Army, Navy, Bombards Beit Lahia
The Israeli Navy opened fire at Palestinian fishermen near the Beit Lahia coast, while Israeli tanks fired several shells at area in the north of the city, local sources reported…
Israeli Drones Drop Warning Leaflets on Gaza, Vow “Retaliation”
Palestinian sources reported Thursday that Israeli drones dropped during late night hours hundreds of warning leaflets on areas along the border between the Gaza Strip and Israel warning the residents…
Israeli Army Shells Homes, Farmlands In Southern Gaza
Israeli tanks shelled on Wednesday midday residents homes and farmlands in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Local sources reported damage to homes but no injuries. The situation remains…
Israeli Tanks Shell Residents’ Homes In Southern Part Of The Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks bombarded on Monday midday resident homes close to the southern Gaza Strip borders with Israel. Witnesses said that Israeli tanks shelled homes and farms in the eastern part…
Shoes, Clothes To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli authorities decided to allow the import of shoes and clothes into the Gaza Strip by the end of this week. Nasser Al Siraj, assistant-director of the National Economy…
Army Invades Khan Younis, Israeli Leaders Weigh Resumption Of Assassinations
Several armored military vehicles carried on Sunday morning a limited invasion into Khan Youni, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The latest attack comes admits talks of a…
Child Dies Due to The Siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that a 5-year-old child died on Saturday at a local hospital due to the ongoing illegal Israeli siege on the coastal region.The…
Palestinian Killed East Of Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported, on Friday at night, that one resident was killed and several others were wounded after the Israeli army bombarded Khuza’a town, East of Khan Younis in…
Six Palestinians Wounded As Army Bombards Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that six Palestinians were wounded on Friday evening after the army bombarded an area East…
Two Israeli Soldiers, Two Palestinians, killed in Khan Younis Clashes
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, claimed responsibility on Friday for killing two Israeli soldiers during clashes that took place east of Khan Younis, in the…
Trial opens for soldiers accused of using child as human shield in Gaza
DCI-Palestine welcomes the commencement of the trial of two Israeli soldiers accused of using a 9-year-old boy for military purposes and to shield themselves from danger during Operation Cast Lead…
Gaza : Israel’s Navy Injure A Palestinian Fisherman As Tanks Fire Leave Another Worker Injured
The Israeli military injured on Thursday a Palestinian fisherman and a worker during two separate attacks in the Gaza Strip. A Palestinian fisherman sustained wounds by Israeli naval forces on…
Gazans To Protest The Siege Thursday
The Popular Committee Against the Siege on Gaza will be organizing a protest on Thursday before noon near the monument that commentates the victims of Israel’s illegal and deadly siege…
Israeli Troops Detain 20 Palestinian Workers In Northern Gaza
Twenty Palestinian workers were detained on Wednesday by Israeli troops at the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Israeli military force invaded the evacuated settlement of Doghit, northern Gaza Strip,…
Two residents Wounded in Northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two residents were wounded when the Israeli Air Force fired missiles at an area east of Jabalia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Tanks Invade Areas At The Gaza Strip Borders
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded areas in northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday at dawn and opened fire at nearby homes. Witnesses reported that tanks opened fire at their homes as…
Four Wounded In Israeli Air Strike In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that four residents were wounded on Wednesday at dawn when the Israeli air force fired several missiles at farmlands in Al Tuffah neighborhood, east of Gaza…
Israeli Soldier Killed By Friendly Fire At The Borders With Gaza
One Israeli soldier was killed by friendly fire while a Palestinian civilian was wounded during clashes with Palestinians fighter at the southern border of the Gaza Strip. Israeli troops opened…
Israeli Air Raids Target Southern Gaza Strip
A number of Israeli air raids targeted were reported on Monday deferent location in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that Israeli jet fighters bombarded the…
12 Injured In Israeli Airstrikes In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in reported Saturday at dawn that 12 Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded a number of tunnels, and the Gaza International Airport east of…
Two Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of air strikes targeting several areas in the Gaza Strip, wounding two residents and causing excessive damage. Local sources reported that Israeli…
Resistance Clashes With Army East Of Gaza City
Local sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Thursday evening, that clashes took place between Palestinian Resistance Fighters and Israeli soldiers east of Gaza City, and near the al-Shuhada Graveyard. Sporadic…
Qassam Shell From Gaza Kills a A Kibbutz Worker, War Jets Bombards Targets In The Strip
One foreign worker was killed on Thursday in the Nativ Ha’asara kibbutz by a Qassam home-made shell fried form Gaza. Nativ Ha’asara is located near the Gaza Strip. The Israeli…
The Israeli Army Opens Fire At Anti-wall Nonviolent Protest Near Gaza City
Israeli troops opened fire on Wednesday midday at a nonviolent protest against the wall central Gaza Strip. The protest was organized by the local committee against the wall. People gathered…
Gaza: Hundreds Protest In Solidarity With Jerusalem
Hundreds of students along with politicians and teachers protested on Tuesday in Gaza city in solidarity with Jerusalem. At least 38 Palestinians civilians were injured by Israeli police fire on…
A Thousand Candles For Gaza
The Popular Committee Against The Siege on Gaza launched a series of event to mark 1000 days of Israeli siege and blockade on the coastal region. On Thursday the committee…
Army Admits Using A Child As Human Shield During Gaza War
The Israeli Radio reported Thursday evening that the Israeli Military Prosecution revealed that one of the “elite” military forces used a Palestinian child as a human shield and forced him…
E.U. Parliament Calls For Implementing The Goldstone Report
The European Parliament adopted during its Wednesday session a decision calling for implementing the recommendations of the Goldstone report on Gaza war, in preparation to present the resolution to the…
Hammad: “Fateh Is Leading Smear Campaign Against Hamas”
Fathi Hammad, Interior Minister of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, accused the rival Fateh movement, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, of carrying a smear campaign, supported by Israel and the United…
Palestinians Protest The Israeli Wall Surrounding The Gaza Strip
Palestinians organized a nonviolent protest Wednesday in central Gaza the Israeli built wall around the costal enclave. The demonstration today was organized by the popular committee against the Israeli wall.…
The Israeli Army Shells Residents’ Homes In Eastern Gaza Strip
Israeli tanks opened fire on Wednesday afternoon at residents’ homes and farm lands located close to the eastern Gaza Strip boarders. Residents reported damage to their homes and groves but…
Palestinians Protest The Israeli Buffer Zone In Northern Gaza Strip
Palestinians along with international supporters organized on Tuesday a protest at the Eriz crossing at the northern Gaza Strip borders protesting the Israeli army attempts to create a buffer zone.…
UN Chief To Be Allowed Into Gaza
The Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that it would allow United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, and the EU High representative of Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton, into the Gaza Strip.…
Egypt’s Navy Arrests Two Palestinian Fishermen
The Egyptian Navy arrested on Sunday three Palestinian fishermen after their boat capsized near the Al Arish Egyptian Port. The fishermen were in Palestinian territorial waters when their fishing boat…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported Friday morning that one of its fighters was killed “in a mission” in the Gaza Strip.The Brigades identified the…
Israeli Tanks Open Fire At Residents’ Homes And Farmlands In Northern Gaza
Israeli tanks stationed at the boarder of Israeli and the Gaza Strip shelled, on Thursday at midday, residents homes and farm lands at the Beit Hannon town in northern Gaza…
Gaza: The Video Game
When your are only referred to as a shape monitored by a few young soldiers, mostly 18 or 19 years old sitting in the comfort of their office, and determine…
One Killed, Three Injured Due To Israeli Shelling Targeting Northern Gaza Strip
One Palestinian fighter was killed and three civilians were injured, on Monday, due to separate shelling attacks targeting the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia.22 year-old Mohamed Ghboun was…
Irish Officials Enter Gaza
A group of Irish officials, headed by the Irish Foreign Minister, Michael Martin, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning via the Rafah Border Terminal.Authorities in Gaza confirmed that…
Fatah Visit To Gaza Delayed
The scheduled arrival of Fatah officials in Gaza has been delayed due to difficulties with the Hamas political party and Israeli authorities. Amin Maqboul, of the Fatah movement, reported surprise…
Army Opens Fire At Workers In Beit Lahia
Israeli soldiers opened fire on Wednesday morning at Palestinian workers north west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip; no injuries were reported.Eyewitnesses reported that that…
Fighter Killed During Training In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, reported Monday, that one of its fighters was killed in what the group described as “preparing and training” accident in the…
Palestinian Fighters Clash with Israeli Forces in Northern Gaza Strip
Palestinian fighters clashed, on Monday at midday, with an Israeli force at the Northern Gaza Strip borders with Israel.The al-Nasser Salah al-din Brigades said, in a press release sent to…
Three Wounded In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Saturday morning that three residents were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombarded an area close to the Kissufim Israeli military camp…
Israeli Tanks & Bulldozers Level Two Homes and Uproot Farm Lands in Central Gaza
Israeli tanks and a number of bulldozers leveled, on Thursday, two Palestinian homes and uprooted farm lands at central Gaza Strip.The Bin-Sa’ed family, which owns the lands and the two…
Awad: “Reconstruction Donations Never Reached Gaza”
Dr. Mohammad Awad, secretary-general of the Council of Ministers at the Palestinian Authority in Gaza, stated that the promised Arab and international aid donations, allocated for rebuilding the Gaza Strip,…
Al-Qassam Vows Retaliation For The Assassination Of al-Madbouh
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, vowed retaliation for the assassination of Mahmoud al-Madbouh, who was killed in Dubai, and said that the response…
Two Soldiers Wounded By Settlers In Yitzhar Settlement
Israeli sources reported Wednesday that a border-guard officer and an Israeli soldier were lightly wounded on Wednesday after a group of young Jewish settlers from the Yitzhar settlement, in the…
Hamas To Release 20 Fateh Prisoners
Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas-led government in Gaza, stated Wednesday that his government would release 20 Fateh political prisoners as a gesture of good will towards the…
The Israeli military injures three and detains them at northern Gaza Strip
Three Palestinians were reported injured and detained by Israeli troops on Tuesday at the northern Gaza Strip town of Biet Lahyia. A number of Israeli tanks stormed the evacuated settlement…
Arab Parliamentarians Arrive In Gaza
A group of Arab parliamentarians managed to cross into the Gaza Strip on Monday in a visit of solidarity with the Palestinian people living in the besieged, war-torn, and devastated…
British Journalist Detained In Gaza
Palestinian and British sources confirmed that a British documentary director was arrested by the Hamas controlled security forces after he arrived at a Gaza court to testify in a law…
Arab Parliamentarians In Gaza Monday
The Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) reported that 26 Arab Parliamentarians from different countries will visit, Monday, to express solidarity with the residents of the war-torn & impoverished region. The…
Child Wounded By Israeli Fire In Central Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday evening that a Palestinian child suffered moderate wounds after the Israeli army bombarded a number of homes in the Juhr…
Gaza Children Suffer Psychological Issues Due To War
Fadel Abu Hayyin, head of the Psychological Program at the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, stated that more than 100.000 Palestinian children in Gaza are suffering from different psychological…
Fighters Survive Assassination Attempt In Gaza
A group of Palestinian fighters survived on Saturday at night an Israeli assassination attempt targeting them in Al Zeitoun neighborhood, south east of Gaza City. Two residents were wounded in…
Gaza Power Plant To Cease Functioning Due to Israel’s Siege
The Energy Authority in the Gaza Strip reported Saturday that Gaza’s sole power plant will case functioning in a matter of hours due to the ongoing Israeli blockade, preventing basic…
Medical Aid Convoy Makes It Into Gaza
The Arab Physicians Union’s Committee of Relief and Emergency in Egypt stated Saturday that a convoy filled with medical aid, estimated by 2.5 Million USD, made it into the besieged…
Army Bombards Al Maghazi Refugee Camp in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army bombarded on Friday morning an area east of the Al Maghazi refugee camp, in the central district of the Gaza Strip. The sources…
Medical Aid Convoy Makes It Into Gaza
A medical aid convoy sent by the Arabs Physicians Union managed to enter the Gaza Strip on Thursday afternoon via the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt. The convoy…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported on Thursday morning, that one of its fighters was killed in Gaza City during what the group described as…
Palestinian Killed In An Israeli Airstrike In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that a Palestinian resident was killed, while another resident was wounded, after the army bombarded Juhr Al Deek area, east of Gaza city. Palestinian…
Two Children Wounded By Israeli Shells In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two sisters, aged 13 and 5, were wounded when the Israeli army bombarded Juhr Ed Deek area, east of al-Boreij refugee camp, in the central…
Arab Parliamentarians To Visit Gaza Mid February
A group of 15-25 Arab Parliamentarians are expected to visit the Gaza Strip in the middle of this month to express support to the Palestinian people living under siege in…
The Israeli Military Opens Fire at Farm Lands Near Gaza City
Israeli tanks stationed at the borders of the central part of the Gaza Strip opened fire at farm lands on Tuesday, at midday.Local sources reported that the fire targeted farm…
Non-Violent Action Continues In The Gaza Strip; Inspired By The West Bank
A delegation of farmers from Beit Hanoun, in the Gaza Strip, will be joined by international supporters from the International Solidarity Movement, Tuesday, in a demonstration inspired by the non-violent…
Israel To Partially Open Gaza Trade Crossings
The Israeli Authorities decided, Tuesday, to partially open its trade crossings with the Gaza Strip to allow the entry of some foodstuffs, and to enable the export of flowers and…
The Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishermen Near Gaza’s Southern Shore
Israeli navy forces opened fire, on Monday midday, at Palestinian fishermen off the shore of Rafah town, southern Gaza Strip.The fishermen said that Israeli boats stopped them while fishing then…
U.S Vows To Bury Goldstone Report At UN
Israeli sources reported Saturday that the United States vowed to Israeli leaders to bury the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Israel’s war in Gaza last year. The sources added…
Hamas Says It Did Not Apologize For Civilian Israeli Casualties During Israel’s War On Gaza
The Hamas-led government in Gaza stated Saturday that it did not apologize for Israeli civilian deaths during the Israeli offensive against the Gaza Strip.The statements of Hamas came in its…
Fateh and Hamas Form Field Committee
The rival Fateh and Hamas movements managed to form a committee that would be in charge of discussing field issues that are preventing reconciliation. The committee was formed after Fateh…
Explosion hits Red Cross convoy in Gaza; no injuries
A vehicle driving as part of a Red Cross envoy, was damaged by an explosion in Gaza, on Thursday.Palestinian sources reported that they believe the explosion that blew out the…
Gaza Patient Dies Of Kidney Failure
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday that a 22-year-old Palestinian patient from Gaza, who was wounded in an Israeli offensive in 2003, died of health complications and kidney failure. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/feb2010/gaza_hospital.jpg…
Sha’ath Meets Hamas Leaders In Gaza
Dr. Nabil Sha’ath, member of the Central Committee of the Fatah party, met on Wednesday evening with delegates of the rival Hamas movement, and also met with Fatah leaders and…
The Israeli Military Invades Areas Near Gaza City & Destroys Farm Lands
Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded residential areas and farm lands, east of Gaza City on Wednesday afternoon.Witnesses said that ten Israeli tanks and a number of bulldozers stormed eastern areas…
Israel Bombards Seven Areas In Gaza, Carries Limited Invasion
The Israeli Air Force bombarded, on Wednesday at dawn, seven areas in the Gaza Strip killing one resident, and wounding two others. The army also carried out a limited invasion…
Hamas Halts Indirect Prisoner-swap Talks With Israel
The Hamas movement decided to halt the indirect prisoner-swap talks with Israel in the aftermath of the assassination of Mahmoud al-Madbouh who was killed at a hotel in Dubai two…
UN Findings Contradict Israeli Response on Gaza
British daily, The Guardian, have reported that the Israeli response to the report authored by Richard Goldstone and his UN fact-finding team, contains a critical error, regarding the al-Badr flour…
Egyptian Driver Injured at the Boarders with Gaza
An Egyptian driver was injured, Tuesday afternoon, when his car was attacked by stones as it passed the border road between southern Gaza and Egypt.The Egyptian Authorities reported that the…
Hamas Leader Survives Assassination Attempt
A Hamas leader survived, on Tuesday at dawn, an assassination attempt after unknown assailants placed an explosive charge in his parked vehicle in Khan Younis refugee camp, in the southern…
B’Tselem: “The Army Cannot Investigate Itself”
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem) sent an urgent letter to the Israeli advocate general, Maj. Gen. Avichai Mandelblit demanding him to order an…
Palestinian Wounded By Army Fire in Southern Gaza
The Israeli army reported on Monday morning that Israeli soldiers shot and wounded a Palestinian man east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and moved…
Israeli Army Admits To White Phosphorus Use In Gaza, Claims Two Officers Were ‘Disciplined’
In its official response to the United Nations Report on potential war crimes committed during Israel’s invasion of the Gaza Strip last year, the Israeli military admitted that Israeli troops…
Israel Files First Response To Goldstone Report, Refuses Demand For Inquiry
Israel filed on Friday its first official response to the report of Judge Richard Goldstone, accusing its army of committing war crimes during the war on Gaza.The report failed to…
Israeli Tanks Shell Areas East of Gaza City
Israeli tanks shelled areas close to Gaza City and the borders with Israel, this Thursday afternoonResidents of Al Shojayia neighborhood reported the shelling of their homes and farm lands by…
Israeli Navy Fire Upon Gazan Fishermen
Israeli military boats have fired upon Gazan fishermen in Palestinian water this Thursday. The attack allegedly occurred in waters near the Rafah border crossing, off the southern coast of Gaza.According…
Operation Cast Lead: a Critical Study of the Goldstone Report
It has been one year since Israel launched its 22-day long attack codenamed Operation Cast Lead (OCL) on the Gaza Strip. Last week a British court issued an arrest warrant…
Yousef: “Occupation Deliberately Tries To Humiliate Figures and Legislators Visiting Gaza”
Dr. Ahmad Yousef, advisor of the Palestinian Foreign Ministry in Gaza, stated that the Israeli occupation deliberately tries to humiliate international figures and legislators who attempt to visit the Gaza…
B’Tselem Releases Short Animated Video On Gaza Siege
The Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories (B’Tselem), has launched a short, animated clip challenging the effectiveness of Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip.The cartoon challenges…
Gaza Power Station To Shut Down By This Weekend
Gaza’s only power plant may close by the end of this week due to the European Union’s decision to stop buying fuel to power the plant. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/jan2010/gazapowerplantpchr.jpg 300 0) Gaza’s…
Belgium To Ask E.U For A Unified Stance Against Israel For Preventing Officials From Entering Gaza
Belgium has decided to ask the European Union to make a decision as to whether it will sanction Israel for preventing E.U. officials from entering the besieged Gaza Strip to…
Tawil: “Israeli Compensation To UN, Scandal, Helps Israel Hide Its Crimes”
Palestinian Legislator, Husam Tawil, stated that the United Nations’ stance in accepting the 10 Million USD from Israel as a compensation for bombarding its facilities during the war is a…