Israeli military fires at farmers in northern Gaza, injuring one
Ahmad Banat, 23, was shot and injured by Israeli army gunfire while working on his land in Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza strip, on Thursday morning.…
Two residents injured by army fire in northern Gaza strip
Two Palestinian residents were shot and injured, on Wednesday, when Israeli army troops positioned in the northern Gaza borders opened fire and a group of residents. Palestinian medical sources reported…
Fighters survive an apparent assassination attack north of Gaza
Palestinian sources in Gaza reported that fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad survived an apparent assassination attack near the souther entrance of Beit…
Netanyahu slams truce, claims Gaza is turning into Lebanon
Israeli opposition leader, Benjamin Netanyahu, slammed on Monday the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians and said that Palestinian factions did not halt the firing of homemade shells, warning that…
Israeli military resumes shelling in northern Gaza; rejects call for ceasefire in West Bank
The Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, announced Sunday that Israeli forces will resume their shelling of northern Gaza, and will continue the daily invasions and attacks of the West Bank. …
Banks strike over attack against Arab Bank branch in Gaza
After months of public sector strikes due to nonpayment of salaries in light of the US-led blockade, now banks are striking. Following an Attack against the Arab Bank, it planed…
Gaza child dies of wounds sustained during Israeli attacks last month
Ayman Abu Mahdi, 10, from Jabalia town, in the norther part of the Gaza strip died on Saturday morning of wounds sustained during Israeli army attacks last month. The child…
Desmond Tutu appointed by UN as head of Beit Hanoun inquiry
United Nations officials reported Wednesday that Nobel Laureate, Bishop Desmond Tutu, has been named to head a UN fact-finding mission to Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the…
Army shells areas northern Gaza strip
Israeli army tanks stationed at the northern side of the Gaza Strip fired several shells hitting open areas in Beit Lahia town in northern Gaza strip, on Wednesday morning. No…
Haniyya leaves Gaza on his first tour as a Prime Minister
In his first trip outside of the Gaza Strip since he took office, Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniyya, left Gaza through the Rafah Border Crossing in a tour that aims…
Scores of Palestinian public sector employees take the streets in Gaza city
Scores of public sector employees in Gaza city took the streets on Tuesday morning in protesting of the delayed over due salaries. The protest took place near the headquarters of…
Army withdraws from northern Gaza as a fragile ceasefire takes effect
After three days of continuous military offensive in the norther part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli troops withdrew leaving scenes of destruction, twenty-three Palestinian dead and hundreds of injuries. The…
Two killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinians were killed, on Saturday at night and several others injured in an Israeli air strike that targeted a…
One killed two injured near Al Mintar ( Karen A) border crossing east of Gaza
Israeli soldiers killed two Palestinians and injured another two on Saturday at dawn, Palestinian medical sources reproted. Dr. Muawieh Hasaneen, head of the emergency and ambulances department at the Palestinian…
Illegal settlers in Gaza were also paid millions to evacuate
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli government's Disengagement Administration (Sela) has paid millions of shekels in compensation to dozens of settlers families who were evacuated from illegal settlement…
P.A Ministry of Health: “15 killed, 47 injured in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday”
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Thursday afternoon that fifteen residents were killed and forty-seven were injured in the period between Wednesday until Friday afternoon, after Israeli decided to…
Seven Palestinians killed on Thursday in the Gaza Strip, over twenty residents injured
A total of six Palestinians were killed by Israeli military fire and shelling in several areas in the Gaza Strip on Thursday. One woman was also killed when she detonated…
Two fighters assassinated in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that two fighters of the Salah Ed Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were killed,and three residents were injured, on Thursday evening after the…
Female suicide bomber injures three soldiers in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday at night that one woman from Jabalia town carried a suicide bombing among Israeli troops operating in the town, the woman…
Two killed in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, several residents injured
Palestinian medical sources on Gaza reported on Thursday afternoon that one resident was killed after Israeli plane fired one missile at a group of residents east of Jabalia town north…
Army shells residents’ houses, east of Jabalyia in the northern Gaza Strip
Israeli helicopters fired their heavy machine guns towards residents' houses in Jabalyia town in the northern Gaza Strip on Thursday at noon. Residents reported a lot of damage to their…
Child, woman killed in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. One…
Israeli security cabinet decides to continue offensive in Gaza
The Israeli security cabinet held a session on Wednesday morning and decided to continue the military offensive in the Gaza Strip without any changes to the current operations, but by…
In Gaza; several injuries reported as army offensive is ongoing
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip, reported that several residents were injured on Wednesday morning, among them school children. The Israeli army continued its invasion to the city that…
Soldier moderately injured in the Gaza Strip
As the Israeli military continued its offensive in Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, Israeli military sources that one soldier was moderately hurt during exchanges…
One Palestinian Man killed in Israeli shelling at the Gaza Strip
At least one Palestinian man was killed as a result of the Israeli ongoing shelling at the Gaza Strip on Wednesday morning, Palestinian sources reproted. The man was identified as…
Abducted Italian citizens in Gaza safely freed
Ten hours after they were abducted by an unknown group in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, the two Italian citizens, working with the International Committee…
Troops invade Beit Hanoun
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday night after midnight Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, and fired rounds of live ammunition. Eyewitnesses reported that soldiers, backed by…
Unknown gunmen abduct two Italians in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported that two Italian Red Cross workers were abducted by unknown gunmen in Dir Al Balah town, in the central Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon. Iyad Nasser, a…
15 residents injured in an Israeli air strike in the northern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported that 15 residents were injured in the northern part of the Gaza Strip after the Israeli air force fired two missiles at residents in Jabal Al Kashef…
Army helicopters open fire at residents north of the Gaza Strip
Israeli military helicopters opened fire on people and their homes in the town of Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday at noon. Residents reported that the helicopters…
Report: 101 Palestinians killed during November by Israeli attacks in Gaza
The Palestinian Ministry of Health issued a report on Tuesday stating that the number of Gaza Strip residents killed by the Israeli army's continuous attacks since the beginning of November…
Army shells areas east of Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, injuries reported
Israeli army tanks fired one tank shell at a group of residents in Tal Al Kashef area, east of Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning.…
Two killed in southern Gaza City, death toll in Gaza overnight stands at four
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded Al Zaytoun neighborhood south of Gaza City. Troops opened fire randomly at residents and killed two, including one 70 year old woman, on Tuesday…
Two fighters killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza, 4 resident, including 2 infants injured
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that two fighters of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed in an Israeli air…
UN Human Rights Chief arrives in Gaza’ Beit Hanoun
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Louise Arbour, started a five-day visit to the Palestinian territories and Israel, and visited Beit Hanoun town, in the northern part of the Gaza…
Troops invade Beit Hanoun
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that Israeli troops, supported by tanks and armored vehicles, invaded Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The invasion was carried out…
Israeli Army re-invades the southern part of Beit Hanoun in the Gaza strip
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers have started an invasion of the southern part of Beit Hanoun town north of the Gaza strip on Monday morning, after having partially retreated from…
Elderly man killed, 9 residents, including children, were injured in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza reported on Sunday evening that the resident who was injured on Sunday evening in an Israeli air-strike in Gaza City is a 75-year old man.…
Gaza Doctors: Israel used a strange weapon against Palestinian victims
Palestinian doctors in the Gaza Strip said that they have been dealing with a strange kind of weapon used against Palestinians. Doctor Abdulrahman Abu Safia of Al-Shifaa hospital in Gaza…
Residents form Human Shields to stop Israeli shelling of a house in Gaza
A Palestinian family, supported by hundred of residents, of the Jabalia refugee camp managed to stop an Israeli air strike to their house after refusing the leave the house and…
UN condemns Israeli massacre in Beit Hanoun, approves probe
The UN General Assembly overwhelmingly passed a resolution on Friday night condemning the Israeli air strike against the civilian population of Beit Hanoun which killed 20 Palestinians and wounded dozens…
Army shells one house, a charitable society in Gaza City
Palestinian security sources reported on Friday at night that the Israeli air force carried two separate attacks that targeted on house and a charitable society in Gaza City. Eyewitnesses reported…
Soldiers shell a P.A Executive Security force compound in Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday at night that the Israeli air force shelled a headquarters of the Palestinian Executive Force in Al Shaty' refugee camp, near…
Alice in Erez; the Gaza Crossing
A clear and warm November evening; sun sets in a violence of color to the west over the sea and a full luminescent moon on the rise over Beit Hanoun…
Families of Beit Hanoun plan suit against Israel
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that three Palestinian families who lost nineteen relatives in an Israeli military shelling to their houses last week are planning to sue Israel for its…
Army shells houses, workshops in the Gaza Strip, four children injured
Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday night after midnight that the Israeli air force shelled several houses, and a workshop, in the Gaza Strip;…
As thousands of Sderot residents flee, Peretz demand further attacks in Gaza
As thousands of residents of the Israeli Negev town of Sderot rushed to fill 17 buses that came to evacuate them from the town, Israeli Defense Minister, Amir Peretz, demanded…
Five civilians injured by overnight strikes in Gaza
Israeli Air Force carried several air strikes late Wednesday night until Thursday morning, targeting a number of houses that belong to families of resistance fighters; five civilians were injured; some…
Israeli restrictions on Gaza bars Palestinian Football team from participating in the Asia Cup
Ahmad Al Afeefy, head of the Palestinian Football Association said on Wednesday that the team was unable to participate in the Asian World Cup due to the Israeli closure of…
Shin Bet Chief claims that fighters managed to smuggle 30 tons of explosives since Gaza pullout
Israeli online daily Haaretz reported that the Shin Bet security service chief, Yuval Diskin, stated on Tuesday that the government must prepare for a "military option" in Gaza, and claimed…
EU extend its mission on Gaza-Egypt border for six months
The European Union has agreed to extend its mission on the Gaza-Egypt border crossing for additional six months, EU officials stated on Tuesday. The decision came after EU Foreign…
Palestinian forces arrest two Israeli secret agents in Gaza
Sources from the Palestinian preventative security forces working in Gaza Strip announced on Tuesday that the forces managed to arrest two Gaza residents working as agents for the Israeli secret…
A resident of Beit Hanoun dies of wounds sustained last week
Palestinian medical sources reported that Mohamed Mekhiz, 21, died on Tuesday morning of wounds he sustained during the Israeli army attack on Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza strip last…
Troops shell two area in the southern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported, on Monday at night, that soldiers shelled several homes in Al Mawassi area, and Al Qarara town, near Khan Younis, in the southern…
Palestinian hospital starts blood donation campaign to aid injured in Beit Hanoun
Dar Al Salam hospital (the House of Peace Hospital), along with the science and technology university departments in the city of Khan Younis, in the southern part of…
In Nazareth; thousands protest against Israeli attacks in Beit Hanoun
Thousands of Arab residents of Israel held on Friday in a regional protest against the Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the recent killing of twenty-one civilians, including several…
Nonviolent marches throughout Palestine condemn Israeli massacre of civilians in Beit Hanoun
In response to the Israeli military assault on the town of Beit Hanoun that left over 75 Palestinians dead in one week, including 18 civilians killed in an artillery strike…
Arab countries demand international condemnation of Beit Hanoun attack
Several Arab countries condemned the Beit Hanoun Israeli military attack that against civilian houses that left twenty residents killed, including eight children. The Palestinians demanded sanctions against Israel while Washington…
Resident of Beit Hanoun dies of wounds sustained on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one resident died of wounds sustained in the town last Wednesday after the Israeli…
PLC member Ashrawi calls for impartial probe committee into Gaza attacks
Palestinian lawmaker, Dr. Hanan Ashrawi, called on Thursday on the International Community to send an impartial international probe committee to investigate the Israeli attacks and “crimes” carried by the army…
UNICEF: Renewed violence in Gaza raises serious concerns for children’s safety
Renewed violence in Gaza is again raising serious concerns about the welfare of civilians, including children. Over the past week, the armed conflict has claimed the lives of an estimated…
Army opens fire at Al Faraheen village south of Gaza strip
The Israeli army opened fire at the residents' houses in the village of Al Faraheem near Khan Younis city south of the Gaza strip on Thursday morning. Local sources reported…
Three-Day Mourning Period For Gaza Victims Begins Thursday
Seven days later and over 80 Palestinians dead, Palestinians living inside Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip participate in the first of a three-day mourning period to remember those…
Israeli Military Launches Investigation of Deaths in Gaza
The Israeli military has launched an investigation of itself for its “accidental” slaughter of 20 Palestinian civilians in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday and suggested the…
Two fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades killed by Israeli air strike east of Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that two Palestinians, members of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas movement, were killed in…
Mashal calls on resistance factions to avenge the Beit Hanoun killings
Hamas political bureau cheif, Khaled Mashal, called on the Palestinian resistance factions to retaliate to the Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people “and the massacres conducted against them”. “Resistance is…
P.A Government: “Beit Hanoun attack disgraced the international community”
Palestinian government spokesperson, Ghazi Hamad, said Wednesday that Israel is not a state, but rather a gang of criminals. The international community that Hamad says Israel disgraced in this morning's…
Casualties of the Beit Hanoun Israeli shelling are civilians including eight children
Twenty Palestinians were killed and at least forty were injured after the Israeli army shelled a civilian area in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Eight…
Ten Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that three Palestinians were killed on Tuesday evening, and one on resident died of earlier wounds. Earlier on Wednesday six Palestinians were…
Israeli Forces Complete Gaza Pullout
Israeli armed forces retreated from Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip late Monday night, after a six day military operation aimed at Palestinian rocket launchers that has killed 53…
Two Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip, seven killed on Monday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday evening that two residents were killed in two separate incidents in that took place in Gaza city and in the…
Beit Hanoun: A People’s Will vs. an Army’s Arsenal
"The Israeli army soldiers are now blockading the mosque; while a number of resistance fighters are inside, where they have taken sanctuary for fear of being attacked. Dozens of women…
Suicide bomber blows herself up near soldiers in Beit Hanoun
One Israeli soldier was injured on Monday afternoon when a woman suicide bomber blew herself up near soldiers invading Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Two fighters killed in Gaza and Beit Lahia
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday afternoon that two Palestinians were killed in two separate Israeli military attacks in Gaza city and Beit Lahia. At least…
Two children killed in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two schoolchildren were killed after the Israeli air force fired a missile at a vehicle driving beside a school bus; nine…
Israeli Army: “65 Palestinians taken prisoner, 45 fighters killed in the Gaza Strip”
The Israeli army announced on Sunday evening that troops operating in the Gaza Strip since Wednesday killed 45 Palestinian fighters and took 65 fighters prisoner. A spokesperson of the Israeli…
Two Palestinians killed in Beit Hanoun
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday morning that two Palestinians were shot and killed by an Israeli military fire Hanoun, in the northern part of the…
Resident killed in Beit Hanoun, death toll rises to 49 since Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources stated on Saturday at night that one resident was killed and at least two were injured after the Israeli army fired shells at Beit Hanoun, in the…
Twelve residents killed in less than one hour in the Gaza Strip
Number of Palestinian residents killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday arrived to twenty-one residents after the Israeli forces killed on Friday at night twelve residents in several areas of…
Nine Palestinians, including a child and two women, killed in Beit Hanoun on Friday
Palestinian medical sources reported that nine Palestinians, including two women and one child, died in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, on Friday, as the army…
Israeli sharpshooter seriously injures a reporter in Beit Hanoun
The Ramattan News Agency reported that one of it crew, a cameraman, was seriously injured after an Israeli sharpshooter shot him in the chest as he was documenting a protest…
25 residents killed in Beit Hanoun since Wednesday
Number of Palestinians residents killed in the ongoing military offensive in the Gaza Strip, especially in Beit Hanoun, arrived to twenty-five; at least 95 residents were injured, 17 seriously. The…
Gaza: From ‘Summer Rain’ in the south to ‘Autumn Clouds’ in the north
From Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip – 1st Nov 2006 On Wednesday morning, the Israeli army declared Beit Hanoun a closed military zone. All residents were ordered to stay indoors.…
Army shells several houses in Gaza
Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli soldiers shelled on Wednesday night after midnight several houses in Al Shujaeyya area, east of Gaza city; damage was reported,…
Israeli soldier killed in Beit Hanoun
Israeli sources reported on Wednesday afternoon that one soldier was shot and killed during the military offensive carried by the army in Beit Hanoun, in the northern part of the…
Army kills six residents and injures 50 in air and ground attacks in the north of Gaza strip
An undercover Israeli army force invaded Beit Hannoun town north of the Gaza Strip, shot and killed six residents and injured another 50 residents by ground by air attacks on…
Israeli army announces plan to expand its attacks in the Gaza Strip
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, will convene with the Israeli political-security cabinet on Wednesday to decide the possibility of expanding the military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Yet, the operations…
Army critically wounded in Khuza’a village in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday that Mihiar Al Najar, 19, was critically wounded after being shot by the Israeli troops invading the village of Khuza'a, east of Khan Younis,…
Spanish aid worker abducted in Gaza, freed
Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday night that the Spanish aid worker who was abducted earlier in Gaza by unknown gunmen was released. Palestinian security sources…
Na’im: “Health sector in Gaza on the verge of collapse”
Palestinian Minster of Health, Dr. Bassim Na'im, warned on Monday that the health sector in Gaza is on the verge of collapse as a result of the Israeli and international…
Troops abduct three fishermen in Gaza
Monday evening, Israeli troops took prisoner three fishermen while they were fishing in an area that extends between Dir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, and Khan Younis in…
Army helicopters open fire at residents’ houses north of the Gaza Strip
The Israeli army helicopters opened fire at the residents' houses and farmlands in Biet Lahia town and Sheikh Zayid village, in the norther part of the Gaza strip on Monday…
Palestinian resident killed by Israeli military fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Sunday that one resident was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers stationed at the Gaza International Airport, in the southern part of the…
Egypt plans to deploy 5000 troops on Gaza border
An Egyptian security source reported late on Saturday night that Egypt is planning to deploy additional 5,000 soldiers along the border with the Gaza Strip. The forces will be be…
A woman dies in Gaza of wounds from army fire
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza strip announced on Saturday the death of Ni'mah Adwan, 50, from wounds she sustained last Monday. She sustained fatal wounds on Monday and was…
Army attacks residents houses and destroys one house in the Gaza strip
The Israeli army has destroyed one houses north of the Gaza strip and attacked residents' houses east of the strip on Friday at dawn. An Israeli F16 jet fighter fired…
Resident killed in the Gaza Strip, three on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Wednesday,…
Palestinian killed in the Gaza Strip, three on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that one resident was killed by Israeli military fire in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Earlier on Wednesday,…
One resident injured in Dier Al Balah town, central Gaza strip
The Israeli army shot and injured one resident near the border of the Gaza Strip, adjacent to Dier Al Balah town, on Thursday afternoon. Asharaf Fatoh, 37, was injured in…