Hamas’s Mash’al: a referendum on future Palestinian state is welcomed
Exiled leader of Hamas, Khale Mash’al, agreed yesterday to a Palestinian state within the 1967 border lines , including the Gaza Strip, West Bank and East Jerusalem, if such a…
Israeli military kills three Palestinians in Beit Lahia
On Monday evening, an Israeli ground-to-ground missile and concurrent ground invasion resulted in the deaths of three Palestinians in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahia. The Israeli military…
Hamas’s members of parliament demand an Arab intervention
The Hamas party’s members of parliament demanded on Monday an Arab intervention for lifting the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. The MPs, headed by Ahmad Bahar, deputy-speaker of the…
The Hamas-run health ministry tries to prevent collapse of its services
The Palestinian health ministry of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza has been reportedly fighting to keep up providing services for the 1.5 million residents of Gaza Strip as the…
Unknown gunmen detonate a bomb near a hotel in Gaza
Palestinian local sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen detonated a home-made bomb near the Al Dera Tourist hotel west of Gaza city on Monday morning. The hotel is…
Israeli military kills one Palestinian and kidnaps 27 in Beit Hanoun
The Israeli army killed one Palestinian resistance fighter, injured four others and kidnapped at least 27 civilians during an invasion targeting the northern part of the Gaza strip on Monday…
An Israeli official denies depriving Gaza of fuel supplies
Chief of the Israeli liaison committee at the Eritz checkpoint in northern Gaza Strip, denied in a statement, faxed to press today , that Israel has not recently deprived Gaza…
Hamas : Israeli army attacks on fighters signal failure
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza considered Sunday the Israeli army air strikes on Hamas fighters in recent days as an indication of Israel's failure to strike such fighters in…
3 Israeli airstrikes kill six Palestinians in Gaza and injure six, including 12-year old girl
In apparent retaliation for a Palestinian resistance attack on Karm Abu Salem crossing earlier Saturday, Israeli forces fired a missile on the Jabalia refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip…
Three Palestinians killed, 13 soldiers wounded in Karm Abu Salem attack
Three Palestinian resistance fighters were killed and at least 13 Israeli soldiers were wounded in an attack launched by Al-Qassam Brigade, the armed wing of Hamas, at the Karm Abu…
Due to lack of fuel Palestinian medics will stop working in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian ambulances in Gaza Strip will stop working completely very soon due to fuel shortage, the administration of the First Aid and Emergency department in the Gaza Strip said Saturday.Dr.…
PFLP legislator slams Hamas security forces for attacking a protest in Rafah
Member of the Political Bureau of the leftists Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), Khalida Jarrar, slammed Hamas security forces in Gaza for attacking a protest organized by…
Vice Presidents European Parliament urges for end of Gaza siege
Luisa Morgantini, Vice President of the European Parliament issued a press release demanding cease-fire and an end to the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip and slammed Israels decision to…
Al Mezan Center slams Israel’s targeting of reporters
The Al Mezan Center For Human Rights issued a report on Thursday slamming the ongoing Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people and the targeting of reporters in the occupied Palestinian…
In Gaza, fueling cars with cooking oil
Amna Abu Sido was waiting for a ride at the so-called Universities Junction in the heart of Gaza City on Tuesday afternoon when she explained how difficult her commute has…
Three Palestinian resistance fighters died in Gaza on Thursday
Palestinian sources reported that three Palestinian fighters died on Thursday, two due to previous wounds and one during clashes with the Israeli army at midday today. Osama Abu Anzah, of…
Hurray Gaza.. You might have a partial break!
Oh well… Gaza residents will apparently be able to collect the bodies of their loved ones, and maybe gather their body parts and bury them peacefully without being afraid of…
Reuters news agency condemns Israeli assassination of cameraman in Gaza
After Israeli forces dropped a missile on the vehicle of a Reuters cameraman, killing 12, the head of the Reuters News Agency issued a statement condemning the attack, and calling…
DFLP slams Israeli attacks in Gaza, the killing 18 residents and a reporter
The Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) issued a press release slamming the latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip and the Wednesday killing of eighteen residents, including…
Tamimi slams the Israeli attacks in Gaza as 18 residents were killed n Wednesday
Dr. Taiseer Tamimi, Palestinian Chief Religious Justice, slammed on Wednesday the latest Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip which led to the death of 18residents, including children, and dozens of…
Tamimi critica duramente los ataques israelÃes en Gaza cuando 18 residentes resultaron muertos el mi
El Dr. Taiseer Tamimi, el presidente religioso del tribunal supremo palestino, criticó el miércoles duramente los últimos ataques israelÃes en la Franja de Gaza que causaron la muerte a 18…
12 Palestinians killed in latest airstrike in Gaza, including 6 children and a journalist
Two children and a journalist are among those killed by the latest Israeli airstrike on al-Bureij refugee camp in the Gaza Strip – this attack brings the total number killed…
Al-Khuzendar : quantities of fuel shipped to Gaza are not enough
Deputy-head of the Gaza Strip fuel society, Mahmoud Al-Khuzendar, stated that Israel allowed small quantities of fuel into the coastal region on Wednesday afternoon. In a phone interview with IMEMC,…
Israeli government stops fuel from entering Gaza
Israeli government sources said today that Israel will not resume providing the Gaza strip with fuel needed to generate electricity and cooking gas. The decision comes shortly after three Israeli…
Gaza: Six Palestinians; three Israeli soldiers killed in separate incidents
Five Palestinian resistance fighters, a Palestinian civilian, and three Israeli soldiers were killed due during four different incidents in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Palestinian sources said that four fighters…
Ex-U.S. President Jimmy Carter to meet with Hamas officials
Two leaders of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza, Mahmoud aL-Zahar and Said Siyam, headed for Egypt on Wednesday morning to meet with ex-U.S President Jimmy Carter, upon an invitation…
Fighter killed, three Palestinians injured in Jabalia
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday at night that one Palestinian was killed and three others were wounded in an Israeli air strike that targeted an…
Mezan Center demands a probe into the killing of a Palestinian resident in Gaza
The Palestinian Police informed the family of Sami Khattab that the body of their son was located in an open area, 700 meters away from the Palestine International University, 200…
Hamas denies any plans to breach the borders with Egypt
Sami Abu Zuhri, spokesperson for the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, denied on Tuesday media reports that were published by the Al Ahram Egyptian daily newspaper which claimed that…
A Palestinian resident killed in vague circumstances
A Palestinian resident from the Gaza Strip city of Deir Elbalah, was reportedly found killed Tuesday in a vague circumstances. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that Sami Khattab, a…
Israel to allow fuel used for generating electricity, cooking gas into Gaza
Israeli government sources told media agencies on Tuesday that Israel will resume on Wednesday supplying Gaza with minimum quantities of fuel needed to generate electricity and cooking gasIsraeli Defense Minister,…
Un Commissioner: “Situation in Gaza, disastrousâ€
UNRWA Commissioner-General, Karen Abu Zeid, stated on Monday that the situation in the Gaza Strip is disastrous, and that extensive efforts are needed to end the crisis in the coastal…
An Israeli air strike kills a Palestinian fighter in northern Gaza
A Palestinian fighter was reportedly killed later on Monday night, after an Israeli drone fired a missile on the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun, media sources said. The…
Four Major Universities in Gaza closed due to ongoing fuel shortages
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that four major universities had to shut down due to shortages of fuel as the students became unable to travel from…
The Al Quds Brigades claims wounding a soldier in Gaza
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported on Monday that its fighters managed to shoot an Israeli soldier with a sniper-rifle in Khuza’a town, in…
Palestinian resistance attacks Israeli troops in central Gaza
A Palestinian resistance group announced that its fighters attacked an Israeli army patrol along the Gaza-Israel border, in central Gaza, on Monday morning. The Al Quds brigades, the armed wing…
Young Palestinian woman dies due to the Israeli siege on Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Gaza City reported that one Palestinian patient died on Monday midday, succumbing to cancer after having been denied a permit by the occupying Israeli army to…
Hamas criticizes Abbas-Olmert talks
The Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Sami Abu Zuhri, on Sunday challenged talks that are currently underway between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert. In a statement…
Minister of Agriculture: World to be Blamed for Palestinian Economy
The Gaza-based Palestinian Minister of Agriculture, Mohammad Al-Agha, stated in a press conference on Monday that he held the international community responsible for the deteriorating economic conditions in the Gaza…
Israeli cabinet: no humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Hamas rejects
The Israeli cabinet decided on Sunday that there is no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and that the ruling Hamas party exploits the shortage of fuel supplies. Israeli housing…
A mortar shell lands next to a senior army officer
A Palestinian mortar shell was reportedly landed just close to an Israeli army officer to the south of Gaza Strip, Israeli media reports said Sunday. The reports pointed out that…
Hamas’ Spokesman Rejects Israeli Cabinet Claims About Fuel in Gaza
Hamas’ spokesman, Sami Abu Zuhri, rejected in a statement, faxed to press today that Israel does not say truth regarding a fueling crisis in the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli…
Three Palestinians killed in an explosion in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources said on Sunday that three Palestinian residents from the Jabalya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip were killed in an explosion that ripped through a house.…
Report: Olmert sets forth conditions for a ceasefire deal with Palestinians
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, set forth a number of conditions before any truce with the Islamist Hamas goes into effect, the Saudi-based aL-Wattan newspaper quoted Palestinian sources as saying.…
Army reinvades town, north of the Gaza Strip
Saturday afternoon, a number of Israeli armored vehicles and military bulldozers invaded the area east of Beit Hanoun town north of the Gaza Strip. Local eyewitnesses reported that heavy vehicles …
Al khudari says’ due of lack of fuel Gaza Strip will be plunged into darkness within days’
Jamal al Khudari, head of the popular committee against the siege warned on Saturday with the continued stoppage of fuel to Gaza, then the power plants will be forced to…
Nine Palestinians killed in the Gaza Strip on Friday, 28 wounded
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that Israeli forces killed nine Palestinians and injured 28 others in several attacks carried against the Gaza Strip on Friday. Most of…
Two Palestinian fighters killed in southern Gaza as Israeli tanks roll into Buraij
Two Palestinian fighters of the ruling Hamas party have been reportedly killed by two Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza Strip on Friday, as a column of Israeli tanks rolled…
Israel claims Hamas recruited 20.000 fighters in Gaza
The Israeli “Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center” claimed on Thursday that Hamas movement managed to build up its military capabilities in the Gaza Strip and recruited nearly 20.000 fighters despite…
Israeli army sweeps into different parts of Gaza
A contingent of Israeli army incurred on Thursday into the central Gaza Strip village of Wad Alsalqa, as another Israeli force arrested five Palestinian inhabitants in the northern Gaza city…
Unknown gunmen destroy beauty Salon in central Gaza
On Thursday a group of unknown gunmen attacked a beauty Salon in central Gaza city. Witnesses said masked gunmen placed a home-made bomb inside the shop which exploded totally destroying…
The Israeli army invades Gaza and kidnaps farmers
A number of Israeli tanks invaded on Thursday farm lands east of Khan Younis town southern Gaza strip. Witnesses said that the tanks stormed the area and surrounded a group…
Cairo firmly warns Hamas against breach of Egyptian borders
Cairo sent out yesterday a firm warning to the ruling Hamas in Gaza against any breach of the Egyptian borders with the Gaza Strip. According to the London-based aL-Hayat Arabic…
Israeli deputy-defense minister to hold Hamas accountable
Israeli deputy-defense minister, Matan Valnaie, said on Thursday that Israel will be holding Hamas accountable for the yesterday’s cross-border attack by three Palestinian resistance groups. Valnaie, speaking to the Israeli…
Top Israeli army official says Nahal Oz attack aimed at abducting Israeli soldiers
The Israeli army stated on Wednesday that it estimates that the objective of Wednesday’s attack against the Nahal Oz base aimed at abducting Israeli soldiers, and that the attack had…
Eight killed in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that eight Palestinians, including three children, were killed on Wednesday in three Israeli air-strikes that targeted Gaza city. Two fighters were killed…
Gaza: three Palestinian civilians and two Israelis killed in two separate attacks
Three Palestinian civilians and two Israelis were killed on Wednesday afternoon in two deferent attacks in and near the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources reported that three Palestinian civilians including two…
Palestinian Resistance Fighter and an Israeli soldier killed in Gaza
Palestinian and Israeli sources reported on Wednesday morning that one Israeli soldier and one Palestinian Resistance fighter were killed in clashes between Israeli troops invading the southern part of the…
Fighter killed by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza
Medical sources in the northern Gaza Strip said that a Palestinian fighter was killed by an Israeli army shell, east of Jabalya refugee camp in the northern part of the…
Statement: Gaza’s agriculture on the verge of collapse
The Hamas-run Ministry of Agriculture warned on Tuesday of a likely complete halt of services that the ministry offers to the civilian population in Gaza, and that the population will…
Death toll of patients unable to exit Gaza rises to 125
The death toll of patients who are unable to get proper medication due to the Israeli closure of Gaza’s travel crossings, rose Tuesday to 125 after the passing away of…
Hamas government in Gaza downplays Abbas-Olmert meetings
Spokesman of the Hamas-led government in Gaza, Taher Al-Nunu, said that the Abbas-Olmert meetings have resulted in nothing but mere promises. ‘Only the security part of the U.S-backed road map…
Media sources: Palestinian Resistance talk over halt of home made Qassams
Sources for the Hamas movement told media outlets on Monday that Palestinian resistance groups based in the Gaza Strip have agreed to stop firing home-made Qassam shells at Israeli targets.…
One Palestinian fighter injured during armed clashes with Israeli army in northern Gaza
The Al Aqsa Brigades the armed wing of the Fatah movement announced on Monday that one of their fighters sustained moderate wounds during clashes with the Israeli army occuring in…
Gaza-based Fatah main office set on fire
A number of assailants set early on Sunday morning the Gaza-based Fatah main office, known as the Marji'yya, was set on fire, causing a considerable damage to the building, located…
Fatah Alyaser group slams Abbas-Olmert meetings
The Fatah Alyasser, a Gaza-based group, slammed Sunday underway meetings between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, as ‘security coordination with the occupation’. In a statement,…
A five-year-old child killed by Israeli gunfire in central Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources in the central Gaza Strip town of Deir Elbalah, announced that a five-year-old child was killed on Sunday by Israeli army gunfire in the central Gaza Strip…
Report: Israel-enforced siege destroys Gaza’s environment
In a special report issued by the Gaza-based aL-Damir society for human rights revealed that the Israeli closure of the coastal enclave since June2007, has impacted the Palestinian environment in…
Hamas-run health ministry says 71 percent of children suffer malnutrition
The Palestinian health ministry of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza said today that 71 percent of Gaza’s children are suffering from malnutrition and that 35 children have died because…
No Checkpoints in Heaven
I still vividly remember my father’s face – wrinkled, apprehensive, warm – as he last wished me farewell fourteen years ago. He stood outside the rusty door of my family’s…
Army invades Gaza Strip, one Palestinian killed, another injured
Palestinian medical sources in the local hospital of Kamal Adwan, reported on Saturday that a Palestinian farmer who identified as Ra'fat Mohammad Mansur, 33, was killed and another was injured…
Number of Palestinian civilians died from Israeli closure jumped to 124
Friday night Palestinian medical sources in Gaza announced that an ill Palestinian woman and her infant died afterbeing denied permission by Israeli Authorities to leave Gaza for essential treatment.…
Gaza siege claims the life of another infant, woman
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday evening that an infant and a woman died in the Gaza Strip after the Israeli Authorities barred their transfer to…
Palestinian resistance injures an Israeli official near the Gaza Strip
The assistant of the Israeli minister of interior, Avi Dechter, was injured by Palestinian resistance fighters on Friday near the separation fence north of the Gaza Strip. Israeli medical sources…
Mysterious explosion south of Gaza Strip, two Palestinians injured
Two Palestinians including a child were injured when an explosive charge blew up on Friday, east of Al Qararah south of Gaza Strip. On thursday evening, after the Israeli army…
PCAS accuses Israel of committing war crimes against Gaza patients
The Popular Committee Against Siege (PCAS) issued a statement of Thursday accusing Israel of committing war crimes against the patients of the Gaza Strip as those patients need medical treatment…
A statement: seven members of Fatah kidnapped by Hamas in northern Gaza
A statement, faxed to press by the aL-Aqsa Martyrs brigades, the armed wing of Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, read Thursday that seven members of the brigades have…
A Gaza-based commission accuses Israel of committing ‘war crimes’ against patients
The Gaza-based popular committee for breaking the Israel-enforced siege accused on Thursday Israel of perpetrating a war crime against the patients of Gaza Strip, who are in need of medical…
Gaza-based UNRWA recieves a UAE fund
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in Gaza (UNRWA), recieved Thursday a fund from the United Arab Emirates, worthy of $4 million dollars, to be allocated…
Report: Israeli Army killed 102 Palestinians in northern Gaza since the beginning of 2008
The local Popular Committee for Resisting the Israeli attacks in districts in the northern part of the Gaza Strip issued a report on Thursday stating that the Israeli army has…
Hamas slams international community ‘ignorance’ of Gaza situation
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza slammed on Thursday what it termed ‘ignorance’ by the international community of Gaza conditions, calling on all concerned parties to take their responsibilities towards…
The Israeli army injures ten Palestinians during the ongoing invasion in southern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten Palestinians were injured during an on going Israeli army invasion targeting Al Qarrara village in the southern part of the Gaza strip. Al Qudes…
Former Hamas official says dialogue with Fatah is possible
Former spokesperson of the Hamas-dominated government in Gaza, Ghazi Hammad, said on Wednsday that the rival Fatah party need to take a unified stance towards potential reconciliation with the Hamas…
Gaza’s health ministry warns of a humanitarian crisis
The Palestinian health ministry of the Hamas-rule Gaza warned on Wedensday of a humanitarian crisis across the Gaza Strip, because of continued Israeli closure on the coastal territory, since June…
Death toll of Gaza patients, denied treatment , mounts to 121
The death toll of Gaza patients, who have been unable to get medication, due to the Israel-enforced closure since last June, mounted on Wedensday to 121, after the passing away…
An Israeli army force invades northern Gaza , nabs three residents
An Israel army force invaded the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun Wednesday morning, taking several prisoners. Palestinian media sources and witnesses said that an Israel infantry force, backed…
Palestinian resistance homemade shells injure two Israelis
Israeli security sources reported that two Israelis were lightly injured on Tuesday after the Palestinian resistance factions launched two homemade shells on the nearby Israeli city of Asqalan located north…
Radical group threatens UNRWA in Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Tuesday that a Radical group threatened to attack the United Nations Relief and Work Agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) in Gaza.The group, calling itself Ahrar Al…
Two Palestinian resistance fighters killed by Israeli army fire in southern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that two Palestinian fighters were killed and another two injured during armed clashes with Israeli troops in the village of Wadi Al Salqa in the southern part…
Hamas ready to welcome President Abbas in Gaza for conciliation talks
Hamas spokesman in Gaza, Fawzi Barhoum, stated on Monday that his ruling part in Gaza is ready to welcome Palestinain President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah in Gaza for reconciliation talks.…
Palestinian resistance shells Israeli areas near the Gaza Strip
Palestinian resistance groups in the Hamas-ruled Gaza, shelled early on Monday Israeli areas near the border lines with Gaza Strip. In a statement, faxed to press, the aL-Qassam brigades, the…
Israeli army wounds two Palestinians in southern Gaza
Two Palestinians have been reportedly moderately wounded early on Monday as the Israeli soldiers, stationed to the south of Gaza Strip, opened fire at them. Medics confirmed that the two…
Cairo allows stranded Egyptians in Gaza, back to Egypt
Palestinian media sources reported Sunday that Cairo has decided to allow tens of stranded Egyptians, who have been stuck on the Gaza side of border in January, back to Egypt.…
A Palestinian dies in a tunnel collapse in southern Gaza
On Sunday a Palestinian dug tunnel, on the Gaza-Egypt border line has reportedly collapsed , causing the death of one Palestinian. An Egyptian security official, speaking anonymously, told media outlets…
aL-Aqsa martyrs brigades mourn two of their members in Gaza
The aL-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the armed of Fatah party of Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas, mourned Sunday in the Jabalya refugee camp of the Gaza Strip, two of their members killed…
Palestinian resistance fighters fire homemade shells onto nearby Israeli areas
A joint group of fighters from the armed wing of the democratic front for the liberation of Palestine and the armed wing of the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud…
A Qassam fighter killed by Israeli army in southern Gaza
A Palestinian resistance fighter of the aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Hamas in Gaza, has been reportedly killed by the Israeli army early on Friday morning. Media…
Hamas spokesman: an agreement with Egyptians to relieve Gaza residents
Spokesman of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza, Ayman Taha, was quoted by media sources today as saying that his party’s talks with Egyptian officials were fruitful. Taha was speaking…
The Israeli army invades Gaza, Palestinian Resistance shells nearby Israeli areas
Israeli army tanks and bulldozers invaded the village of Al Qarrara in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday night. Tanks and bulldozers destroyed two homes owned by…
AMNESTY: “Army denies cancer patient vital treatmentâ€
AMNESTY International issued a press release on Wednesday stating that the Israeli army barred resident Karima Abu Dalal, 34, from leaving the Gaza Strip in order to receive medical treatment…