PRC: “We will attempt to abduct more soldiers”
The Popular Resistance Committees, one of three Palestinian groups holding the Israeli corporal Gilad Shalit captive since June 25, said that it will attempt to abduct more soldiers in order…
Israeli army injures a farmer in northern Gaza strip
Israeli army troops stationed at the northern Gaza/ Israeli borders opened fire and injured a Palestinian farmer working in farm lands near Beit Lahyia on Friday morning. Medical sources…
Palestinian teen injured in Jabalia refugee camp
Ibrahiem Hassan, 16, was injured when an unidentified object exploded near him in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday. The boy sustained…
Unknown gunmen throw a hand grenade at a shop in downtown Gaza city
A group of unknown gunmen threw a hand grenade at a shop in downtown Gaza city on Wednesday morning. The shop, which is a cell phone shop, was badly…
Israeli Army fires one tank shell into the eastern side of Beit Hannoun
Israeli army tanks stationed at the Gaza/Israel borders fired one tank shell into the eastern side of Beit Hannoun in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Wednesday at…
Fatah Accuses Hamas of plot to kill Fatah leaders, Hamas denies
Abu Obaida, spokesman of Al-Qassam Brigade the armed wing of Hamas denied on Tuesday allegations of planning to assassinate Fatah leaders in the Gaza Strip. Abu Obaida, spokesman of Al-Qassam…
Israeli naval boats open fire at the Al Waha beach near Beith Lahiaya, in northern Gaza strip
The Israeli army naval boats opened fire on Tuesday at midday at the Al Waha beach near Beit Lahiaya town in the northern part of the Gaza strip. The boats…
Two Palestinian children injured by Israeli army missile attack in northern Gaza strip
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinian children were injured due to an Israeli missile attack that targeted Beit Hannoun in the northern Gaza strip on Tuesday morning. Dr.…
Unknown gunmen open fire at a residential building in Gaza city
Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen opened fire on Tuesday afternoon at the residential building in dawn town Gaza city, no injuries reported. The sources added that the Majed…
Unknown gunmen shoots and injures a Palestinian security officer in Gaza
A group of unknown masked gunmen opened fire at a Palestinian security officer working for the preventative security force on Tuesday in the Al Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza…
Fateh official: “Hamas dug tunnels, filled them with explosives, under houses of Fateh leaders”
Abdul-hakim Awad, spokesperson of Fateh movement headed by president Mahmoud Abbas, reported on Monday that security forces uncovered tunnels leading to houses and doorsteps of several senior Fateh leaders; the…
Two Palestinians killed by Israeli military fire in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that two residents were killed on Saturday evening near the border fence separating between the Gaza Strip and Israel. Israeli sources claimed that the two…
Unknown Gunmen shoot and injure a Palestinian man in the northern Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a Palestinian man and injured him in the northern part of the Gaza strip on Friday morning. Palestinian…
Unknown gunman opens fire at Fatah activists house in Beit Lahiya, northern part of the Gaza Strip.
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a house that belongs to a Fatah activist located in Beit Lahiya, in the northern part of the…
Four injured in Abu Bakier Mosque in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza strip.
An IMEMC correspondent in Gaza reported that four residents were injured after Friday prayers in Abu Bakier Mosque in Beit Hanoun, northern part of the Gaza strip, due to a…
Two fishermen wounded by Israeli gunboats fire in Gaza sea, and an Israeli drone crashes over Gaza
Two Palestinian fishermen were wounded as Israeli gunboats opened their machine gun fire at them while fishing in the domestic water near the Gaza beach in the Mediterranean Sea on…
Palestinian resistance claims to have captured Israeli drone in Gaza
An unmanned Israeli drone which crashed in the Gaza Strip due to technical problems was captured by the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, according to a…
Palestinian non-violent resistance prevents Israeli airstrike
A group of Palestinian civilians managed to thwart an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on Wednesday by gathering on the roof of the targeted home in a non-violent act of civil…
Israeli army critically injures a Palestinian youth in Gaza
Samir Al Madhon, 17, was critically wounded after Israeli soldiers opened fire at him near the borders in the eastern side of Gaza city on Tuesday afternoon.Medical sources reported that…
Five Hamas members reported injured in clashes with Fateh in Gaza
The Hamas party has reported that five of its members have been injured in clashes with the rival Fateh party on Tuesday, in several parts of the Gaza Strip.According to…
Five Hamas supporters abducted, three released, by Fateh supporters in Gaza
According to a Hamas party spokesperson in Gaza, five members of the party were abducted after their car was stopped by members of the rival Fateh party in Beit Lahia,…
Palestinian resistance claims to have fired three homemade shells into Israel
The armed wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, the Quds Brigades, on Monday took the credit for firing two Quds-3 homemade missiles at Sderot settlement in the western Negev.The Brigades…
20-year old Palestinian shot and injured by Israeli gunfire near Beit Hanoun
A 20-year-old Palestinian youth was injured on Monday when Israeli soldiers stationed just outside the Gaza Strip shot at him near the industrial area north of Beit Hanoun city, in…
Israeli High Court: “death of 13-year old child could have been prevented”
Israeli online daily, Haaretz, reported that the Israeli High Court of Justice instructed the military police and prosecution to probe whether ‘open fire’ order was given illegally at the Girit…
Peruvian journalist abducted in Gaza, freed
Jaime Razuri, a cameraman working with Agence France-Presse who was abducted by gunmen on January 1 in Gaza, was released on Sunday evening, Tayyib Abdul-Rahim, presidency spokesperson reported.Razuri was moved…
When Birds are No Longer Birds: An Allegory
“Bird Nicer was killed by unknown birds in the central countryside, while preaching that killing is prohibited in the Birds’ Shari’a (Law)”.In an imagined (but somehow very real) countryside there…
Thousands of Fateh members rally in Gaza
Marking the 42 anniversary of the formation of Fateh movement and in a move that was seen by many people as show of force, dozens of thousands of Fateh members…
Three Palestinians killed in armed clashes between two families
Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday evening that three Palestinians were killed during armed clashes between two families in Gaza city; nine residents were…
Soldiers invade the northern part of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Friday evening that Israeli soldiers, backed by several armored vehicles and jeeps invaded the northern part of the Gaza Strip and stationed east Jabalia. The Ramattan…
A Muslim Cleric Killed and Another Wounded in Shootout in Central Gaza Strip
Unknown gunmen shot dead a local Muslim cleric and wounded another in the central Gaza Strip on Friday. Cleric Adel Nassar of the Maghazi refugee camp was shot…
Palestinian man dies of wounds he sustained Thursday, ‘cautious calm’ prevails in Gaza strip
One Palestinian man died on Friday morning due to wounds sustained during Thursday's clashes in Jabalia refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip between armed groups of…
Israeli army injures four Palestinian farmers in northern Gaza strip
Israeli troops stationed at the northern border of the Gaza Strip, near the Palestinian city of Beit Lahia, shot and injured four Palestinian farmers on Thursday morning.Medical sources identified the…
Five Palestinians killed due to infighting Wednesday in Gaza strip
Five Palestinians, including one woman, were killed due to the infighting between Hamas and Fatah affiliated forces in the Gaza strip on Wednesday evening. Three officers from the Preventative Security…
Fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades killed in the northern part of the Gaza strip
Palestinian medical and security sources reported on Wednesday that one fighter of the Al Aqsa Brigades, the armed wing of Fateh was shot and killed by unknown gunmen who ambushed…
Six injured in internal clashes in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday that six Palestinians were shot and injured during clashes between members of the Executive Force and members of the Preventive…
Unknown gunmen abduct a Palestinian security officer in the southern part of Gaza Strip
Palestinian security sources reported on Wednesday that a group of masked gunmen injured and kidnapped a Palestinian security officer in Khan Younis city, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Unknown gunmen kill a Fatah Activist in northern Gaza strip
A group of unknown gunmen opened fire and killed a member of Al Aqsa brigades the armed wing of Fatah movement, in Beit Lahiyia town in the northern part of…
Israeli soldiers shoot and injure a Palestinian man in northern Gaza Strip
Israeli forces stationed at the northern borders of the Gaza strip opened fire at a Palestinian man and injured him on Wednesday midday.Mohamed Ishehada, 25, sustained an injury in his…
Bodies of a Woman and child found in Gaza
The bodies of a child and a woman were found in the Gaza strip on Wednesday morning, Palestinian Medical sources in the Gaza strip reported. Dr. Mou'awiah Hassanin, director of…
Hamas denounces the abduction of foreign reporter in Gaza
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, slammed on Tuesday that abduction of Jaime Razuri, abducted a Peruvian photographer working for the French press agency (Agence France-Presse).Azuri was abducted by unknown gunman in…
Hamas member of the Executive Force killed in Gaza explosion
The Palestinian Information Center, controlled and run by Hamas, reported on Tuesday that a member of the Executive Force that belongs to the Ministry of Interior was killed in an…
Truck driver wounded as a mortar shell hits the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip
A mortar shell was fired on Tuesday morning at the Karni border crossing at the eastern Gaza strip. A Palestinian truck driver was wounded in the attack, which no Palestinian…
Gunmen abduct a foreign reporter in Gaza
Palestinian security sources in Gaza reported on Monday that an unknown armed group abducted a Peruvian photographer working for the French press agency (Agence France-Presse). So far, no armed group…
Abbas arrives in Gaza for Eid celebrations
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas arrived on Saturday afternoon in Gaza to celebrate the Eid Al Adha Muslim feast, Abbas’ office reported. The visit is considered the first to the Gaza…
With bridges out due to Israeli bombing, flooding in Gaza has split the Strip in two
The Gaza Strip, home to 1.2 million Palestinians, has faced an unprecedented rainfall this week that has resulting in flooding in many places. With all major bridges having been obliterated…
Two Qassam Engineers killed during “work accident” in Gaza
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated on Friday that two engineers, members of the “manufacturing division” of the brigades were killed while…
Two Qassam Engineers killed during “work accident” in Gaza
Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated on Friday that two engineers, members of the “manufacturing division” of the brigades were killed while…
New Israeli settlement approved for Jews evacuated from Gaza last year
The Israeli government has approved the construction of a new Israeli settlement on Palestinian land in the West Bank to house Israeli settlers who moved out of settlements in the…
One Palestinian farmer injured by army in Northern Gaza
A Palestinian farmer was shot and injured by the Israeli army in the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya on Tuesday morning. Palestinian medical sources in the town reported…
Israel deports a detainee from Jenin to the Gaza Strip
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that the Israeli Prison authorities deported a Palestinian detainee from Jenin, in the northern part of the West Bank, to the Gaza Strip. The detainee,…
Israel threatens a large operation in the Gaza strip if Qassams continue
During a session for Israel’s “security Cabinet” on Sunday, several Israeli ministers warned that Israeli would carry a large military offensive in the Gaza Strip if Palestinian fighters continue to…
Palestinians Rally for Peace in Gaza Outside Parliament Building
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered outside the Parliament Building in Gaza to protest the ongoing violence and infighting which was initiated after President Abbas called for new Presidential and Parliamentary elections. …
Homemade Shells Injure Three Palestinians Including a Pregnant Woman in Gaza
A Palestinian home made shell landed on Thursday morning on a Palestinian house wounding three Palestinians including a pregnant woman in the northern Gaza strip. The shell landed on a…
Gaza fisherman dies of wounds inflicted earlier this month
A fisherman died on Thursday morning due to wounds he sustained earlier this month when Israeli navel gun boats opened fire at a group of fishermen near the Rafah…
Israeli Air-force targets fighters in Gaza
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported Wednesday that an Israeli war-jet fired a missile at a group of fighters in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, no injuries…
Oglu proposes a probe in latest events in Gaza
Organization of the Islamic Conference General Secretary Ekmel Eddin Ihsan Oglu suggested opening an investigation in the latest events of factional infighting in the Gaza Strip which claimed the lives…
Two killed due to infighting in Gaza – Death toll reaches five
Two Palestinian security officers were killed in the Gaza strip on Tuesday afternoon as a result of ongoing Fatah – Hamas clashes. Medical sources reported that the bodies of…
One killed 7 wounded in internal fights in Gaza
At least one person was killed and seven others were wounded on Tuesday morning in clashes between the Palestinian General intelligence service and the Executive forces in the Gaza Strip,…
Fatah Hamas fighting continues, one Palestinian teen wounded in Gaza city
One Palestinian teen was critically wounded in the neck after being hit by a live round in central Gaza city in the Gaza strip on Monday morning during a gunfight…
One Palestinian Presidential Guard Killed as Armed Clashes Break Out in Gaza
One Palestinian presidential guard was killed early Sunday morning after scores of masked militants attacked an outpost, west of Gaza City, belonging to the Palestinian President’s 17 force, as armed…
Five Palestinian Residents Wounded in Internal Clashes in Southern Gaza
At least five Palestinian residents were wounded Saturday night during clashes between supporters of the two major Palestinian political parties, Fateh and Hamas, in the southern Gaza Strip city of…
Explosion rocks Gaza city
An explosion rocked the center of Gaza city on Friday at dawn after bomb went off near a pharmacy. Eyewitnesses reported that a group of unknown gunmen placed the bomb…
One Palestinian killed in Al Mintar area east of Gaza city
Palestinian man was shot and killed on Wednesday night in Al Mintar area in the eastern part of Gaza city. No names have been issued but initial reports are talking…
Unknown gunmen kill a Palestinian judge in southern Gaza Strip
A group of unknown gunmen opened fire and killed a Palestinian judge on Wednesday morning outside of a courthouse in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported.…
Palestinian killed by Israeli military fire in Gaza
Israeli soldiers shot and killed one Palestinian near the Karni Crossing, east of Gaza. The resident is the first casualty in the Gaza Strip since the Palestinian factions declared cease…
Mother of three children killed by gunmen in Gaza
Following Monday morning tragic shooting, where unknown gunmen shot at the car of Major Baha' Balousha, killing his three children on their way to school, instead of him, the mother…
Abbas slams the Gaza attack that led to the death of four children
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, strongly denounced the Gaza attack carried by unknown gunmen who shot and killed four Palestinian children children in Gaza City after opening fire at a car…
Unknown gunmen kill four children in Gaza, and injure five others
Four Palestinian children have been killed and five others were injured when a group of unknown gunmen opened fire at a car in Al Rimal area, in Gaza city, on…
Palestinian shot, seriously wounded by Israeli military east of Gaza City
A Palestinian man was shot by Israeli forces east of Gaza City on Sunday, and was brought to the hospital with critical injuries, local sources reported. The man was shot…
Olmert says he is open to the Italian proposal for sending International Force to Gaza
Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert stated on Friday that he is willing to discuss the Italian proposal to send an international force to Gaza. Olmert said that he will discus…
Two residents injured in the Gaza Strip
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday afternoon that Israeli soldiers shot and injured to residents in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Dr. Muawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency…
Haniyya in Tehran, will return to Gaza next week
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya arrived on Thursday noon in the Iranian capital, Tehran, and was received by the Iranian vice-president. On Friday Haniyya said that his government will not…
UN Beit Hanoun investigation committee to arrive in Gaza December 14
Sources at the United Nations in New York reported on Friday that the investigation committee appointed by the United Nations to investigate the Beit Hanoun Israeli attack on November 8,…
Despite truce, Israeli forces fire at Palestinians near Gaza border injuring two
The Israeli army opened fire at Palestinian farmers in the northern part of the Gaza Strip injuring two. The attack is considered as a direct violation to the ceasefire, but…
Egyptian forces said to have uncovered a tunnel at Gaza-Egypt border
An Egyptian security source reported on Thursday that Egyptian border guards uncovered a tunnel linking to Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The tunnel allegedly was…
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…