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Early Sunday morning, the Israeli airforce launched a series of missiles into the central, northern and southern Gaza Strip, wounding seven Palestinians. The air strikes follow a Saturday night declaration…
Fathi Hammad, Hamas’ interior minister, announced Saturday that Hamas had convinced all the armed factions in Gaza to cease any firing of homemade shells across the border from Gaza into…
Member of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Mohammad Nassr, said that the movement will not sign the Egyptian Unity deal for Palestinian reconciliation, and added that Hamas wants to achieve unity based…
Three Palestinians were injured on Thursday at dawn when Israeli jetfighters attacked a number of targets at several locations in the Gaza Strip. The first raid targeted the southern Gaza…
The Israeli military invaded two different areas in the southern and central parts of the Gaza strip on Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon, a number of tanks invaded Khuza’a town, in…
A number of Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded on Tuesday midday boarder area near Gaza City. Local Palestinian sources said that four bulldozers and six tanks rolled into Khaza town…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated Monday that declaring a Palestinian State should not be conducted before ending the Israeli occupation, and that the statements of Dr. Saeb Erekat in this…
A new report has found that thirty two children have died in the last two years in smuggling tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.The report, conducted by the Palestinian…
Israeli sources reported that thousands of residents of the Gaza Strip receive daily calls from an Israeli organization offering 10 Million NIS for information on the whereabouts and the conditions…
Dr. Osama Al Mazeeny, a Hamas political leader in charge of prisoner-swap talks mediated by Germany and Egypt, stated that swap-talks are currently obstructed as Israel is refusing to release…
The Palestinian Ministry of Education in Gaza stated Friday evening that Independence Day, Sunday November 15, will be an ordinary school day, but Gaza schools would designate the first two…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Friday that a Palestinian youth was killed by Israeli army fire, and three others were wounded, when the army invaded an…
Miles of Smiles Convoy left the Gaza Strip on Friday evening after spending 48 hours in the coastal region and delivering humanitarian supplies. Convoy members handed medical equipment and supplies…
A hearing will be held in the Israeli High Court of Justice in the case of Berlanty Azzam, a student at Bethlehem University who was detained and forcibly removed to…
The Miles of Smiles European humanitarian aid convoy finally made it into the Gaza Strip on Wednesday at night after being stranded at the Egyptian side of the Rafah Border…
The administration of the Ramattan news agency in Gaza decided on Wednesday to shut its offices down until further notice due to repeated attacks and violations by the Hamas-controlled security…
As Fateh Prepares to mark Arafat’s Death, Hamas arrests members Senior officials of the Fateh movement, headed by Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, accused the Hamas-run security forces in Gaza of…
Hamdi Shaath of the Governmental Committee Against the Siege in Gaza stated Tuesday that the Miles of Smiles European Convoy, struck in Egypt since more than 25 days, will hopefully…
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issues a press release calling on the Hamas-run Ministry of Information to void its decision which banned the conference of the International Federation…
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issues a press release calling on the Hamas-run Ministry of Information to void its decision which banned the conference of the International Federation…
The Israel military informed Palestinian officials on Monday that most of the Gaza crossing points will be opened to allow some aid supplies into Gaza.The chair of the Incoming Goods…
Palestinian medical sources reported on Friday at night that four Palestinians were wounded when the Israeli army fired artillery shells at a group of residents near the Nahal Oz crossing,…
Azzam Salim used to be one of the leading construction contractors in the central Gaza Strip. Today, however, he spends most of his days idly chatting with other unemployed friends…
A Palestinian fisherman was injured when Israeli navy opened fire at his boat of the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah shore. Medical sources said that Bilal Al Najjar was…
Israeli Army Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, stated Tuesday that he believes a new war in Gaza is nearing, and that the army is readying to target Qassam launching pads,…
A Palestinian patient was reported dead on Tuesday after he was unable to leave the Gaza Strip for life saving medical care he needed. Doctors announced that Ass’ad Asfour, aged…
The United Nations General Assembly is set to discuss on Wednesday the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Gaza war. The report slams Israel’s disproportional use of force against the…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday evening that two Palestinians were killed in tunnels located between Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and…
The World Health Organization (WHO) stated that Israel had prevented, for the fourth time, the transfer of medical supplies and equipment to the besieged Gaza Strip. The supplies were supposed…
The AL Qassam brigades the armed wing of Hamas said that one of its fighters died on Thursday during a ‘special mission’ at the southern borders with Egypt. The brigades…
On 4 October, Ashraf Abu Suleiman, a 16-year-old from Gaza’s Jabaliya refugee camp, went to the northwest coast town of Sudaniya to visit an ill school friend.The teen then went…
The Egyptian authorities allowed on Wednesday a number of Palestinian patients to get back into the Gaza Strip after receiving treatment in Egypt. The Palestinian health Ministry in Gaza said…
Isam Yousef, spokesperson of the Miles of Smiles convoy, stated Thursday that convoy participants are determined not to return to their countries in Europe before entering the Gaza Strip and…
Israeli jet fighters bombarded on Thursday morning a number of locations during separate raids targeting the Gaza strip. Local sources reported an attack which targeted the tunnels area at the…
Ayman Taha, the spokesperson of Hamas movement denied reports claiming the movement approved the Egyptian document for internal Palestinian unity without any comments or modifications.His statement came Wednesday after several…
For the first time, a Palestinian radio only specialized for the detainees affairs, was officially launched in the Gaza Strip challenging Israel’s restrictions on visitations and communication between the families…
A number of Israeli tanks invaded on Wednesday midday areas in Rafah city in southern Gaza, Palestinian fighters clashed with the invading force. Residents said that tanks invaded the border…
A Palestinian man died on Wednesday after he was not allowed to leave the Gaza Strip to get the life saving medical care he needed. Doctors said that Fareed Abu…
Israeli navy vessels opened fire and shelled a number of areas along the Al Sudaniyya coastal area, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported that a…
A Palestinian child was announced dead on Tuesday as he was prevented from leaving the Gaza Strip to get life saving medical care he needed. Doctors reported that Tamer Al…
One Palestinian man was killed and six other injured on Tuesday midday while working at a tunnel near the southern Gaza Strip borders with Egypt. Witnesses said that a manual…
The Israeli security-diplomatic cabinet is planning to convene on Tuesday to decide whether Israel should look into the report of Judge Richard Goldstone on Gaza war. OSCAILTIMAGE(attachments/oct2009/gaza_un_army_frighters_1.jpg 300 0) Image…
Egyptian sources reported that Egyptian border guards located a deposit at the border with the Gaza Strip filled with supplies and goods worth more than 1,000,000 Egyptian pounds.The sources added…
Israeli navy boats opened fire on Monday midday at Palestinian fishing boats off the town of Beit Lahyia town northern Gaza Strip.The fishermen reported that the Israeli boats opened fire…
Palestinian lefts groups announced that its fighters targeted on Monday Israeli soldiers at deferent location in the Gaza Strip The Abu Ali Brigades the armed wing of the Popular Front…
Dr. Moawiya Hassanen, head of the Emergency Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Health, reported Sunday that 24 patients left the Gaza Strip for medical treatment in the United Arab…
The Hamas movement welcomed the Human Rights Council vote on the Goldstone report, and considered its approval as a victory to the Palestinian people and their sacrifices.The movement considered the…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, officially told Egypt that it needs two to three more days to study the Egyptian document for Palestinian National Unity before it responds to it. Hamas…
A Palestinian man was killed and five others were injured by two separate air raids targeting the borders are between Egypt and Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that…
Despite pressure from the Obama administration to drop the Goldstone Commission Report on Israeli and Palestinian human rights violations during Israel’s invasion of Gaza this January, the UN Human Rights…
The Government Committee to Break the Siege reported Sunday that British members of the Labor Party will be onboard the ‘Miles of Smiles’ British aid convoy which is expected in…
Sami Abu Zuhri, media spokesperson of the Hamas movement, stated that the Sunday speech of president Mahmoud Abbas is filled with contradictions, misinformation and lies. Abu Zuhri said that Abbas’s…
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, stated Sunday that the decision to delay the UN vote on the report of Judge Richard Goldstone was made to recruit more support, and that this…
Professor Richard Falk, UN Special Envoy to Human Rights in the occupied territories, stated that the Palestinian Authority’s stance regarding the report of Judge Richard Goldstone is disappointing and a…
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday that Israeli soldiers shot and kidnapped a Palestinian child west of Beit Lahia, in the northern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources added that a…
AMNESTY International called on Saturday on UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon to refer the Gaza war report of Judge Richard Goldstone to the United Nations Security Council without any further…
The Salafist Group, a group thought to be affiliated with the Al Qaida terrorist network, demanded Hamas movement and its internal security to release all of its detained members, including…
Hundreds of wounded Palestinians and their families protested on Thursday against the Palestinian Authority headed by President, Mahmoud Abbas, for the decision to delay the UN discussions of the Goldstone…
Human Rights Watch (HRW) called on the United States administration to endorse the report of the United Nations Fact-finding Mission on Gaza. The investigation committee was led by Judge Richard…
Ismail Haniyya, Prime Minister of the dissolved Hamas government in Gaza, stated Tuesday that Hamas believes the Egyptian document for Palestinian national unity is positive, especially since it is considered…
Palestinian medical sources reported Monday morning that a brother and his twin sister were wounded as the army fired artillery shell at their land while they were working in it…
Israel will keep border crossings into the Gaza Strip closed to commercial and humanitarian goods ‘until further notice,’ Israeli media outlets reported Wednesday.The Israeli Minister of Defense Ehud Barak ordered…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health at the Hamas-led government in Gaza reported on Tuesday that 78 days after the truce deal came into effect in the Gaza Strip, 46 patients…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the West Bank reported that the Hamas government in Gaza and its security forces fired 40 health workers, including physicians, pharmacists, lab specialists and…
The Israeli military advocate-general stated in a 12 August letter to the Reuters news agency that it had found Israeli soldiers had acted properly in the April killing Fadel Shana’a,…
Ayman Taha, a senior political leader of the Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, reported on Monday that the Rafah border terminal between Gaza and Egypt will be closed on…
Palestinian factions and Egyptian intelligence officials will meet in Cairo on Monday, to discuss the case of captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit and have a new round of truce talks,…
Thousands of Palestinians welcome the two boats, SS Liberty and Gaza Free which arrived at the Gaza port Saturday evening coming from Cyprus to break the siege on the Gaza…
Rabah Muhanna a senior official in the Popular Front to Liberate Palestine (PFLP) strongly criticized Hamas on Saturday over the way it rules the Gaza Strip since mid June 2007.…
The Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated on Friday that abducting Israeli soldiers is an open option for all resistance groups in order to trade…
Azzam Al Ahmad, head of the Fateh parliamentary bloc, stated on Friday that the current Palestinian-Israeli talks are on a standstill and will not achieve any positive results as the…
Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported on Friday that Hamas and the Islamic Jihad in Gaza are continuing to develop their missile capabilities and are manufacturing explosives that could be stored…
The number of patients who have died in the Gaza Strip due to the year-long Israeli siege has reached 240, as one more patient dies today.Medical sources reported the death…
Israeli military sources reported on Thursday that soldiers arrested an unarmed Palestinian man who infiltrated into Israel from the Gaza Strip. The sources stated that the man tried to infiltrate…
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak ordered commercial and humanitarian crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip closed as ofWednesday morning after a homemade Palestinian shell was fired at an Israeli…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, denied the existence of any Egyptian initiative to pave the way for a new round of internal Palestinian dialogue, and added that Egypt also presented some…
In the upcoming days, Gaza will welcome a group of international activists who are set to sail from Cyprus to Gaza. The internationals have come from various countries worldwide to…
The Hamas-run interior ministry announced on Monday that they have run out of passports, including those needed for urgent cases. A statement released by the Palestinian ministry accused the Palestinian…
The number of patients who have died in the Gaza Strip due to the year-long Israeli siege has reached 237, as one more patient dies today. Medical sources reported that…
As a group of non-violent activists and journalists from Israel, the U.S., Europe and around the world set sail from Cyprus to bring humanitarian aid to Gaza by boat, Israeli…
Dozens of Palestinian reporters in the Gaza Strip held a protest on Friday in protest to an Israeli court decision to clear the soldiers who shelled a Reuters vehicle and…
On Sunday, hundreds of Hamas supporters, many stranded Gaza patients, students and travelers, took part in a rally at the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing terminal in southern Gaza,…
The Palestinian Center For Human Rights (PCHR) issued On Thursday a press release slamming the Israeli Court and it Military Prosecutor for clearing the tank crew who fired a shell…
A number of Israeli military vehicles invaded Khan Younis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that two Israeli military bulldozers and two tanks…
The Israeli Military Prosecutor cleared the Israeli soldiers who killed Palestinian reporter Fadel Shana’a in Al Boreij refugee camp, in the Central Gaza Strip, in April 2008. Soldiers fired a…
Local sources reported that Israel will reopen four crossing points with the Gaza Strip, including the Kerem Shalom border crossing. This will be the first time that the Kerem Shalom…
In commemoration to Palestinian intellect and poet, Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian artists lit candles on Tuesday in the Unknown Soldier Square in Gaza in respect to the life, work and character…
Local sources reported that 180 Egyptian citizens, many of them women and children have been stranded in the Gaza Strip since the demolition of the Rafah border wall in January.…
The Israeli defense minister ordered the closure of all Gaza crossings on Tuesday, following a homemade shell landing in the nearby Israeli town of Sderot. The ruling party Hamas in…
Local sources report that the Israeli army has seized three Palestinians from Gaza near an Israeli checkpoint on Sunday night. The Israeli army apprehended the three Palestinians whilst they were…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warned on Sunday of the increasing number of mortalities among the patients in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, stated on Sunday afternoon that it rejects the statements of Dr. Salaam Fayyad, the Palestinian Prime Minister of the Fateh led government in the West Bank,…
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza organized on Sunday morning a rally in claim of reopening the Rafah crossing terminal in southern Gaza, closed since June2007, when Hamas-led forces took…
Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas, Ismail Haniya, stated on Sunday that his ruling party won’t give any concessions regarding a potential prisoner swap deal with Israel, in which captured Israeli…
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, stated on Saturday that its demands for a prisoner swap deal are nonnegotiable, and added that no matter what Israel tries,…
Israeli military sources reported on Saturday that resistance fighters fired a homemade shell into the Western Negev. The shell landed in an open area causing no damage or injuries. Israeli…
As death toll in Gaza have reached 223 due to the ongoing Israeli siege on the Coastal Region, local residents are calling for an immediate international intervention to open the…
Palestinian security sources in the Gaza Strip reported that the Hamas police and security forces released on Friday 60 Fateh supporters who were arrested in recent days after interrogation revealed…
The London-based Al Hayat Newspaper reported that it was informed by Egyptian sources that the Israeli security services interrogated dozens of Fateh men who fled out of the Gaza Strip…
Medical sources reported on Friday morning that the number of patients who have died in the Gaza Strip due to the Israeli siege has reached 233 as six more patients…