An Israeli army force invades into southeastern Gaza
An Israeli army force invaded early on Thursday morning the southeastern Gaza town of Abbassan Alsagheira, under a barrage of heavy gun fire. Witnesses said that a number of Israeli…
Israel closes a border fuel terminal in Gaza
The Israeli army ordered on Wednesday the closure of the Nahal Auz fuel terminal in eastern Gaza city, after a homemade shell landed on a Palestinian-run fuel store, just close…
Olmert pledges a major peace breakthrough this year
Israeli prime minister, Ehud Olmert, pledged on Weddnsday to achieve a major breakthrough in peace negotiations with the Palestinians this year. Israeli radio ‘Hebrew service’ reported that Olmert , who…
Report: Israeli army detained 475 Gaza residents
A recent report, issued by the Palestinian ministry of prisoners affairs in Gaza revealed that the Israeli occupation authorities detained 475 Gaza residents including 45 children and 6 fishermen between…
A Gaza resident injured as a homemade shell lands on a fuel store
A Palestinian resident, said to be a petroleum authority employee, was reportedly injured Wednesday , after a homemade shell landed on a fuel store in the eastern Gaza city neighborhood…
Blockade Worsens Gaza Malnutrition
‘Can you imagine that when a child of mine asks me for one Shekel (USD 0.3), I can’t afford to give it to him? That’s why I remain hidden from…
Gaza patient dies due to Israeli siege, death toll hits 172
Palestinian medical sources said that a Palestinian woman died on Tuesday suffering from a chronic disease that could have been treated had the medicine been available in Gaza. Saousan Al…
The Israeli army invades central Gaza, one soldier recieves light injuries
Israeli troops, tanks and bulldozers invaded areas near Dier Al Balah town located in the central part of the Gaza Strip on Tuesday morning. Witnesses said that tanks and troops…
Palestinian Prime Minister of Hamas welcomes President Abbas’ remarks
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, welcomed yesterday remarks by Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas over possible conciliation between the rival Fatah and Hamas parties. Haniya said in a brief…
A statement: Ahrar Aljaleel brigades planed to assassinate an Israeli minister
In a statement, received by Ramattan News Agency in Gaza, the Ahrar Aljaleel brigades (Freemen of Jaleel brigades), claimed responsibility on Tuesday for attempting to assassinate an Israeli minister. ‘…
Hamas says Abbas-Olmert meeting ‘clumsy’
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza described yesterday the Olmert-Abbas meeting in Jerusalem as 'clumsy'. Spokesman of Hamas, Fawzi Brhoum said in a statement, faxed to press, that the latest…
Report: the Israeli Siege on Gaza leaves 32 patients dead during the month of May
The European Campaign to end the Siege on Gaza issued a report on Monday stating that the Israeli 11 months longs siege on the Gaza Strip have left 32 patients…
A Palestinian dies of wounds he sustained several days ago during an Israeli attack
Palestinian medical sources reported on Monday that a Palestinian man died of wounds he sustained during an Israeli attack targeting the Beit Lahiya town in the northern part of the…
PRC vows to strike back against any Israeli army attack
The Popular Resistance Committees (PRC) vowed on Sunday to strike back against any Israeli army attack on Gaza. Abu Ataya, spokesman of the PRC’s armed wing, Annaser Salaheldin brigades, said…
Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing terminal this week
The Egyptian authorities decided yesterday to reopen the Rafah crossing terminal on Egypt-Gaza border line in southern Gaza Strip for three days this week for humanitarian purposes. Palestinian sources at…
Three Qassam fighters wounded during an Israeli army invasion into southern Gaza
Three fighters of the aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Hamas party in Gaza have been reportedly shot and wounded by the Israeli army in southern Gaza. Medical…
UN Fact-finding mission investigates 2006 massacre of 19 Palestinian civilians
A United Nations mission, led by South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, met with Palestinian human rights organizations in Gaza this week to begin their investigation of a 2006 Israeli attack…
One killed and 16 wounded in an explosion at house in Gaza City
On Palestinian was killed and another 16 injured when an explosion took place at a house located in Gaza City on Saturday morning. Medical sources said that among those 16…
Forced to go green in Gaza
Al-Khozendar Electronics in Gaza City has become a recent point of pilgrimage for many Palestinians. The visitors come to observe Gaza’s latest invention of necessity: an electric car. Gazan engineers…
Israeli forces in Gaza open fire into crowd of unarmed Palestinian protesters
As 3,000 Palestinians gathered in a peaceful protest against the year-long Israeli siege on Gaza, Israeli forces opened fire with live ammunition into the crowd, injuring six civilians, two of…
Israeli siege on Gaza claims the lives of 54 children
Rami Abdo, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege stated that the Israeli occupation is committing crimes against the children in the Gaza Strip, as a large number of…
One civilian dies of wounds sustained on Wednesday
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian civilian was announced dead on Thursday due to wounds he sustained on Wednesday. Ahmad Al Omour, was pronounced dead after surfing wounds during…
UN’s Tutu feels ashamed of international silence towards Gaza conditions
Chairman of the United Nations probe panel on the Israeli army killing of 19 Palestinian civilians in northern Gaza in November2006, former South Africa’s Archbishop Desmond Tutu expressed shame over…
An Israeli army contingent invades northern Gaza, kidnaps locals
An Israeli army contingent invaded early on Thursday morning the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun and kidnapped several local residents. Witnesses said that the Israeli army’s tanks and…
670 University students trapped in Gaza, cannot go back to their universities abroad
The Education Committee at the Israeli Knesset discussed on Wednesday the Israeli rejection of barring university students from the Gaza Strip from leaving the coastal region to study in European…
Two Palestinian fighters killed, nine others wounded in separate Israeli attacks on Gaza
Two Palestinian fighters have been reportedly killed and nine others wounded on Wednesday, in two Israeli air strikes and a ground invasion into separate Gaza areas. Palestinian medical sources said…
Gaza: One Palestinian woman and her two children injured due to unknown explosion
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian woman and two of her children were injured during an unknown explosion hit their home located in Gaza City on Tuesday morning. Doctors…
Patient no. 167 dies in Gaza due to the Israeli blockade
One more Palestinian patient died on Tuesday after having been denied access treatment outside of the Gaza Strip, raising the death toll of such patients to 167. The spokesman of…
Haaretz: Israeli military to deploy a defense system near the Gaza Strip
An anti-rocket defense system will be operating soon near the Gaza Strip, in what Israeli military says a bid to minimize harm caused by Palestinian homemade shells fire by almost…
163 patients die due to the 11 months Israeli siege on Gaza
Palestinian sources reported on Monday that a Palestinian patient died in the Gaza Strip on Sunday evening due to Israeli siege imposed on the Palestinian coastal region.Hind Al Ashkar, from…
Israeli army vacates an army post near Gaza
The Israeli army vacated on Sunday a military outpost near the Gaza Strip, Israeli media sources reported. ‘ For the first time since Israel withdrew forces from the Gaza Strip,…
Israeli army invades Gaza areas as homemade shells fire continues
The Israeli army troops invaded into the eastern Gaza neighborhood of Alshijaiya early on Sunday morning, as a number of tanks rolled into the vicinity of the Sufa commercial crossing…
Israel reopens Eritz crossing and allows limited shipments of fuel into Gaza
The Israeli authorities reopened on Sunday the Eritz checkpoint in northern Gaza Strip to allow entry of patients in need of medical care outside of Gaza, Israeli media sources reported.…
13 Palestinians wounded in the Gaza Strip on Saturday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that 13 Palestinians were wounded in several Israeli military attacks that targeted two areas in Khan Younis, in the southern part of…
Israeli siege leads to soaring anemia in Gaza newborns
The Israeli siege of Gaza that has restricted access to food, water, and medicine is beginning to cause serious problems for newborn babies and pregnant mothers. “Many babies are born…
Al Qassam Brigades: ‘if the ceasefire talks fail, we are prepared to use all options’
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, stated that if the efforts by the Egyptians to mediate a truce between the Palestinian resistance groups based in…
An Israeli security chief in Cairo to listen from Egyptians about truce talks
Chief of the political and security division of the Israeli army, Amos Gil’ad , will arrive in Cairo today in order to listen from Egyptian mediators about latest round of…
The Israeli army tanks leaves Gaza after killing five and kidnapping 25 others
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army has killed on Friday five Palestinian fighters and kidnapped 25 other civilians during two invasions targeting the southern and central parts of the…
Gaza patients in need of treatment sue Israel over siege
The United Nations News Agency, IRIN, issued a report on Thursday documenting the cases of several Palestinians who have filed petitions in Israel's High Court challenging their imprisonment inside the…
British, US Agencies: Israel’s siege on Gaza causing severe economic, health crisis
With the people of the Gaza Strip beginning their third year of living under siege, a representative of the US Agency for International Development told the Palestinian news agency Ma'an…
One killed 14 injured when Israeli troops attacked a peaceful protest east of Gaza
One Palestinian civilians was killed and 14 other injured when the Israeli troops opened fire at the peaceful protest that took place and the Al Mentar crossing in the eastern…
Prime Minister of Hamas wants end of siege before truce is achieved
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of the ruling Hamas in Gaza, stated on Thursday that the Palestinian people and factions can not grant a truce to the ‘ Israeli occupation’…
Israel reopens Sufa commercial crossing in southern Gaza
The Israeli army authorities reopened on Thursday afternoon the Sufa commercial crossing in southern Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources told media outlets earlier that the Israeli authorities closed the main food…
A Nakba inherited
At the southernmost area of the Gaza Strip, where the Philadelphia route separates the coastal enclave from Egypt, there are scores of knocked down buildings. The destruction dates back to…
The Israeli army invades Gaza and kills a farmer while Palestinian resistance attack Erez crossing
Two Palestinian resistance groups have carried out a suicide attack targeting the Israeli border crossing of Erez located at the northern Israel-Gaza borders on Thursday morning. A truck loaded with…
Former security personnel in Gaza call for a strike on June14
Several police and security officers, who used to be linked to the routed Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, called on Wednesday for a general strike in June14, 2008…
Alqassam Brigades of Hamas say one of their fighters killed in central Gaza Strip
The Alqassam brigades, the armed wing of the ruling Islamist Hamas party in Gaza claimed on Wednesday that one of their fighters was killed early in the morning to the…
Shalit’s father says Israel must ensure release of his son
Father of the captured Israeli soldier, Gil’ad Shalit, Hamas and other resistance factions hold in Gaza since 2006, said yesterday that Israel must ensure the release of his son. No’am…
The Islamic Jihad in Gaza uncovers a network of collaborators with Israel
The Islamic Jihad group said it has uncovered a network of collaborators with Israel, made up of seven persons, in the southern parts of Gaza Strip. In a statement, faxed…
Fighters capture collaborates responsible for assassinations against resistance leaders
Abu Ahmad, spokesperson of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, stated on Tuesday that his group captured a cell of seven collaborates working with the…
Another patient dies due to the siege, death toll mounts to 160
Spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege in Gaza, Rami Abdo, stated on Tuesday that Dr. Abdul-Karim Hussein, 69, died of brain tumor after he was unable to leave…
Five Palestinians, including one child, killed in Gaza on Tuesday
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported that five Palestinians, including one child, were killed in separate Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Medical sources reported that a…
Egyptian border police uncover seven tunnels between Gaza and Egypt
Egyptian security sources reported on Tuesday that Egyptian border police at the crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt have uncovered seven underground tunnels on Monday night. The tunnels were…
Israel agrees to a truce with Hamas if Shalit is released
Israel agreed to a truce deal with the ruling Hamas party in Gaza, if the captured Israeli soldier, Gil’ad Shalit, is released from his captivity in Gaza, Palestinian media sources…
Human rights group documents Israeli use of illegal force against civilians in Gaza
The Al Haq Center for Human Rights, based in Gaza, has issued a report documenting numerous violations of international law by Israeli forces during a May 14th invasion of the…
Palestinian patient dies in Gaza; death toll due to continued Israeli siege stands at 158
Palestinian medical sources reported that Abed Al Karem Al Ghalbaan, 57, died at midday on Monday in a Gaza City hospital. Doctors stated that Al Ghalbaan, had contracted cancer of…
Human Rights Groups in Gaza slam the government for barring a protest commemorating the Nakba
The Palestinian Police, which is under the control of the dissolved Hamas government in Gaza, barred on Friday a peaceful procession commemorating the Nakba. The police also barred a Women…
Two sick patients, one infant and one adult, die due to ongoing siege on Gaza
Rami Abdo, spokesperson of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, reported on Saturday that an eight-month old infant and a 45-year old man died due to the ongoing siege in…
Israeli forces withdraw from southern Gaza after kidnapping three civilians
Palestinian sources reported that the Israeli army left the city of Rafah located in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday midday. Witnesses said that Israeli tanks and bulldozers invaded Al-Shouka…
Two Islamic Jihad fighters wounded in northern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that two fighters of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, were wounded on Friday evening after the Israeli air force targeted…
Hamas to delay Cairo visit for next week
The Islamic Hamas movement delayed a visit to the Egyptian capital, Cairo until next week, a Hamas senior official stated on Friday.Hamas was to send a delegation to discuss the…
Two fighters killed east of Gaza, six Palestinians killed on Wednesday
Palestinian sources reported that two fighters of the Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, were killed late on Wednesday at night, and three others were injured after being…
Representatives of Palestinian factions to meet again in Cairo over ceasefire
The ruling Hamas party in Gaza said on Wednesday it received an official invitation from Cairo for a new round of ceasefire talks after Israel responded yesterday to Egypt-mediated Hamas…
Gaza residents queue overnight for cooking gas
As the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip enters its 11th month, the population’s living conditions further deteriorate, with scores of people in different parts of the coastal region lining…
Two patients die in Gaza, death toll of patients due to the Israeli siege stands at 153
Palestinian medical sources reported in Wednesday morning that two Palestinian patients have died on Tuesday night due to the continued Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. Doctors said that Misbah…
The Israeli army attacks on the Gaza Strip leaves 4 killed and 15 injured
Palestinian medical sources said that four Palestinians were killed and 15 others injured during a number of Israeli army attacks targeting deferent parts of the Gaza Strip on Wednesday. Three…
Human Rights groups deliver medical aid to Gaza
Human Rights and Peace groups managed to send a convoy of medical supplies to the Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The convoy arrived at the Sofa Trade Crossing, the Palestine News…
Hamas’s Alzahar: Israel has a chance to seize during Sulieman’s visit
Hamas’s leader in Gaza, Mahmoud Alzahar, said on Monday that Israel has an opportunity to seize today as the chief of Egyptian intelligence is submitting to Israel the Hamas ceasefire,…
The Islamic Jihad fires two homemade shells onto southern Israel
The Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, known as Saraya Alquds brigades, fired early on Monday two homemade shells onto the Israeli town of Ashkelon, about 12 kilometers away from the Gaza…
Gaza bakeries shut down due to lack of fuel supplies
The Society of Bakeries in the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that all bakeries in the coastal region were forced to shut down midday as fuel supplies could not be…
Israeli is yet to respond to an Egyptian-mediated truce offer
As Egyptian intelligence chief, Omar Sulieman is set to hold talks on Monday with Israeli officials over Cairo-mediated Palestinian ceasefire offer, the Israeli cabinet discussed on Sunday the current situation.…
Energy authority: Israel blocks shipments of industrial diesel to Gaza’s power plant
The Palestinian energy authority said on Sunday that the Israeli authorities blocked on Sunday morning delivery of industrial crude diesel to Gaza’s power plant, which generate’s electricity to Gaza’s population.…
Rafah crossing to be opened for three days starting on Saturday
Palestinian sources reported that the Rafah crossing between the Gaza Strip and Eygpt to be opened for three days starting on Saturday. The Rafah crossing, the only was in or…
Unknown gunmen attack a coffee shop in central Gaza
Palestinian security sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen attacked a coffee shop located in the town of Dier Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip on Saturday. The…
A Palestinian man dies of earlier wounds and the Israeli army polls out of southern Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported that a Palestinian man died due to wounds he sustained erilier in the week during an Israeli air-strike targeting the northern Gaza strip town of Beit…
Five Palestinians killed, Seven wounded in Gaza Air strikes
Five Palestinians have been killed and at least seven were wounded in two separate Israeli air strikes at residential areas in the Gaza Strip on Friday.Medical sources reported that three…
Her blood remains to tell a story of another Israeli military crime
Blood, destruction, tears and children crying is what the Israeli occupation soldiers left behind after they withdrew from Abasan Al Jadeeda town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part…
Gaza Power Company to stop due to lack of fuel
Gaza Power Company, the main distributer of electricity in the Gaza Strip, stated on Thursday that it would have to shut down in the coming hours as it ran of…
Four people wounded in fresh Israeli air strikes on northern Gaza
Four Palestinian residents were reportedly wounded on Thursday afternoon after two Israeli air strikes hit a civilian car in northern Gaza Strip. Medical sources said that four Palestinian residents were…
The Israeli army leaves Khan Younis; 2 killed, 20 injured and 40 kidnapped
The Israeli tanks and troops left the Abasan town, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Thursday at dawn leaving behind two killed Palestinians,…
Fighter killed, nineteen residents injured in Khan Younis
Palestinian medical sources reported that one fighter was killed on Wednesday and five residents were wounded in an Israeli air strike that targeted an area east of Khan Younis, in…
An Israeli army attack on southern Gaza leaves five residents wounded
Five Palestinians have been reportedly wounded on Wednesday morning after the Israeli army shelled a house to the east of Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip. Medics confirmed that…
Resident dies of wounds sustained on Monday
Palestinian medical at Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City reported that one resident died of wounds sustained on Tuesday at dawn when the Israeli army shelled Sheikh Zayid city, in…
Hamas government says Israeli-Palestinian talks ‘aimless and useless’
The de-facto Hamas government in Gaza described yesterday the latest Palestinian-Israeli peace talks as ‘ aimless and useless’. Taher aL-Nuno, spokesman of the government, said in a statement, faxed to…
No holiday for Gaza’s labor sector
‘Closed because of the siege,’ a sign reads on the front door of the Al-Yazji factory on the main Salah al-Din road in Gaza City. Al-Yazji, the largest producer of…
An Israeli air strike kills a fighter in northern Gaza as tanks roll into Jabalya
An Israeli air strike killed early on Tuesday a Qassam fighter and wounded another, when the car they were driving was hit with a missile. Medical sources in northern Gaza…
Israeli troops shell Beit Lahia, two residents injured
Palestinian medical sources reported that on Monday after midnight, two residents were wounded when the Israeli army fired at least one missile at a group of residents who gathered near…
Two women, a 13-year old girl, die due to the Israeli siege on Gaza
Three Palestinian women, including a 13-year old girl, died in the Gaza strip on Monday after being prevented by the Israeli authorities from leaving Gaza to for medical treatment abroad.Asmahan…
A Palestinian killed and five others wounded in a tunnel collapse in Gaza
One Palestinian was reportedly killed an five others were wounded when a tunnel on Gaza-Egypt border lines was collapsed Monday. Medical sources confirmed that Rami Alsha’er, was killed and five…
Palestinian Resistance factions continue to shell Israeli posts near the Gaza Strip
On Monday morning, several Palestinian armed resistance groups from Gaza continued firing home-made Qassam shells at nearby Israeli targets. The Popular resistance committees and the Al Aqsa Brigades of Fatah…
Gaza siege causing $70000 in daily losses for fishermen
The Popular Committee Against the Siege reported that initial reports revealed that the daily losses of the fishing industry in the Gaza Strip is estimated by $70000 and that additional…
Mezan Center: “69, including 20 children and 16 women, killed by the army in April in Gazaâ€
The Al Mezan Center for Human Rights issued a report on Sunday revealing that Israeli soldiers killed 69 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip in April. The Center added that among…
An Israel army tank shells a house in southern Gaza, kills a civilian man
An Israeli army tank shelled on Sunday morning a Palestinian-owned house in the southern Gaza Strip town of Kheza’a, killing a civilian man and wounding two other inhabitants. Palestinian medical…
Hamas: Quartet’s call is insufficient, lacks seriousness
Fawzi Barhum, Hamas spokesperson said in a press statement issued on Saturday that ‘the call of the Middle East peace Quartet for the Israeli government to freeze settlement activity and…
A Palestinian man injured by a home made bomb planted near his home in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern part of the Gaza Strip reported that a Palestinian man sustained moderate wounds when a bomb planted at his door…
Fighter survives an assassination attempt in Gaza
Local sources reported that under-cover units of the Israeli army infiltrated into Sheikh Radwan area in Gaza City on Friday evening and attempted to assassinate one of the leaders of…
Three people, including a farmer, killed in separate Israeli army attacks on Gaza
The Palestinian death toll out of Israeli army attacks on Gaza today has risen to three including a civilian man, as a small-scale incursion is taking place in southern Gaza.…
Army kills a Palestinian fighter, injures two children during separate attacks in southern Gaza
Palestinian sources reported that one Palestinian fighter was killed and two children were injured by Israeli army fire in separate attacks targeting the southern part of the Gaza Strip on…
Infant dies after being denied medical treatment outside of the Gaza Strip
The ongoing Israeli siege over the Gaza Strip led to the death of a sick four-month old Palestinian infant after the Israeli authorities barred his transfer to a specialized hospital…
The Hamas government hails factions’ agreement to the ceasefire offer
The Hamas-dominated government in Gaza hailed on Wednesday the Palestinian factions’ agreement to the ceasefire proposal, Hamas had submitted to Egyptian mediators last week. In a statement, faxed to press,…