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83 Palestinian MPs voted Saturday for the Palestinian unity government, agreed upon over the weekend, while only 3 others voted against. 83 Palestinian MPs voted Saturday for the Palestinian unity…
Unknown gunmen attacked Friday with machine guns the convoy of a senior UN official in northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian local sources and eyewitness said that Jhon Ging, operations director of…
A Palestinian security officer has been shot dead and another wounded in the Deir El Balah city in the central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said that Hussain Alselhi, 31…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday night that a Hamas fighter was killed and nine others were injured during internal clashes that took place in Gaza…
The Palestinian Center for Communication and Development issued a press release on Monday slamming the abduction of a Alan Johnson on Monday afternoon in Gaza City. Johnson was abducted by…
Unknown gunmen have abducted a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) journalist, identified as Alan Johnston, in Gaza city on Monday afternoon. Local sources stated that a group of four unknown gunmen…
The Istaeli Maariv Newspaper reported on Sunday that as the Palestinian factions are preparing to declare a national unity government by the end of this week, Israel is preparing for…
Israeli army shelled Sunday Palestinian-owned houses to the east of Alburaij refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli tanks, stationed on the border line…
In a special interview with the International Middle East Media Center IMEMC, Aref Abu Jarad, head of the Palestinian Public Employees Syndicate in Gaza, said that the entire Palestinian Authority…
Unknown attackers stormed Saturday the Al-Quds University of Gaza and opened fire inside, Palestinian media sources reported. A member of the university’s Student's Council, Mohammad Helles, was shot and wounded…
Unknown gunmen attacked and destroyed two shops in the eastern part of the Gaza strip on Saturday morning, one civilian was injured. One of the shops is located in Al…
Medical sources reported that a Palestinian resident of the Deir Elbalah town, in the central Gaza Strip, was shot dead by Israeli army on Friday evening. The sources confirmed that…
Palestinian security sources reported that the Israeli army has swept late on Tuesday night into the northern Gaza Strip city of Bet Hanoun. The sources said that an Israeli infantry…
Two children were injured in Jabalia town in the northern part of the Gaza strip when an unknown object exploded near them on Tuesday morning. Dr. Moawiya Hasanain, the director…
Monday afternoon, one Fateh gunman was shot and injured during armed clashes between Palestinian security sources loyal to Fateh and Hamas gunmen. The clashes erupted after a disagreement over who…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza issued a report on Monday which stated that 13 Palestinians including one woman, were killed while 188 others were injured by Israeli army…
Since the abduction by Palestinian resistance groups of an Israeli soldier Gila’d Shalit in June25, 2006, the Israeli gun ships have prevented Palestinians from fishing off the coast. This has…
Palestinian Prime Minister designate, Ismail Haniya, confirmed Friday that consultations on the upcoming unity government have been finalized. He called on both Hamas and Fatah to submit the names of…
Palestinian resistance groups in the Gaza strip launched five home-made shells at Israeli targets in the northern part of Israel on Thursday morning. The attack targeted Israeli military instillations near…
Senior Israeli officials of the Gaza Israeli military Brigade claimed that Palestinian factions, especially Hamas, are preparing at least ten tunnels that lead to Israeli area, and that Hamas is…
Both the Palestinian People’s Party and the Third Way bloc will join the upcoming Palestinian unity cabinet, advisor of Palestinian PM designate Ahmad Yousef stated Tuesday. “Leaders of both parliamentary…
Salah Albardawil, spokesman of the Hamas bloc at the Palestinian Legislative Council, confirmed Monday that the names of the new Palestinian cabinet will be made public within the next few…
Early on Saturday morning unknown gunmen attacked the house of Colonel Suleiman Khader, commander of the second battalion of the Palestinian Authority’s national security forces, local media sources reported. In…
Several Palestinian resistance factions claimed on Friday responsibility for firing homemade shells into Israeli settlements north and east of the Gaza Strip.!– @page { size: 21.59cm 27.94cm; margin: 2cm }…
One Palestinian man was shot and injured by Israeli army fire in the eastern part of the Gaza strip on Thursday evening. One Palestinian man was shot and injured by…
Data collected by the Israeli Disengagement Authority (Sela) reported that an average of NIS 1.5-2 million New Israeli Shekels are expected to be paid as compensation to each family of…
A mysterious explosion ripped through the Wad Alselqa village, south of Gaza Wednesday, killing a 33 year-old Palestinian resident, medical sources reported. Mahmoud Alsemairy, 33, of the southern Gaza Strip…
A group of unknown gunmen stole a car belonging to the Palestinian National TV group on Tuesday at dawn. Sources from the TV group stated that the car was being…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, voiced Monday regret over the U.S administration shunning of the Palestinian unity government, considering such an attitude ‘a failure’. Speaking in a cabinet meeting, Haniya…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday that Israeli Navy gunboats fired on Sunday at Palestinian fishing boats off the Gaza Strip shores and destroyed several boats. No…
The Israeli army wounded a Palestinian resident of northern Gaza, and Israeli naval boats opened fire at fishermen on Gaza’a shoreline. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, Director of the Emergency Department…
The Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) condemned Thursday an attack by unknown gunmen on the house of MP Yousef Alsherafi in the northern Gaza Strip. In a statement released by the…
Officials from both Hamas and Fatah declared Thursday that their movments would start constitutional procedures ahead of forming the national unity government agreed upon in the Saudi Arabian city of…
In a special interview with IMEMC correspondent in Gaza, Ahmad Abu Houli, a Fatah member of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) said that the success of the latest Mecca deal…
Palestinian sources reported that a group of unknown gunmen attacked the car of a Palestinian officer while he was traveling to work via the Dier Al Balah – Rafah road…
Former Palestinian Minister and a Fatah leader, Mohammad Dahalan, said the Makkah unity government deal last Thursday, will be scrutinized thoroughly. In an interview with the London-based Alhayat Arabic newspaper,…
On Tuesday morning Israeli army troops stationed on the Gaza-Israel border line, to the east of Gaza City, opened heavy fire at Palestinian resistance fighters. They killed one and injured…
Palestinian resident, Mohammad Rehan, 28, of the Jabalya refugee camp north of Gaza, returned home Monday after having spending six years in exile, sentenced by an Israeli military court. Rehan…
Palestinian Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas, stated Monday that the international community including the US should respect the Palestinian people’s will. Haniya was speaking in a televised speech after…
Palestinian sources reported that unknown gunmen have abducted a former Palestinian official and blown up a small restaurant in the southern part of the Gaza strip on Monday.The former State…
Fateh and Hamas movements in the Gaza Strip organized a massive joint march welcoming the unity government deal signed in Saudi Arabia between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas from Fateh, and…
Palestinian medical sources confirmed that Ahmad Abu Eida, 8, died yesterday night of wounds he sustained during infighting last Thursday in the central Gaza Strip. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, head…
The Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement of Hamas, said that one of its fighters was killed and three others were injured after being attacked…
Palestinian media sources reported that on Tuesday at noon the crossing that links Gaza to Egypt was closed. After chaos forced the European observer mission who monitors the checkpoint to…
A number of gunmen attacked Monday night a ’17 Force’ outpost in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun. Witnesses said that the gunmen attacked the outpost with different…
Three Palestinian men died on Monday afternoon of wounds they sustained during Hamas-Fatah infighting last Friday, Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported. Three Palestinian men died on Monday afternoon…
Palestinian security sources and witnesses said Monday that factional infighting renewed on Monday in northern Gaza, mainly near the so-called Abraj Al-Awda residential buildings and in the vicinity of the…
Gaza Municipality appealed Monday to several local and international bodies including the Palestinian presidency and government, as well as other counterpart municipalities worldwide for support after the infighting has inflicted…
Yesterday a joint Hamas-Fatah delegation carried out a tour of Gaza City in order to follow up implementation of the ceasefire they concluded Saturday. Representatives of both factions watched out…
Three Palestinian resistance groups warned Sunday of Israeli constructions beneath the Al-Aqsa mosque in the occupied east Jerusalem, vowing they would heighten resistance against the Israeli occupation. The three groups…
Palestinian medical sources announced Sunday that two presidential security personnel died of wounds they sustained earlier during factional infighting. Abdelhalim Madi, 23 and Azmi Alwadiya, 21 died today of wounds…
In recent days the unremitting, murderous brutality of the Israeli occupation has been eclipsed by the carnage in Gaza as dozens of Palestinians have been killed in what is commonly…
Israeli military sources reported on Saturday night that the Israeli military is preparing for a wide-scale military offensive in the Gaza Strip, similar to the 2002 ‘Operation Defensive Shield’ in…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday night that a Palestinian security officer was shot and killed by gunmen near a Palestinian security post, in the center…
IMEMC correspondent in Gaza reported that clashes started on Saturday night between executive force of Hamas and the National Security forces of Fatah in Deir Al Balah town in central…
Some members of the Executive Force of the Ministry of Interior turned themselves in to the Fatah affiliated National Security Forces in the Gaza Strip and demanded to join the…
As internal unrest in Gaza City, due to clashes between Fatah and Hamas supporters that has claimed lives of 25, wounded dozens others and caused destruction to many public utilities…
As the internal violent clashes between Hamas and Fateh continued in the Gaza Strip, the number of Palestinians killed arrived to 25 and at least 245 were injured, including several…
Senior leaders from both Fatah and Hamas agreed Friday to a ceasefire under the patronage of an Egyptian security delegation, during a meeting at the Egyptian embassy in Gaza city.…
Dr Muaweyah Hasanin, the head of the Aid and Emergency department in the Palestinian Ministry of health said that three civilian fatalities have been identified as: Ramzi Abu Amshah, 25,…
Palestinian security sources confirmed Friday that two security officers were killed during renewed clashes between Fatah and Hamas in the Jabalya refugee camp in northern Gaza. The killings brought to…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday night that the presidential guard forces withdrew from the Islamic University in Gaza two hours after breaking into it. Israeli sources…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday evening that the number of Palestinians killed during today\’s clashes in the Gaza Strip reached six, and that 89 residents…
IMEMC correspondent reported that armed clashes have broken out between the Hamas affiliated executive forces and the Fatah affiliated Presidential guard force, in central Gaza strip.
Hamas movement, now in power, denounced Wednesday Washington’s intention to fund Palestinian security bodies. Hamas’s spokesman, Ismail Radwan, said that the intended fund is a part of Washington’s intention to…
Palestinian medical sources said that on Thursday the Israeli army shot and wounded a Palestinian resident to the north of Gaza Strip. Dr. Moawiya Abu Hasanain, head of emergency department…
Palestinian sources reported that Israeli troops stationed near Beit Hannoun crossing opened fire at a Palestinian man and injured him. Medical sources identified the man as Talal Hgubon, 30, and…
Hundreds of Palestinian residents in Gaza city took part today in an anti-infighting protest, in which they called for an end all forms of internal violence. The demonstration has been…
Clashes erupted between Al-Aqsa Brigade, the armed wing of Fatah and the Executive Force of the ministry of Interior in Al-Saftawi area in the north of Gaza City, Palestinian sources…
A Hamas affiliated gunman was shot dead in Khan Younies on Tuesday afternoon. It is the first fatality to be reported since the cease-fire came into effect at 3 A.M…
The An-Nasser Salah Eldin Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Resistance Committees, announced on Tuesday that it has fired a home-made shell at the Israeli town of Miftahim, to the…
Palestinian media sources reported on Tuesday that an explosion occured in a music shop in Rafah refugee camp in the south of the Gaza Strip at 4am on Tuesday morning.…
Early on Tuesday morning, the Israel Air Force attacked a tunnel in the northern Gaza Strip near the Karni crossing. The army said it was designed to transport Palestinian militants…
A cease-fire took hold in Gaza on Tuesday morning after five days of intensified Hamas-Fateh feuding, which left 32 dead and many more injured. The truce was struck by Prime…
Grand Palestinian Mufti, , Mohammad Hussein, declared on Monday that infighting is prohibited and called on those fighting in Gaza to refrain from doing so. “Spilling blood is forbidden and…
One Palestinian civilian was killed on Monday afternoon in the continuous clashes between the two Palestinian rival parties Hamas and Fatah, in Gaza city. Palestinian medical sources reported that Wassfi…
On monday afternoon armed men opened fire on the car carrying Ibrahim Salah as he was travelling in the centre of Gaza City, injuring his comapion but avoiding him. The…
The Fateh movement has reported that a number of missiles were set off in their office in Bani Suheila, in the east of Khan Younis, in the south of the…
Palestine sources reported that one Palestinian National security officer and a civilian man were killed on Monday at midday in the Gaza strip due to continuous infighting between Hamas and…
As factional infighting in Gaza continues for the fifth day consecutively, more people have been killed and wounded. Medical sources in Gaza said that a Palestinian national security member in…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza strip reported that a group of unknown gunmen abducted, on Saturday afternoon, the nephew of Abd Al Hakeem Awad, the spokesperson of Fatah in Gaza…
Two more people were killed on Saturday and abductions resumed in what is considered to be the harshest Palestinian infighting in weeks in different parts of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian…
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, said on Friday night the “Fateh gunmen” fired at the house of Palestinian Foreign Minister, Mahmoud Zahar”, one of the senior leaders of Hamas. Hamas…
Six Palestinian residents have been killed and dozens others wounded during ongoing infighting between Hamas and Fatah supporters in northern Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reports said. Six Palestinian residents have…
In northern Gaza infighting has escalated, resulting in the deaths of three people since Thursday night. A Hamas activist was killed on Thursday night, a member of Fateh was killed…
Islam Shahwan, spokesperson of the Hamas-led Executive Force, reported on Thursday at night that one member of the force was killed and five civilians were injured when an explosive charge,…
The Palestinian Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday that the Israeli closure of the Rafah Border Crossing, between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, is barring the patients who require medical…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that two members were shot and injured by the under-cover forces of the Israeli army east of Gaza City.The…
Four Palestinian were shot and wounded on Wednesday during renewed internal clashes in Beit Hanoun, north of Gaza Strip, medical sources said.Four Palestinian were shot and wounded on Wednesday during…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday morning that Israeli soldiers stationed east of Dir Al Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, shot and killed one Palestinian…
Palestinian sources reported on Monday at night that an explosion ripped through Al Arabiya Television office in Gaza City causing excessive damage, no injuries were reported.!– @page { size: 21.59cm…
Two Palestinian children were shot and wounded by Israeli army gunfire on Saturday in the northern Gaza Strip, medical sources said. Dr. Mo’awiya Abu Hasaneen, director of the Emergency Department…
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…