Category: Gaza Strip

Medical sources have reported the death of Hamza Al Masri, 16, after succumbing to wounds sustained in an Israeli attack. Al Masri suffered extensive wounds last month when Israeli military…

A video of kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston has appeared on the internet. The video shows Johnston alive and well.In the first pictures seen since his abduction in Gaza on…

Palestinian sources reported that a group of Palestinian resistance fighters escaped a deadly Israeli air strike in the northern Gaza strip on Thursday. Medical sources reported that two men were…

Two Palestinian resistance fighters from the Hamas linked Qassam brigades were announced dead after an Israeli drone fired several missiles at a group of resistance fighters east of Jabalyia, a…

Three Palestinians have been killed and two others injured in an explosion that rocked a house in the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said that a large…

Just few hours after Israeli Prime Minister, Ehud Olmert, ordered further attacks on the Gaza Strip, an Israeli warplane, hit today the Deir Elbalah town in central Gaza Strip.Palestinian sources…

aL-Qassam brigades, the armed wing of the governing Hamas movement renewed Sunday vow to continue homemade shells into nearby Israeli towns unless Israeli attacks on Gaza come to a halt,…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at night that five residents were injured in two separate Israeli air strikes that targeted the Jabalia refugee camp, and…

Frequent Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed on Saturday five Palestinians and injured 25 others, medics reported. Local sources confirmed that five Palestinians, of whom are Mohammad Aldiry and Ali…

Israeli air strikes carried out in the early morning hours of Saturday have killed two Palestinians, and wounded at least five.  The air strikes were targeting Palestinians connected with the…

Cairo proposed Friday hosting representatives of the rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, over cementing their mid-May ceasefire and reaching a common ground on the ceasefire with Israel. The Egyptian…

Two Hamas resistance fighters of the Alqassam brigades, have been reportedly killed and nine others, mainly bystanders, wounded in a new Israeli strike on eastern Gaza, medical sources said. Witnesses…

President Mahmoud Abbas has called on armed Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to desist from launching Qassam rockets into Israeli territory, claiming such actions are progressively destroying any hope…

Israeli jet fighters fired missiles on Thursday on two Hamas outposts in the Gaza Strip, wounding six bystanders and completely destroying the two compounds.Medical sources said that six bystanders were…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticized Thursday the Palestinian homemade shells fire, calling them ‘idle’. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas criticized Thursday the Palestinian homemade shells fire, calling them ‘idle’. Abbas’s statement…

Israeli army killed Thursday morning a Palestinian farmer in northern Gaza, confirmed medics. Officials at the Kamal Edwan hospital in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Lahiya, said that…

The Palestinian coalition government called Thursday upon the international community to place sanctions on Israel after the Israeli army took prisoners earlier in the day 33 Hamas leaders including a…

Two Palestinian men were injured on Thursday midday during rival families fight in the Dier Al Balah town in central Gaza strip. Palestinian medical sources in the town reported that…

Palestinian medical and security sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at night that Israeli soldiers shelled several stores in Gaza City, and a residential area close to the…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and his Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya of Hamas agreed Wednesday to a joint force to fix a Hamas-Fatah ceasefire, reached last week, said Abbas’s…

IMEMC has learned that Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas and his Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh began a behind-closed-doors meeting on Wednesday afternoon. Wednesday’s meeting comes hours after the two leaders secretly…

Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said Wednesday that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will meet Thursday with Javeir Solana, EU’s foreign policy chief in Gaza. Speaking to the Voice of Palestine…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday at dawn that at least seven residents, including one pregnant woman and one child, were injured in an Israeli shelling…

Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday night that Israeli troops carried out several air strikes in Rafah and Khan Younis, and invaded Khazza’a town, all in the…

Seven Palestinian intelligence officers injured as the Israeli air force shelled their headquarters located in Gaza city on Tuesday midday. Palestinian sources reported that the injured were moved to nearby…

Palestinian sources reported that a senior leader of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, was announced dead on Tuesday after succumbing to wounds sustained during last week’s…

The Hamas movement slammed on Tuesday the Arab countries that took part in the World Economic Forum (WEF) alongside Israel, regarding such participation as a part of moves to normalize…

The latest round of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip has continued after an Israeli woman died from injuries incurred in a rocket attack on Sderot.The woman, the first Israeli…

Hundreds of Palestinian residents, including the Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyya, and Ahmad Bahar, head of the Legislative Council, participated on Monday in the funeral and burial ceremonies of eight…

Palestinian medical sources in Beit Hanoun, located in the northern part of the Gaza Strip, reported on Monday night that an elderly man was wounded after the Israeli army fired…

The Fatah organization has slammed the latest round of Israeli attacks against the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, stating that the Israeli administration had reinstated a policy of ethnic…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday that two Palestinians had died from wounds sustained during earlier internal clashes between Fateh and Hamas gunmen in the Gaza…

An Israeli air strike on northern Gaza has hit a car, killing four Palestinians believed to be members of the Islamic Jihad Medical sources in Gaza identified the dead as…

Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Sunday night that one resident was killed and at least five others were injured in an Israeli air strike that targeted…

Israeli air forces struck Sunday evening a Palestinian house that belongs to a Hamas affiliated legislator, in the Gaza city, killing ten people, media sources and medics said. Israeli missiles…

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For the first time in a week, the fifth Hamas-Fatah ceasefire saw no violations Sunday, a spokesman says. Abdel Hakim Awad, Fatah’s spokesman in Gaza told reporters that the Egyptian-mediated…

The Islamic resistance movement (Hamas)vowed Sunday to continue homemade shells fire into Israeli towns despite the Israeli government threats to step up attacks on resistance leaders in Gaza. “ the…

Israeli warplanes attacked a car in Gaza city, killing three Palestinians and opened heavy fire on Palestinian-owned houses in eastern Khan Younis city. Palestinian medical sources identified Mohiye Alserhi,23, Emad…

The leftist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP) held in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Minister of Information and official spokesperson of the Unity Government, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, confirmed on Saturday that all gunmen started to withdraw from the streets of the Gaza Strip, and…

Palestinian medical sources declared Saturday afternoon that five Palestinian residents were shot dead by Israeli gunfire in northern Gaza Strip. Dr. Ma’awiya Abu Hasanain, director of emergency department at the…

Both rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed on Saturday afternoon to a new ceasefire, following Egyptian mediation. The new agreement stipulated withdrawal of the side’s gunmen from streets and…

Palestinian resistance groups continued to fire homemade Qassam shells at the Israeli town of Sedirot, located near the Gaza strip on Saturday morning. The Al-Quds brigades, the armed wing of…

Palestinian medical sources reported that at least on Palestinian was killed and many more injured on Saturday midday due to an Israeli shelling to several locations in Beit Hannon town…

The Israeli Human Rights group B’Tselem has sent out an urgent letter to the Israeli defense minister Amir Biretz, asking him to stop the army form targeting civilians and infrastructure…

Palestinian Security Sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Saturday at dawn that Israeli soldiers shelled several areas in the Gaza Strip, damage was reported, no injuries, the Palestinian WAFA…

Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi called for the immediate release of Abdul-Salam Abu Askar, a local reporter who was abducted in Gaza on Friday evening.Barghouthi repeated his calls for…

Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday at night that the Israeli air force fired missiles at civilian areas east of Gaza City killing four residents and injuring eight others, The…

Abu Obaida, spokesperson of the Al Qassam brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, denied on Thursday any plan to target the Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas when he return to the…

Seperate Israeli attacks on Gaza on Thursday calimed the lives of 4 Palestinians and wounded about 40 others. Seperate Israeli attacks on Gaza on Thursday calimed the lives of 4…

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is expected to arrive in Gaza Thursday as the city sees relative calm following a ceasefire agreement on yesterday night. Abbas, also chairman of Fatah, will…

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One Palestinian civilian was reported dead on Thursday midday due to wounds he sustained on Wednesday’s Hamas Fatah infighting in Gaza.Medical sources identified the man as Kareem Abu Meghasib, 24…

Palestinian Information Minister, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi, slammed on Wednesday that attacks carried by gunmen against Palestinian ambulances in the Gaza Strip, and stated that one medic of the Palestinian Medical…

An Israeli air strike killed on Wednesday a Palestinian resistance fighter of Hamas and wounded three others moderately. Hospital sources said that Rami aL-Zaqzouq, arrived dead at the Kamal Edwan…

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas ordered all Fatah loyalists to withdraw from the streets after clashes between the two main rival parties, Hamas and Fatah continued in the Gaza Strip despite…

Palestinian sources have reported the arrival of seven new dead bodies to several hospitals as the clashes in the Gaza Strip intensify. The number of people killed on Wednesday now…

A group of Palestinian resistance men opened fire at an Israeli military post near the central west Bank city of Ramallah on Wednesday morning. Israeli media sources reported damage to…

Five Palestinians were killed on Wednesday morning as the internal clashes renewed between rival Palestinian factions. In the meantime the Israeli army shelled several areas in the Gaza strip.The internal…

My pen is bleeding, my hand is shaking, my heart is sighing and my mind is stuffed with the bitter experiences of the past 14 months. The latest is today’s…

…and so street fight returned to Gaza, and the indications of the war which we warned of for so long has returned to the streets… as if the internal clashed…

Tuesday, one of the bloodiest in the Gaza Strip as internal clashes between Hamas and Fateh gunmen left 17 dead, and at least sixty injured. The clashes continued throughout Tuesday…

Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that ten more people were killed and at least 20 others were wounded during renewed Hamas-Fatah clashes. Clashes flared up today after a Hamas gunman…

Eight presidential guards’ officers were killed near Al Mintar in northern Gaza Tuesday morning during the continuous clashes between the presidential guards and Al Qassam members, the armed wing of…

Palestinian medical sources reported that two were injured during clashes between the two revel parties Fatah and Hamas in Gaza city on Tuesday. The sources stated that the two sustained…

A Hamas gunman was killed and five others wounded in renewed shootouts in Gaza, despite deployment of the security forces and agreement on a ceasefire late on Monday. Media sources…