Qassam Fighter Killed In Tunnel Accident In Gaza
The Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) issued a statement revealing that one of its fighters was killed, on Monday morning, when a tunnel collapsed…
Israel Releases Two Gaza Fishermen After Holding Them For Three Years
The Israeli authorities have released, Friday, two Palestinian fishermen, from the besieged Gaza Strip, after holding them captive for three years, and confiscating their boats. Zakariyya Abu Bakr, the secretary…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire At Farmers In Khan Younis And Rafah
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence, in the southern part of the Gaza strip, opened fire, on Tuesday mornings, at farmers in their own lands, east of Khan Younis,…
Israeli Army Invades Palestinian Lands in Southern Gaza
Several Israeli army vehicles, and armored bulldozers, invaded, Wednesday, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and bulldozed them, while war jets…
Israeli Army Kills A Palestinian Child, Injures Two Others, In Gaza
Israeli soldiers fired, on Wednesday at dawn, several artillery shells, and live rounds, into an area, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, killing a Palestinian…
Three Tunnel Workers Killed, Five Injured In Gaza
Palestinian medical sources have reported, Saturday, that three workers were killed, and five others were injured, after inhaling gas while working in a siege-busting tunnel, on the Egyptian border. The…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Gaza Fishing Boats
Israeli navy ships opened fire, earlier Friday, targeting several Palestinian fishing bats, in Palestinian territorial waters in three areas, in the southern and northern parts of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses…
Life under Siege: Artist of War
Mohammed Abu Hashish, a young and skilled Gazan sculptor, matured in very harsh conditions due to the occupation. He had to overcome many obstacles and, instead of surrendering, decided to…
PPS: “Israeli Soldiers Abduct Eleven Palestinians, Including Two Children, In The West Bank”
The Palestinian Prisoners Society (PPS) has reported that Israeli soldiers abducted, overnight and until dawn hours Thursday, eleven Palestinians, including two children, during invasions and violent searches of homes and…
Two Palestinians Killed, Five Injured, By Israeli Missiles In Southern Gaza
The Israeli air force fired, on Thursday morning, several missiles targeting a siege-busting commercial tunnel close to the Egyptian border, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…
Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Southern Gaza
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday evening, at several Palestinian fishing boats, close to the shore in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza…
Israeli Navy Attacks Palestinian Fishing Boats In Southern Gaza
Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Tuesday evening, at several Palestinian fishing boats, close to the shore in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the southern part of the besieged Gaza…
Israeli Soldiers Abduct Two Palestinians In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers abducted, on Sunday evening, two young men in Palestinian lands, close to the border fence in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The soldiers also…
Israeli Army And Navy Open Fire On Farmers, And Fishers
Israeli soldiers opened fire, on Tuesday morning, on Palestinian farmers in their lands, in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip, while navy ships fired many live rounds at fishing…
Israeli Soldiers Open Automatic Fire At Homes, Lands, In Southern Gaza
On Friday afternoon, Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence east of the Gaza Strip, fired dozens of rounds targeting homes and lands, in Rafah and Khan Younis, in the…
PCHR Concludes Training Course in Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law in Rafah City
On Thursday, 12 January 2017, the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) and Attadamun Charitable Society concluded a training course in the field of human rights and international humanitarian law…
Israeli Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
Several armored Israeli military vehicles, and bulldozers, invaded on Tuesday morning Palestinian agricultural lands, close to the border fence, in Rafah, in the southern part of the coastal region. Eyewitnesses…
Israeli Soldiers Open Fire Targeting Homes And Lands In Southern Gaza
Israeli soldiers, stationed on military towers across the border fence, opened fire, on Thursday morning, at several Palestinian homes, and agricultural lands, east of Rafah, in the southern part of…
Israeli Soldiers Invade Palestinians Lands In Southern Gaza
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Wednesday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses said four armored…
Army Opens Fire On Shepherds, Farmers, In Rafah
Israeli soldiers, stationed across the border fence east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, opened fire, on Saturday evening, at a number of shepherds and farmers.…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire On Palestinian Fishing Boats In Gaza
Several Israeli navy ships opened fire, on Friday morning, on a number of Palestinian fishing boats, in Gaza territorial waters, in Beit Lahia and Sudaniyya, in the northern part of…
Army Carries Out A Limited Invasion Into Southern Gaza
At least three armored Israeli military bulldozers and four tanks carried out, on Thursday morning, a limited invasion into Palestinian lands, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Army Fires Missiles Into Qassam Centers, Says Shells Were Fired From Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Thursday at dawn, two air strikes targeting two centers of the al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of Hamas, in the Gaza Strip. The…
Israeli Air Force Carries Out Several Air Strikes On Gaza
The Israeli Air Force carried out, on Friday morning, several airstrikes targeted various areas in Khan Younis and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, and in Deir…
Israeli Army Official: “No Agreement Regarding Limiting Army Operations On Gaza Border”
Israeli Army Coordinator of Government Activities in the Occupied Territories, Major Maj. -Gen. Yoav ‘Poli’ Mordechai, said the Israeli army will continue its activities in border areas in the Gaza…
Israeli Army Vehicles Invade Palestinian Lands In Southern Gaza
A number of armored Israeli military vehicles invaded, on Thursday morning, Palestinian agricultural lands, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while army drones and war…
Shells Fired Across The Border Fence In Southern Gaza
An armed Palestinian resistance group fired, Wednesday, a mortar shell on Israeli military vehicles, operating near the border fence, east of Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Israeli Army Vehicles Invade Agricultural Lands In Rafah
A number of Israeli army vehicles, and bulldozers, carried out, on Monday at dawn, a limited invasion into Palestinian agricultural lands east of Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Rafah Crossing Continues to Function Amidst Israeli Attacks
Director of border crossings, Maher Abu Sabha, stated that work at Rafah crossing will continue, despite attacks on its halls and vicinity by Israeli warplanes, on Monday.Given the current status,…
Rafah Crossing Open for All but Students
The Palestinian border and crossing department has announced that Rafah crossing is open for all cases except students, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency.It was explained by the department,…
Another UN School Hit by Israeli Airstrikes, This Time in Rafah- 10 killed, 30 injured
An airstrike by Israeli forces on Sunday morning targeted a United Nations school where Palestinian civilians has sought refuge, killing 10 and wounding 30 more, according to the Palestinian Ministry…
5-month Old Infant Killed in Rafah as Israeli Ground Invasion, Air Strikes Pound All Parts of Gaza
Reports coming in from all parts of the Gaza Strip indicate a rapid increase in airstrikes and artillery fire in the early morning hours of Friday. Five month old Faris…
Egypt Closes Rafah Crossing After One Day
Rafah crossing with Gaza was closed again by Egyptian authorities, on Friday. The passage had been opened for one day to allow injured Palestinians to seek treatment.’We received orders from…
Israeli Supreme Court to Hear Rachel Corrie Appeal
13th May 2014 | Rachel Corrie Foundation for Peace & Justice | Occupied PalestineNine years after filing a civil suit against the State of Israel for the wrongful death of…
13-year-old Shot and Seriously Injured Near Rafah
A Palestinian child, age 13, has been seriously injured, on Friday evening, as Israeli forces east of Rafah fired at him.Photo: A Palestinian injured during Friday, February 21, border protest…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Collapse Accident Near Rafah
Palestinian medical sources have reported that a young Palestinian man was killed, late on Saturday evening [ February 1 2014], when a siege-busting border tunnel collapsed on him near Rafah,…
Egyptian officials indefinitely close Rafah border crossing with Gaza
As protests and unrest continue throughout Egypt, with over 40 people killed since Sunday, the Egyptian government closed the Rafah border crossing, which is virtually the only way in and…
Palestinian Killed, Three Injured, In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported that one Palestinian was killed and three others were injured when a siege-busting tunnel on the…
Palestinian Dies Of Wounds Suffered Sunday
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Monday that a young Palestinian man died of wounds suffered Sunday after the Israeli army bombarded Rafah, in the southern part of…
10 Palestinians Injured By Army Missiles In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that ten Palestinians were injured, on Sunday evening, when the Israeli Air Force fired several missiles into Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.…
Resident Killed, One Injured In A Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that one Palestinian worker was killed, and another was injured, on Tuesday afternoon, when a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Two Palestinians Assassinated In Gaza
Two Palestinians were assassinated, on Wednesday at night, when an Israeli drone fired a missile at a Palestinian car driving near Abu Taha Fuel Station, in the center of Rafah…
Resident Killed, Several Injured, by Army Missile in Gaza
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Sunday, that one resident was killed and several others were wounded, when an Israeli drone fired one missile targeting a motorcycle rider…
Army Bombards Rafah, Five Injured
The Israeli Air Force bombarded, late on Sunday evening, a blacksmith workshop in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, leading to extensive damage and at least five…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources reported that one resident was killed on Wednesday evening when a barrel fell on him as he was working in a siege-busting border tunnel, in Rafah, in…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Thursday that a Palestinian was killed and another was injured when a siege-busting tunnel, on the Gaza Egypt border, collapse while they were working inside it.The…
Two Residents Injured in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Saturday, that two residents were injured after the Israeli army fired a missile at their motorcycle near Al-Fadliyya School, in Rafah, in the southern part of…
18-Month Child Killed, Her Sister Injured, After Falling Into Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Thursday, that an 18-month-old Palestinian child was killed, and her 30-month-old sister was injured, after falling into a siege-busting tunnel, in Rafah,…
Palestinian Killed, Two Wounded, After Falling into Tunnel In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Saturday, that one resident was killed and several others were injured after falling into a siege-busting tunnel along the Egypt border in…
Islamic Jihad Fighter Killed In Rafah
The Al-Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Tuesday evening, during what it described as a “jihadist mission” in…
Fighter Killed In Rafah
The Salah Ed-Deen Brigades, the armed wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, reported that one of its fighters was killed on Sunday evening during a training accident in Rafah, in…
Two Wounded in Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported that two Palestinians were injured on Saturday, when a tunnel partially collapsed while they were in it. The tunnel is located south…
Army Bombards Qassam Center In Rafah
The Israeli Air Force bombarded, on Saturday at dawn, a training center that belongs to the Al-Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, west of Rafah, in the…
Palestinian Killed By Electric Shock In Rafah Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported on Wednesday evening that a Palestinian man was killed by an electric shock while working inside a siege-busting tunnel on the border with Egypt, in Rafah,…
Hours after ceasefire declared- Palestinian killed, another wounded south of Rafah
Gaza resident, Ahmed Gargun, was killed and another was wounded on Sunday afternoon as an Israeli air strike targeted a group of the National Resistance Brigades (NRB), the armed wing…
Palestinian Shepherd Wounded In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that a shepherd was shot and injured, on Thursday evening, after an Israeli soldier based near the border with Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Resident Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources reported on Tuesday that a resident was killed when a tunnel collapsed on him. The incident occurred near the border with Egypt, in Rafah, in the southern…
Three confirmed dead in Gaza tunnel from Egyptian wastewater attack
After Egyptian forces flooded a smuggling tunnel with wastewater on Sunday in an attack aimed at stopping Palestinian smuggling, two men were missing and one badly injured. Two days later,…
Two Tunnel Workers Killed, Five Injured
Palestinian medical sources reported that two tunnel workers died of wounds sustained due to a gas leak that led to an explosion inside as siege-busting tunnel, in Rafah, in the…
Qassam Fighter Killed In An Explosion In Rafah
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, reported that one of its fighters was killed, on Wednesday before midnight, in an explosion that took place in…
Egypt Security Forces Detonate Tunnel On Gaza Border
The Egyptian Security Forces detonated on Tuesday a siege-busting tunnel at the Gaza-Egypt border in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.Palestinian sources reported that the tunnel was…
Last witness testifies in Rachel Corrie case; family says Israel suppressed evidence
The last witness testified Sunday in an Israeli court case seeking justice for slain peace activist Rachel Corrie. Col. Pinhas (Pinky) Zuaretz claimed that Rachel’s death was her own fault…
Palestinian Dies Of Electric Shock Inside A Siege-busting Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that a Palestinian youth was electrified to death while working in a siege-busting tunnel in the border area in Rafah, in the southern part of…
Rafah To Reopen Under Specified Agreement
The Rafah border crossing is to reopen following four days closure.The border between Gaza and Egypt at Rafah has reopened according to Gaza border official Ayyoub Abu Sha’ar. The border…
Egypt’s ‘state security’ still blocks Rafah exit from Gaza
“My father, may he rest in peace, was an Egyptian, my daughters are Egyptians, my grandchildren are Egyptians, my brothers are Egyptians, I am an Egyptian,” an exasperated Salah Zorob…
Palestinian Youth Dies Of Electric Shock At Border Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday morning that a Palestinian youth, in his twenties, died of an electric shock while working in a tunnel under the Gaza-Egypt border, in the…
Egyptian government plans to permanently re-open Rafah crossing with Gaza
In an interview with Al Jazeera television on Friday, Egypt’s Foreign Minister announced that the interim Egyptian government has decided to re-open the border between Egypt and Gaza, and will…
Fighter Dies Of Wounds Sustained Last Week
Palestinian medical sources reported on Thursday morning that a fighter died of wounds suffered last Thursday, April 7th, after the Israeli army bombarded Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Four Palestinians Killed In Tunnel Collapse Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that four Palestinians were killed and six others were injured when a tunnel collapse on them in Al Barazil border area, in Rafah, in the…
Hearing resumes in case of non-violent activist killed by Israeli bulldozer
After a five month recess, the Haifa District Court resumed a hearing on Sunday, April 3, in the civil lawsuit filed by Rachel Corrie’s family against the State of Israel…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Tunnel Accident
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, issued a press release stating that one of its fighters was killed on Thursday evening when a tunnel collapsed…
Fighter Assassinated In Rafah
Palestinian sources reported on Wednesday at dawn that a member of the Al Quds Brigades, the armed wing of the Islamic Jihad, was killed, while another Palestinian was seriously injured…
Israeli army claims Palestinian fighters fired projectile at Israeli tank in Gaza
Israeli forces operating in the southern part of the Gaza Strip on Friday claim that they were attacked by Palestinian fighters, who fired an anti-tank projectile at an Israeli tank.…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian medical sources reported that one worker was killed late on Tuesday evening in a tunnel accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.The sources stated that…
Qassam Fighter Killed In Gaza
The Al Qassam Brigades, the armed wing of the Hamas movement, issues a press release stating that one of its fighters was killed in what was described “a mission in…
Israeli Navy Fires At Palestinian Fishing Boats
Israeli Navy boats opened fire, on Wednesday at dawn, at Palestinian fishing boats near the shore in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Damage was reported, but…
One Resident Wounded As Army Bombards Gaza
Palestinian medical sources reported, Monday morning, that one resident was injured after the Israeli army bombarded an area near the Gaza International Airport, east of Rafah, in the southern part…
Child Killed As Army Chases Fishing Boats Near Rafah Shore
A 15-year-old Palestinian child was killed on Friday evening after the Israeli Navy chased a fishing boat close to the Rafah shore, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip;…
Israeli Navy Opens Fire at Palestinian Fishermen
Israeli Navy gunboats opened fire on Friday at dawn at several Palestinian fishing boats near the central district and Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. No injuries…
Two Palestinians Killed By Power Surge in Rafah Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported that two Palestinians were killed on Monday evening due to a power surge at a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Elderly Man Wounded By Military Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported, Wednesday morning, that a 65-year-old man was wounded by a live round fired by Israeli soldiers stationed near the Sofa Crossing east of Rafah, in the…
Army Fires At Farmers, Homes, In Rafah
Palestinian farmers stated, Thursday evening, that Israeli soldiers stationed near the border in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, fired rounds of live ammunition at them, their…
Three Palestinians Wounded In A Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported that three Palestinians were wounded while working in a tunnel In Rafah along border with Egypt. Adham Abu Silmiyya, coordinator of Military Medical Services in Gaza…
Israeli Forces Invade Rafah; Clashes Reported
Late Sunday night, Israeli tanks, bulldozers and armored vehicles invaded the southern Gaza Strip, east of Rafah, and began bulldozing land in the an-Nahda neighborhood.A spokesperson for the al-Aqsa Brigades,…
Israeli forces launch two airstrikes on destroyed Palestinian airport in southern Gaza Sunday
The Israeli airforce announced Sunday that its warplanes had dropped two missiles on the previously-destroyed Palestinian airport in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, in the early hours of Sunday…
Six Killed In Tunnel Explosion In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that six Palestinians were killed and twelve were wounded in an explosion that took place in a siege-busting tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part…
Egypt Uncovers 17 Tunnels
Egyptian security personnel uncovered 17 tunnels across the border with Rafah during a campaign carried out overnight targeting siege-busting tunnels.The tunnels were uncovered near border marker 4 and in the…
Hamas Demolished Homes In Rafah
Local sources have reported that the Hamas security forces in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, demolished several homes, Sunday, and intends to demolish more homes under…
Israeli Air Force Bombards Two Tunnels in Rafah
Local sources reported that the Israeli Air force bombarded on Monday at dawn two siege-busting tunnels east of the Rafah Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Collapse in Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Tuesday that a 19-year-old youth was killed when a tunnel collapsed on him in Al Salaam neighborhood, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Soldiers Level A Mosque Near Rafah
Israeli soldiers invaded on Tuesday at dawn an area in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, leveled the Al Dahniyya mosque and uprooted farmlands.Local sources reported that…
Four Killed, Nine Wounded, After Being Gassed In Tunnel By Egypt
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday evening that four Palestinians were killed and nine others were wounded after the Egyptian security forces sprayed a border tunnel…
Youth Missing In Tunnel Collapse
Palestinian medical sources reported that resident Bilal Abu Taha, 17, who went missing in a tunnel collapse accident in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, was not…
Four Palestinians Wounded As Egypt Detonates Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources reported Wednesday that four Palestinians were wounded when the Egyptian Security Forces detonated a siege-busting tunnel on the border between Gaza and Egypt.The Quds Press reported that…
Child Killed By Army Fire In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported Tuesday morning that a child was shot and killed by Israeli military fire in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza…
Egyptian Navy Arrests Three Fishermen
The Egyptian Navy arrested on Saturday evening three Palestinian fishermen who accidentally entered Egyptian territorial waters.The three were in a fishing boat when they approached the Egyptian waters, near international…
Palestinian Youth Dies In Tunnel Accident
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Monday at night that a Palestinian youth died by electric shock at a tunnel in Rafah, in the southern part of the…
Palestinian Dies Due To Electrocution In Rafah Tunnel
Palestinian medical sources in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, reported, Monday evening, that a Palestinian youth died by electric shock at a tunnel in Rafah.The sources…
Israel Bombards the Gaza International Airport
The Israeli air force fired, on Tuesday evening, several missiles at the Gaza International Airport, east of Rafah city, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. Local sources reported…
Palestinian Killed In Tunnel Accident In Rafah
Palestinian medical sources reported Saturday that a man was killed by an electric shock in a tunnel in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.The resident was identified as Ashraf Al Attar, 23.…