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Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Thursday that the Egyptian Border Authorities only allowed two out of eight passenger buses to cross through the Rafah Border Terminal, located…
The organizers of the “Freedom Flotilla 2” have said they intend to sail irrespective of Turkish organization IHH’s participation, according to Haaretz.Organizers of the upcoming “Freedom Flotilla 2” due to…
The Israeli Authorities decided to partially open the Kerem Shalom Crossing (Karem Abu Salem) on Thursday in order to allow into the Gaza Strip a limited number of cars, food…
The Turkish organisation IHH has said it is reconsidering its participation in the planned “Freedom Flotilla 2” set to sail for Gaza on June 27th. The group has sighted recent…
Israeli media sources reported Wednesday that the Israeli army and the navy are intensifying their training and preparing plans to intercept and attack the Freedom Flotilla 2 should it try…
Dr. Atef Al Kahloot, head of the Medical Services in the Gaza Strip, reported Monday that all surgeries in hospitals across the coastal region have been put on hold until…
A recent report by UNRWA has put Gaza’s unemployment at 45.2%, the highest in the World. The report says that the Israeli siege is the main cause of this high…
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…
A Palestinian worker was killed on Monday at dawn when a siege-busting tunnel collapsed on him at the Gaza-Egypt border, in Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…
Tensions between Hamas and the Egyptian regime over delays and restrictions of movement at the Egypt-Gaza Rafah border crossing have been eased in overnight talks, according to Maan News Agency.…
Israel has confirmed it will block the next “Freedom Flotilla” seeking to break the maritime siege of Gaza. The flotilla is due to sail in June. The Israeli Navy has…
After four years of closure the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip was opened on Saturday allowing hundreds of Gazans to travel into EgyptThere were joyous scenes…
The European Campaign to end the Siege on Gaza denounced recent statements made by UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, in which he called for preventing the Freedom Flotilla 2 from heading…
“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…
United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, called on Middle Eastern countries to prevent the new Freedom Flotilla from heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies next month.Ban Ki-moon…
According to Maan news agency the Israeli Navy have fired on Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza injuring three. Three men have been taken to hospital after the Israeli Navy fired…
The international Gaza aid flotilla that was at the centre of an international Israeli diplomatic crisis last year is due to set sail again for Gaza in the coming months.…
New York – PNN – Nearly one year after Israeli commandos stormed an aide flotilla that was in international waters and bound for Gaza, The CCR, the Center for Constitutional…
Palestinian liaison official in Gaza, Raed Fattouh, stated that the Israeli Authorities decided to allow 290-300 trucks loaded with aid to the trade, agriculture and transportation sectors into the Gaza…
The Egyptian Authorities decided to permanently open the Rafah Border Terminal with the Gaza Strip starting this coming Saturday in an attempt to ease the deadly four-year blockade on the…
Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, welcomed the Egyptian decision to permanently open the Rafah Border Terminal that links Gaza with Egypt. The movement’s media office issued a statement welcoming the Egyptian…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported Thursday that Italian and Malaysian human rights activists arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt. The…
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…
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…
As peace activists and human rights groups prepare for sailing to Gaza next month, Turkish Foreign Minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, warned Israel against a new attack against the flotilla, similar to…
Almost one year after a flotilla of humanitarian aid ships was attacked by Israeli naval forces, killing nine activists, a coalition of aid groups from around the world say they…
The Ministry of Interior run by the Hamas-led government in Gaza, reported Friday that the Rafah Border Terminal between, Gaza and Egypt, will be closed on Monday.The Ministry stated that,…
The Lifeline for Gaza Jordanian Committee issued a press release denying allegations that Abdul-Rahman Al Breizat, one of the suspects in the murder of the Italian peace activist, Vittorio Arrigoni,…
Agidea Prata, the mother of Vittorio Arrigoni, the Italian activist and journalist killed in Gaza on Friday, said that she will be sailing to Gaza on May with the Free…
For the eighth straight day, Israeli officials maintained a full closure of all border crossings in and out of the Gaza Strip Tuesday, refusing to allow even the small trickle…
The Israeli government is weighing the possibility of allowing solidarity ships to reach the Gaza shores as long as they undergo a thorough search by an international authority, probably Greece,…
Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, claimed Monday that the Freedom Flotilla solidarity ships, planning to send aid and humanitarians supplies to the Gaza Strip, are a provocation that must be…
Palestinian sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Tuesday evening that 13 Palestinians, who were imprisoned by Egypt, were released while twelve of them managed to cross into Gaza. One…
The Israeli Prime Minister called the head of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, on Friday to insist that the UN intervene to stop an international humanitarian aid mission that is…
As the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) and a number of European solidarity groups declared intentions to send a relief flotilla to the besieged Gaza Strip this coming May, Israel…
The Palestinian Information Center, affiliated with the Hamas movement, reported Tuesday that Egyptian Foreign Minister, Dr. Nabil Al Arabi, stated that Hamas delegates will be visiting Egypt soon in order…
After permanently closing the main commercial crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip two days ago, Israeli authorities allowed 10 trucks to cross into Gaza with building materials, Wednesday morning,…
Spokesperson of Popular Resistance Committees, Mohammad Al Abreem (Abu Mojahid), welcomed the stances of the new Egyptian government regarding rejecting the Israeli siege on Gaza and the necessity to lift…
The Hamas-led government in the Gaza Strip said on Saturday that they may close down the Kerem Shalom crossing from the Gazan side, in protest of Israel’s decision this week…
The israeli army has shut al-Mintar crossing, on Wednesday, and kept “Karam Abu Salem” crossing open only.Israel had previously shut the trade crossing “Nahil Ouz” and transferred all the exports…
Agence France-Presse are reporting, on Thursday, that three Palestinians have been killed during clashes with the Israeli military in the north of the Gaza Strip.Quoting medical sources, AFP reported that…
The Israeli Authorities decided, on Tuesday, to partially open the Karni and Kerem Shalom crossings to allow the entry of food supplies and construction materials on their way to the…
The Israeli Authorities allowed on Thursday evening the Al Quds 5 solidarity convoy to enter the Gaza Strip via the Rafah Border Terminal, in the southern part of the Gaza…
The Israeli Authorities Decided on Thursday to allow twenty 20 new vehicles into the Gaza Strip via the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) Crossing, in addition to allowing the entry…
The Turkish Humanitarian Foundation (IHH) that led the Freedom Flotilla that was attacked by the Israeli army in international waters last year, announced that Freedom Flotilla 2 will be sailing…
Israeli navy detained, on Tuesday morning, an unspecified number of Palestinian fishermen who were fishing off the coast of Gaza City, local sources said.Gaza’s Ministry of Agriculture confirmed that the…
The Asia 1 solidarity convoy managed to enter the Gaza Strip late on Sunday at night to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the residents of the besieged coastal region.…
Egypt stopped activists on the Asia 1 aid convoy from reaching the Gaza Strip, an Egyptian daily newspaper quoted in Press TV reported on Thursday.Around 50 Iranian and Jordanian activists…
Egypt announced that its security forces located a large weapons storage facility in the Sinai Desert, and stated that the weapons were meant to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip.Weapons…
Dozens of thousands of Turkish and international activists welcomed on Sunday the Mavi Marmara ship at the Istanbul Port seven months after the deadly Israeli attack in international waters that…
A Syrian popular committee has sent a new humanitarian aid convoy of food and medicines to the Gaza Strip, according to local sources. According to the Palestine Information Centre (PIC),…
Around 15 tons of agricultural exports are set to leave the Gaza Strip over next week’s crossings operations, Radio Israel revealed to Ma’an News. The news came after Israeli officials…
The Israeli Radio reported that the Security and Political Ministerial Council of the Israeli Government has approved the a decision to allow the exports of agricultural products from the besieged…
In the latest revelation to come out of the hundreds of thousands of leaked diplomatic cables provided by the website ‘Wikileaks’, a diplomatic exchange between then Israeli Director of Military…
A new technology known as ‘Windbreaker’ shielding will be deployed in tanks stationed along the Israel-Gaza border, announced an Israeli military spokesperson on Sunday.According to the website ‘Military Analysis’, “The…
The Asia solidarity convoy heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies arrived in in Turkey on Friday after it left Iran on its way to deliver humanitarian supplies…
A Gulf delegation led by Saudi prince reaches the Gaza Strip, on Wednesday, to deliver relief material, the Palestinian Information Centre reported.The PIC quoted an Egyptian news agency claiming that…
According to a report released by the Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza on Monday, 137 essential medicines are completely out of stock in Gaza’s hospitals and clinics, with supplies of…
Freedom Flotilla 2 solidarity ships will be sailing to the Gaza Strip next spring in order to challenge Israel’s siege on the Gaza Strip by delivering much needed humanitarian and…
A ship organized by The Asian People’s Solidarity for Palestine, carrying 55 activists and humanitarian aid supplies arrived in Tehran while on its way to impoverished and besieged Gaza Strip.The…
Former British M.P. George Galloway promised, publicly, that new humanitarian aid convoys would be sent next year via land, air, and sea to the Gaza Strip to break the four-year…
Asia’s first humanitarian convoy is due to begin its journey to the Gaza Strip, trying to break Israel’s siege, Press TV reported. A convoy of activists bound for Gaza is…
A coalition of 21 international human rights organizations called for end to ‘cruel and illegal’ Gaza blockade, arguing that the partial lifting agreed by Israel has made a limited impact…
The Borders Authority in Gaza reported late on Friday at night that European Parliamentarians made it into Gaza on Friday evening through the Rafah Border Terminal between Gaza and Egypt.…
European Union Foreign Policy Chief, Catherine Ashton, lashed out at Israel for failing to ease the blockade on the Gaza Strip. Ashton stated that despite Israeli vows to the International…
On Thursday, two mortar shells from Gaza landed in the southern district of Israel, adjacent to the Strip. No injuries were caused, Ma’an reported. According to an Israeli spokeswoman, the…
At least a dozen international aid volunteers are on board a boat off the coast of Libya, where they are allegedly being held captive by the boat’s captain, according to…
German Foreign Minister, Guido Westerwelle, urged Israel to lift its blockade of the Gaza Strip but refused to meet Hamas officials, in the first German official visit to Gaza in…
Documents, whose existence were denied by the Israeli government for over a year, have been released after a legal battle led by Israeli human rights group, Gisha. The documents reveal…
On Friday, 20-year-old Ahmad Maher Abu Tu’eimah from southern Gaza died after falling into a tunnel, near Salah El-Deen gate in Rafah.According to Gaza medical services spokesman, Adham Abu Silmiyya,…
The Israeli government reported Thursday that documents found in one of the laptops confiscated by the Israeli Defense Forces suggest that the flotilla organizers received assistance from the Turkish government…
The Convoy of Hope, having departed from London on October 10th, arrived in Tunisia via Algeria on Wednesday, October 20th. It is heading to Gaza to deliver urgently needed humanitarian…
Viva Palestina 5 humanitarian flotilla sailed, on Wednesday at dawn ,from the Lathiqiyya Syrian Port, headed for the Al Arish Egyptian port. The flotilla is on its way to the…
On Monday, the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Health sent 17 truckloads of medicine and supplies to the Gaza Strip. According to the Minister of Health, Fathi Abu Moghli, the goods…
Mary Robinson, Ela Bhatt and Lakhdar Brahimi say the isolation of Gaza is not only illegal collective punishment, but also an impediment to peace. President Carter will join his fellow…
The Egyptian Authorities informed a number of Hamas political leaders that they will not be allowed to cross into Egypt on their way for pilgrimage to Mecca. Hamas spokesperson, Dr.…
Zaher Beerawy, spokesperson of the Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy stated that the flotilla will likely leave the Syrian port of al-Lathiqiyya on Sunday instead of Friday, the originally planned…
Spokesperson of the Artery of Life 5 (Viva Palestina 5) solidarity convoy Zaher Beerawi, said that the Egyptian Authority decided on Wednesday evening to allow the convoy to enter the…
Zaher Beerawi, spokesperson of the Artery of Life 5 flotilla, which is attempting to deliver humanitarian and medical supplies to the besieged Gaza Strip, said that Egypt backpedaled on what…
Zaher Beerawi of Viva Palestina 5 stated that Egypt promised to facilitate the entry of the convoy into Egypt, and that Cairo is interested in insuring that humanitarian supplies make…
Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported, Tuesday, that a 30-day old infant died due to sharp shortages in medical supplies and medical equipment in Gaza Strip hospitals, induced…
A Jordanian aid convoy arrived in Syria on Monday to join the Viva Palestina 5 solidarity mission that is heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian aid and medical…
The Artery of Life 5 solidarity ship arrived on Saturday night shortly after midnight at a Syrian port carrying dozens of activists and humanitarian supplies. All solidarity ships heading to…
The Viva Palestina 5 solidarity convoy arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara and was received by thousands of supporters who carried Palestinian flags, Turkish flags and pictures of the al-Aqsa…
Israeli authorities ordered the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing between Israel and the Gaza Strip to open, but kept Al-Mentar (Karni) crossing closed for the entry of goods.Ra’ed…
The Viva Palestina 5 solidarity flotilla heading to the Gaza Strip arrived on Tuesday in Istanbul and its activists held a press conference at a cultural center.Head of the Turkish…
Hundreds of German citizens, pro Palestine activists, and Palestinians rallied in the streets of the German Capital, Berlin, demanding the country to apprehend and prosecute Israeli officials who are responsible…
A spokesperson of the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, stated Monday that the Egyptian Authorities are closely following “Artery of Life 5” aid convoy heading to Egypt, and will allow aid supplies…
Lieutenant Hisham al-Janayni, assistant-director of al-Arish Port, stated that a Syrian aid ship heading to Gaza had arrived at al-Arish Port in Egypt on Sunday evening, and that the ship…
The “Artery of Life 5” solidarity convoy heading to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies, arrived in Paris on Sunday, and was welcomed by hundreds of French peace activists…
The Artery Of Life 5 solidarity flotilla had officially kicked of its trip to the Gaza Strip to deliver humanitarian supplies and challenge Israel’s 4-year old illegal siege on the…
A huge land convoy filled with humanitarian aid will be leaving London on Saturday September 18 in conjunction with other convoys from Doha – Qatar, and Casablanca and will be…
For the first time since Israel imposed the siege on Gaza on June of 2007, Israel decided to allowed the entry of auto parts to the Gaza Strip.Engineer Raed Fattouh…
Deeb Hijazi, coordinator of the National Initiative Committee Against the Siege, based on Lebanon, stated that four flotillas will be sailing to Gaza on September 18.Hijazi said that the “Artery…
The Free Gaza Movement reported that its supporters in the United States have decided to organize sending an aide plane to the Gaza Strip in order to deliver humanitarian supplies…
Independent Palestinian Legislator and head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege, Jamal El-Khoudary, stated Saturday that enormous external pressures on the Lebanese solidarity ship “Mariam” have forced the ship…
Israeli Defense Minister, Ehud Barak, threatened that Israel will intercept and, if needed, use force against two Lebanese solidarity ships heading to the besieged Gaza Strip.He claimed that the Lebanese…
A convoy of Arab parliamentarians managed to cross into Gaza via the Rafah Border Terminal in order to deliver aid supplies estimated by 150 M. USD. An official Algerian media…
In two separate operations on Wednesday morning, Egyptian troops stationed along the Gaza-Egypt border raided underground tunnels between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, seizing control of 17 of the tunnels…
A single generator was able to start Monday after a small amount of fuel was received.The Electricity Company in Gaza received only a limited supply of fuel to start up…