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Despite the Israeli refusal to participate in ceasefire negotiations, in Egypt, Palestinian resistance factions have agreed to engage in a 72-hour truce beginning 8 am Tuesday. Israeli officials, who have…

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Israeli soldiers continued their bombardment of different parts of the Gaza Strip, killing at least eight Palestinians, including children, in Rafah, and a leader of the al-Quds Brigades, the military…

A Palestinian man was shot dead by Israeli police, in occupied Jerusalem, in what they claim is an attack the man carried out against an Israeli bus and a car…

Palestinian medical sources in occupied Jerusalem have reported that at least ten Palestinian worshippers were injured, Monday, during clashes that took place after Israeli police officers stormed the yards of…

Israeli soldiers invaded Beit Ummar town, north of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and kidnapped six Palestinians. Soldiers also invaded Hebron, and kidnapped three brothers, while two Palestinians…

Moshe Feiglin, the deputy speaker of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, has published a plan for the total destruction of the Palestinian people in Gaza. Ali Abunimah | The Electronic Intifada…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that at least ten Palestinians have been killed, on Monday at dawn, after the Israeli army and air force fired missiles into homes, and civilian…

Israeli forces on Sunday abducted five Palestinians in the occupied West Bank districts of Hebron and Bethlehem, in addition to two others in Jerusalem, according to reports by local and…

On Friday August 1st, Palestinians in Bethlehem demonstrated against Israel’s massacre Gaza. 08/03/14 | International Solidarity Movement | Bethlehem, Occupied Palestine Between 3,000-5,000 people protested, men, women, and children. The…

The Ministry of Health Gaza is reeling from the reports coming out of Rafah, according to Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency, who informs that scores of people have been killed…

Official Press Release – Ministry of HealthThe people of Gaza face enormous barriers to accessing primary health care, with only 10 of the government’s 56 Primary Health Care clinics operational,…

The Israeli military withdrew the majority of its ground forces back to staging areas outside of Gaza on Sunday. The air force, however, continues to strike targets in the coastal…

As the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip continues to leave nearly 2,000 Palestinians dead and over 7,000 injured, there has been an upsurge in artists signing on to the…

A Palestinian delegation which includes both PA members and Hamas representatives agreed, on Sunday, to present joint demands to Egyptian mediators, in Cairo, for a truce deal with Israel.Ma’an reports…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health reports numerous air strikes targeting different parts of the Gaza Strip, with an ongoing Israeli military ground presence in Rafah, all day Sunday. Eighteen people…

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…

Since the Israeli military began its assault on the Gaza Strip on July 8th, Israeli forces have repeatedly targeted medics and medical centers who have been working feverishly to treat…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported that six members of two families have been killed, and several Palestinians have been injured, as the Israeli army continued to fire missiles…

The Israeli military continued its bombardment and shelling of densely populated civilian area, and homes, in the Gaza Strip, killing nine members of one family, and six members of another…

As the Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip and its civilian population continues for the 28th consecutive day, Israeli missiles and shells have killed several Palestinians, Sunday, while dozens have…

(August the 2nd, 2014) Thousands of multi-ethnic people, including Jews, have organized in New York City to protest Israeli aggression on Gaza and against the bias towards Israel, in reporting…

A video was uploaded to YouTube on 31 July, entitled in Hebrew: “Israeli army forces detonate a mosque with 11 tons of explosives.”08/02/2014 – 19:26 | The Electronic Intifada |…

On the 30th July, approximately 40 Palestinian and international activists marched from al-Khader gate on the outskirts of Bethlehem and blocked Road 60, which connects all the illegal settlements in…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that at least eight Palestinians have been killed, on Sunday at dawn, while many have been injured, some seriously, in ongoing…

The crisis in Gaza is fast spiralling out of control with water supplies critically low and a public health crisis imminent, Oxfam warned today. The collapse of the latest brief…

As global attention focused today on the Gaza ceasefire that was not to be, two Palestinians were killed and over 120 wounded in mass Gaza solidarity protests throughout the West…

On Saturday, Palestinian and international news agencies managed to accompany residents and aid workers into the town of Khuza’a, in the southern Gaza Strip. Among those people were Tamer al-Mis-hal,…

Though far from declaring an end to the month-long military assault on the people of Gaza, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said, Saturday, that Israeli forces were redeploying out of Gaza…

A health disaster of widespread proportions is rapidly unfolding in the Gaza Strip as a direct result of the ongoing conflict, said the United Nations today.Mr. James W. Rawley, the…

The children were all dressed in new clothes. They were gathered to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. Yet their faces did not look cheerful.Thirteen-year-old Muayad al-Sahqar was not venturing further than the…

Local sources report that at least 50 Palestinians were killed in continuous airstrikes on Rafah on Saturday. This follows an attack on a market in Rafah Friday that broke a…

The airstrike on the Rafah market during the humanitarian ceasefire on Friday was apparently a ‘revenge attack’ for the killing of two soldiers and the abduction of one which took…

US President Barrack Obama approached the press podium, Friday, shuffling the Western-backed civilian assault currently raging in the Gaza Strip into a deck of seemingly random issues, ranging from the…

After a declared ceasefire ended with massive Israeli airstrikes Friday, Israeli bombs continued to drop on all parts of the Gaza Strip through the evening and night.Six bodies arrived at…

The latest report from the massive bomb that hit Rafah, on Friday morning, is that over 62 people have been killed and 200 injured in the Israeli bombardment of a…

Air strikes in different parts of Gaza killed 14 Palestinians, including 3 medics whose ambulance was directly targeted, a 4-year old and an 8-month old baby. This follows an earlier…

Two Palestinian youth were killed on Friday when Israeli soldiers used live rounds and tear gas to attack protests in solidarity with Gaza organized all over the West Bank and…

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International solidarity activists who have been helping in Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest, have announced that the hospital has received a phone call telling them a building of the hospital will…

In a turn-around from Thursday, US Senators Friday morning decided to move ahead with approval of an additional $225 million for Israel, even while calling for drastic cuts to social…

The Media Office of the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, issued a press release accusing Israel of repeatedly violating the 72-hour ceasefire, shortly after it started, an issue which pushed armed…

Local sources in Gaza have reported that Israeli soldiers opened fire at Palestinians, trying to reach their homes in Rafah, Gaza City, and several areas in the Gaza Strip. Medics…

Muhammad Daher, a Palestinian journalist for al-Resalah newspaper, was recently injured when Israeli forces shelled his home in Shuja’eyya, to the east of Gaza City. He succumbed to his wounds…

Israeli forces, yesterday, kidnapped at least 14 Palestinians and shot one with live ammunition during predawn raids on West Bank districts of Hebron and Jenin, according to reports by local…

On Thursday, a group of 24 doctors and scientists signed an open letter that was published in the Lancet Medical Journal in Great Britain, in support of the people of…

On July 29th, Palestinian activists from the Human Rights Defenders Group, as well as several ISM volunteers, went to the Almezan Hospital in Hebron, and met some of the Palestinians…

Gaza hospitals are operating under impossible conditions, with surgery now being performed in corridors and on the floor due to the sheer numbers of wounded from massacres such as Shati…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that nine members of the al-Farra family have been killed, in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…

Power outages have been reported at a number of Gaza hospitals, which is severely impacting care for the hundreds of wounded Palestinians who are currently being treated for their injuries.…

This weekend a brief 12 hour cessation of hostilities was announced in Gaza. Oxfam teams were able to deliver more vital water and aid to people who have fled their…

More than 240,000 people have now fled their homes, but have nowhere safe to go. With exit through Israel closed under the long-term blockade, and the border with Egypt shut,…

A young Palestinian man from Ras Alamoud was reported to have been assaulted while in Jerusalem, on Thursday. According to his father, a group of Israeli settlers attempted to kidnap…

A youth was injured, on Thursday night, when a group of armed Israeli settlers attacked a Palestinian wedding party at the village of Al Khadier, near the occupied southern West…

Both the Israeli military and Hamas resistance have reportedly agreed to a 72-hour temporary cessation of military operations within the Gaza Strip.U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and UN Secretary-General…

Palestinian resistance managed to surprise Israeli military analysts and caught the military logistics unprepared; Israel was forced to call up an

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Following two days of massive Israeli bombardment of all parts of the Gaza Strip resulting in more than 200 Palestinians dead, the early hours of Thursday morning saw 13 additional…

Israel has called up 16,000 additional reservists to the holster of its ongoing slaughter in the Gaza Strip, now in its third week of operations and during which over one…

The United Nations continued to rhetorically condemn Israel yesterday. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called an attack on a school, which held displaced Palestinians, “outrageous.”“I condemn this attack in the strongest possible…

Hours after Israel shelled yet another UN school sheltering internally displaced families and a marketplace in Gaza, killing dozens of people, an unnamed defense department official revealed to CNN that…

“We don’t have power at the moment. We don’t have water,” physician Dr. Mona El-Farra told The Electronic Intifada from Gaza today. Dr. El-Farra works with the Palestine Red Crescent…

According to Israeli media, Benjamin Netanyahu rejected a proposal to kill Hamas political leaders in response to the ongoing firing of rockets by resistance fighters from Gaza to Israel.Newspaper Israel…

Throughout the day, on Wednesday, casualties have been pouring into hospitals in every part of Gaza, as medical facilities have had to turn to backup generators for power after Israel…

Seven Palestinians, including three minors, were abducted by Israeli forces from the Hebron and Bethlehem districts on Wednesday, according to reports by local and security sources.Soldiers stormed Al-Fawwar refugee camp,…

The Latin American country of Bolivia has renounced a visa exemption agreement with Israel in protest over its military offensive in Gaza, declaring it a terrorist state.According to a recent…

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Ministry of Health Gaza is outraged at the Israeli massacre perpetrated during the so-called humanitarian ceasefire, when F-16s fired missiles into the crowded Shujeiyah market as hundreds took advantage of…

Gaza militants continue pressure against Israeli army, while Israel knocks out Gaza’s sole power plant and destroys homes of Hamas leaders. 30 July, 2014 | The Alternative Information Center |…

The following is a statement by UNRWA Commissioner General Pierre Krahenbuh. ‘Last night, children were killed as they slept next to their parents on the floor of a classroom in…

Palestinian medical sources have reported that seven Palestinians, including four family members, have been killed in an Israeli air strike in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza…

Israeli missiles have killed six family members in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, while several Palestinians have been injured. Dozens killed due to ongoing Israeli…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health has reported that at least 24 more Palestinians, including families, have been killed, and many have been injured, some seriously, in ongoing Israeli bombardment of…

One of the most horrific of the many horrors of the last three weeks in Gaza was the shelling of a group of Palestinian civilians who had sought refuge in…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has reported that fifteen Palestinians have been killed, in the early morning hours before dawn Wednesday, when the Israeli army fired a missile…

The Israeli army continued its bombardment of homes and civilian structures in different parts of the Gaza Strip killing at least 26 Palestinians, including family members and children, and wounding…

Clashes continue to erupt across East Jerusalem and the West Bank, as thousands of Palestinians renew solidarity demonstrations with besieged Gaza, and Israeli forces continue to violently suppress protests across…

World organizations, Tuesday, including the Joint Coordinating Committee of the Non-Aligned Movement (JCC), along with the UN Group of 77 and China, the International NGO Network and the Bureau of…

As the situation in Gaza worsens, foreign journalists are leaving the Strip by the busload, while bombs on Tuesday have targeted several media agencies and journalists’ homes.Mohammad Omer, the award-winning…

At approximately 1 pm on July 28th, international volunteers made giant bubbles with Palestinian children to celebrate Eid, in Tel Rumeida, al-Khalil (Hebron).30th July 2014 | International Solidarity Movement, Khalil…

Hamas military wing al-Qassam Brigades announced, early Monday, that they had killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded another during clashes which took place east of Jabaliya, in the northern Gaza…

As hospitals now face an increasingly dire situation in the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health in Gaza has issued a number of statements in regard, in addition to further…

Hamas leadership denied, on Tuesday, that it had accepted a deal for a 24-hour ‘humanitarian’ ceasefire, contrary to earlier claims by Palestinian leadership.According to Ma’an News Agency, Dr. Sami Abu…

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update: A new airstrike in Rafah around 8:30 pm Tuesday killed two and wounded three. The Palestinian Health Ministry reports 192 killed, and hundreds more injured since Monday. Most of…

Gaza’s sole power plant was destroyed by the most intense Israeli bombardment of this war. The people of Gaza were already dealing with power cuts more than 20 hours a…

A Palestinian child, who was seriously injured several days ago when the army fired a missile into a street in Khan Younis, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip,…

Palestinian medical sources reported that a young Palestinian man, died on Tuesday, due to a serious injury suffered last week during clashes with Israeli soldiers invading Ethna town, west of…

Update: The Israeli army continued its illegitimate bombardment of Palestinian homes, and civilian property, and killed five family members of a Palestinian journalist, including two children in Gaza City. Media…

An Israeli soldier has published accounts of Israeli soldiers being authorized by their commanders to carry out revenge attacks against civilians in the Gaza Strip “to enable the soldiers to…

Palestinian sources in Gaza are reporting a large number of Israeli bombs dropped in northern, southern, central, western and eastern Gaza on Tuesday morning, including the Palestinian Ministry of Finance,…

The house of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was the target of an Israeli missile, early this morning. Reports say there was no one inside the house and there were no…

According to the official website of the United Nations, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon has learned, with concern, that leaflets are reportedly being dropped by the Israeli military over the northern…

According to John Kerry, international efforts to secure a truce between Israel and Palestinians in Gaza must lead to the disarmament of the democratically elected Hamas party.The US Secretary of…

The Israeli army resumed its bombardments of different areas of the Gaza Strip, hitting more homes and civilian structures, killing at least eighteen more Palestinians, including an entire family, and…

Israelis in Tel Aviv, on 26.7.2014, the 19th day of Israel’s massacres in Gaza, cheer the genocide on: “There’s no school tomorrow, there’s no children left there [in Gaza]! Oleh!”29th…

During the first day of the Eid, a special holiday which normally marks the end of the month-long Ramadan fast with much celebration and feasting among Muslims everywhere, Palestinians in…

Three Palestinian protesters were shot and injured Monday morning by live ammunition, alongside several others who suffocated from teargas inhalation during clashes which erupted in Yatta town, south Hebron.Local activist…

‘As international and criminal law scholars, human rights defenders, legal experts and individuals who firmly believe in the rule of law and in the necessity for its respect in times…

Academic institutions in Israel have enthusiastically and voluntarily joined Israel’s campaign of massacres and destruction in the Gaza Strip. From disciplining students and staff who express ‘offensive’ opinions, establishing hasbara…