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Nine children and five women were among those hurt in the protest

Last month, the US State Department said Washington would “no longer commit funding” to the UNRWA

Qatari and Palestinian officials are seen at the opening ceremony of a court in Gaza

Israeli naval ships fired gas canisters and shot at Palestinian demonstrators in Gaza's coastal waters

Protest outside UNRWA after employees were to be forced in to retirement

The new academic year launched in Gaza today under the theme “Year of Education in Jerusalem”. Some 3,030 schools reopened this year with 1.3 million students registered. Of those...

170 unarmed Palestinians were injured, 90 of whom were treated in field hospitals.

At least 18 people were wounded yesterday after Israeli occupation forces targeted a cultural centre in the besieged Gaza Strip. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health in Gaza, Ashraf...

Palestinians in Gaza gather to call for the UN to continue its services in the Strip

Palestinians from Gaza have launched a Freedom 2 carrying wounded Palestinians and students who have been unable to leave the Gaza Strip

Palestinians protest outside UNRWA against cuts on June 4, 2018

Palestinian amputees have come together to form Gaza’s first football squad of people with disabilities

The restrictions imposed on financial transactions to charities working in the besieged Gaza Strip have exacerbated the suffering of Palestinians there

This Palestinian man uses bullets shot by Israeli occupation forces in to the Gaza Strip to highlight Palestine's longing for peace

Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh delivers a sermon at Friday prayers in Gaza

Welcome to the largest nursery that produces cactus in the Gaza Strip, founded by Afaf Massoud, 18.

Holding the Palestine National Council meeting “does not convey unity in a practical way”, the head of Hamas’ political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, said today. The PNC, he continued, “does...

Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein succumbed to his wounds after being shot by Israeli snipers while covering mass protests near Gaza’s eastern border

Due to the severe lack of electricity in Gaza, Palestinian engineers generate electricity using waves from the sea

A 29-year-old Palestinian succumbed on Monday to wounds he sustained during Land Day protests on Friday near the eastern borders of the besieged Gaza Strip. Spokesperson of the Gaza...

Some 150 young men and women took part in a march towards the Israeli border today in the build up to the Great March of Return which is due...

Tailors in Gaza are sown together as the skill is passed on from one generation to the next. Fifty-seven-year-old Nashat Al-Ashi runs a sewing and repair shop in the...

On Sunday February, 25th, the Israeli occupation navy shot dead the Palestinian fisherman Ismail Abu-Riyaleh, 18, and wounded two of his relatives, who were aboard of the fishing boat

School children fly kites carrying the hashtag 'dignity is priceless' to highlight the dire situation in Gaza

The donations announced by the Qatari Ambassador Mohamed Al-Emadi, which included medicines and fuel for hospitals, aid for university students and poor families in Gaza was in response to the needs of Gazans

There are currently 63 Palestinian women prisoners in Hasharon and Damon Prisons, including sick mothers, 10 minors and eight wounded

Fun and games in Gaza after heavy rains

This is the third time that private sector organisations have announced a suspension of their operations over the last two weeks in protest against the difficult living conditions

Schools, clinics and food distribution centres in the Gaza Strip were closed on Monday after 13,000 employees of the United Nations agency that serves the Palestinians walked out

Palestinians, in particular the elderly, sick and disabled, come together to call for international efforts to save Gaza from the humanitarian crisis

Dozens of Palestinian children yesterday came out to the streets of the Gaza Strip to call for international efforts to save the enclave from the economic and humanitarian disaster...

Generators at seven health centres in the besieged Gaza Strip have stopped working due to the shortage in fuel, the Palestinian Ministry of Health announced today. Ministry spokesman, Ashraf...