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Israel destroys Gaza cultural centre, 18 injured
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 Al-Qudra, said Israeli warplanes destroyed the Said Al-Mishal Cultural Centre late yesterday. Witnesses said the air force fired several warning missile...
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Palestinians to UN: Do not leave us hungry
Palestinians in Gaza gather to call for the UN to continue its services in the Strip ...
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Palestinians attempt to break Gaza maritime siege again
Palestinians from Gaza have launched a Freedom 2 carrying wounded Palestinians and students who have been unable to leave the Gaza Strip...
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UNRWA staff strike in Gaza, demand end to cuts
Palestinians protest outside UNRWA against cuts on June 4, 2018...
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Amputee football: Gaza’s first squad kicks in to action
Palestinian amputees have come together to form Gaza’s first football squad of people with disabilities...
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Charities locked out of Gaza due to the siege
The restrictions imposed on financial transactions to charities working in the besieged Gaza Strip have exacerbated the suffering of Palestinians there...
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Gazan takes a shot at peace
This Palestinian man uses bullets shot by Israeli occupation forces in to the Gaza Strip to highlight Palestine's longing for peace...
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Hamas: March of Return will not end until siege does
Head of Hamas’ political bureau Ismail Haniyeh delivers a sermon at Friday prayers in Gaza ...
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Teenager establishes Gaza’s largest cactus nursery
Welcome to the largest nursery that produces cactus in the Gaza Strip, founded by Afaf Massoud, 18....
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Hamas: PNC meeting ‘blatantly violates the unity of our people’
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 not reflect the nation as a whole, but rather blatantly violates the unity of our people and the legitimacy of...
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Thousands of Gazans attend funeral of Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein
Palestinian journalist Ahmed Abu Hussein succumbed to his wounds after being shot by Israeli snipers while covering mass protests near Gaza’s eastern border...
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Gaza engineers generate electricity from the sea
Due to the severe lack of electricity in Gaza, Palestinian engineers generate electricity using waves from the sea...
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Palestinian succumbs to wounds sustained during Friday protests in Gaza
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 Ministry of Health, Ashraf al-Qidra, confirmed that Fares al-Ruqab, 29, succumbed to his wounds on Monday.Al-Ruqab was shot in the...
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Palestinians in Gaza launch flight of return ahead of Land Day
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 to take place tomorrow. Speaking ahead of the event one of the organisers, Khaled Safi, said: “A group of young...
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Gaza tailors generate work by staying connected
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 enclave. He tells MEMO that he has more than 30 years’ experience and so many people who work in the...
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Israel returns body of murdered Palestinian fisherman
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...
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Palestinian children aim high to get UNRWA urgent funds
School children fly kites carrying the hashtag 'dignity is priceless' to highlight the dire situation in Gaza...
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Stalls open selling goods at 20% of market price 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...
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Palestinian women protest ahead of International Women’s Day
There are currently 63 Palestinian women prisoners in Hasharon and Damon Prisons, including sick mothers, 10 minors and eight wounded...
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Truck driver strike in Gaza
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...
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Palestinians in Gaza protest against US cuts to UNRWA
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...
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Disabled in Gaza: We have a right to treatment
Palestinians, in particular the elderly, sick and disabled, come together to call for international efforts to save Gaza from the humanitarian crisis ...
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Palestinian children call for rescuing Gaza from 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 caused by the 11-year long Israeli siege. The children gathered in Saraya Square in central Gaza City and held banners...
