Mohammed Asad
Mohammed Asad is an award winning photojournalist in Gaza
Items by Mohammed Asad
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- February 8, 2018 Mohammed Asad
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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- February 5, 2018 Mohammed Asad
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 warning...
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- January 31, 2018 Mohammed Asad
No electricity at 7 more Gaza medical centres
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 Al-Qadra, said the medical departments affected are: the Sourani Centre, the Palestinian Medical Centre, the Medical Foundation, the Gaza Health Administration,...
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- January 15, 2018 Mohammed Asad
Gaza farmers go for gold
Farmers begin to harvest citrus fruit in Gaza ...
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- December 29, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Scores of Palestinians injured with bullets in Gaza
Fifty Palestinians were injured by bullets shot by occupation forces in the besieged Gaza Strip today during demonstrations against US President Donald Trump’s decision on Jerusalem. Spokesperson for the Ministry of Health, Dr Ashraf Al-Qudra, confirmed that 50Palestinians were wounded with live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets and more than...
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- December 22, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Despite reconciliation, PA still imposing sanctions on Gaza
Despite the Egypt-brokered reconciliation talks which were held in Cairo, the Palestinian reconciliation between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas has not been fully activated. The PA, headed by the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, has been reluctant to lift the sanctions imposed on the besieged Gaza Strip, a condition which...
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- December 15, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Hamas marks 30th anniversary in Gaza Strip
The movement stressed it remains committed to national unity...
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- December 11, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Gaza protests against Bahrain delegation in Jerusalem
Scores of Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip today held protests at the Beit Hanoun crossing against the arrival of a Bahraini delegation to Israel yesterday...
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- December 9, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Baby in serious condition after Israel shells Gaza
Israeli occupation forces struck agricultural land in the area then hit the wall surrounding the Indonesian Hospital which has a residential tower in front of it. ...
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- December 7, 2017 Mohammed Asad
PA: Palestinian unity is best response to Trump’s decision
Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, said strengthening national unity between the West Bank and Gaza Strip is the best response to US President Donald Trump’s decision to declare Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In a press conference held upon his arrival in Gaza this morning, Hamdallah said: “We are...
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- December 6, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Protests begin in Gaza against Trump’s expected decision on Jerusalem
Palestinians in Gaza came out in protest against US President Donald Trump’s expected announcement of his administration’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and his intention to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem today. The Palestinian factions in Gaza organised a popular protest today condemn...
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- November 30, 2017 Mohammed Asad
3 Palestinians injured as Israel targets Gaza
The Ministry of Health in Gaza reported the men has sustained light to moderate injuries...
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- November 27, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Floods in Gaza
Heavy rainfall caused the roads to be blocked in Gaza ...
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- November 9, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Palestinians in Gaza mark 10 years of internal divisions
Thousands of Palestinians come together to commemorate the 13th anniversary of President Yasser Arafat’s death ...
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- October 23, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Gaza farmers stretch out an olive branch
Farmers in Gaza are now reaping the rewards of the olive harvest as the season begins. A family affair, the harvest seems fathers and mothers working with their children and relatives to pick, gather and sort the olives they have grown. The varieties range from Al-Sara, Ki 18 and Shamlali, from...
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- October 19, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Catch of the day
Israeli occupation forces extended the fishing area off the Gaza Strip from 6 nautical miles to 9 for a period of six weeks allowing Gaza's fisherman to travel further for their catch...
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- October 18, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Experimenting in Gaza
Children take park in experiments as part of the Days of Science in Palestine during the 2017 exhibition in Gaza ...
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- October 16, 2017 Mohammed Asad
PA official in Gaza to take over running of crossings
Nazmi Muhanna, general director of the Palestinian Crossing and Borders Authority, arrived in the Gaza Strip this morning in accordance with the reconciliation agreement in order to assume his duties of managing Gaza’s crossings. Muhanna stated that the delegation has arrived in Gaza in order to implement the agreed upon...
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- October 3, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Egypt, Hamas: ‘Palestinian unity is historic moment’
Head of Gaza's political bureau Ismail Haniyeh meets Director of the Egyptian General Intelligence Directorate Khaled Fawzy in Gaza ...
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- October 2, 2017 Mohammed Asad
PA delegation due in Gaza today
Hamas is preparing to receive a delegation from the Palestinian government in the West Bank, scheduled to arrive today. This comes after the Palestinian cabinet decided Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah’s government will hold its meeting in the Gaza Strip. Banners have been prepared and renovations are underway. A few days ago,...
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- September 25, 2017 Mohammed Asad
UN envoy: This is the last chance to help Gaza
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nikolai Mladenov, is keen to help the government in Gaza, as well as cooperate in building the electricity infrastructure in the Gaza Strip and end its crisis. During a press conference on the current political and humanitarian situation in the...
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- September 20, 2017 Mohammed Asad
So sweet: Italian chefs swap cooking tips with Gazan women
Italian and Palestinian chefs prepare traditional dishes from both of their countries during a workshop in Gaza...
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- September 17, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Bring out the mangoes! It's harvest time in Gaza
Palestinians harvest fresh mangoes in the Gaza Strip ...
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- September 12, 2017 Mohammed Asad
Gaza’s been stitched up
Gaza factories typically produce 40,000 pieces a month, compared to the four million pieces they produced before the blockade...