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Items by Mohammed Asad
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New police cadres graduate in Gaza
Police training was carried out during the graduation ceremony, which included: simulating the execution of police operations, including dealing with "riots" and controlling "outlaws", in addition to infantry demonstrations...
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Gaza stands in solidarity with detained journalists
Solidarity event in Gaza demanding the release of journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi who was detained by Israeli forces from his home in the West Bank...
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Palestinian uses art therapy to overcome trauma of paralysis
Karima Al-Najjar sits in her wheelchair and draws well-known Arab figures using a paper and pencil, it was her way to overcome the trauma she suffered as a result of an accident in her teens....
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Palestinian woman using fungus to end unemployment
'In light of the high unemployment rates in the Gaza Strip, I thought of establishing my own business so that I could benefit from it'...
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Clean water and independence, Gaza’s desalination plant provides hope
The first phase of the project is expected to provide 55 million cups of clean water annually...
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Hamas registers its electoral list for parliamentary election
The list was named “Jerusalem is Our Goal” said Abdel-Latif Al-Qanou, Hamas' spokesman...
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Israel’s siege of Gaza continues to leave Palestinians limbless
There are currently 3,000 people in Gaza who have suffered an amputation and require a prosthetic limb and aftercare...
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Hamas delegation heads to Cairo for talks on restarting PLO
Hamas’ delegation will be headed by its members from the diaspora Sheikh Saleh Al-Arouri, Izzat Al-Rishq and Husam Badran and include officials from its Political Bureau in Gaza Dr. Khalil Al-Hayya, Essam Al-Dalis and Zakaria Abu Muammar, along with a number of advisers....
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Booby-trapped Israel drones responsible for death of 3 Gaza fishermen, probe finds
Booby-trapped Israeli drones exploded and led to death of three Palestinian fishermen in Gaza...
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Is this Gaza’s first female baker?
Ruba bought the bakery after saving money from her previous jobs and ventured on the journey after being unable to find work in the field she studied at university....
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Gaza’s civil defence teams call for end to Israel’s siege
The call came during a vehicle rally and press conference held to mark World Civil Defence Day...
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Palestinians search for drowned Egypt sailors
Stormy weather drowned seven sailors not far from Port Said, Egypt, with continued rough seas moving their remains further afield...
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Hamas: PA must end sanctions on Gaza ahead of elections
The Palestinian Authority must lift the sanctions it has imposed on the Gaza Strip in order to provide the enclave an equal standing in the upcoming elections, a senior Hamas official said today. Speaking at a press conference, member of the movement’s political bureau, Khalil Al-Hayya, called on the PA to...
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UNRWA: Hope for improved relations with US under Biden
UNRWA announced that it hopes the US will end its boycott of the international aid group when President-elect Joe Biden comes into power...
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Broccoli lifts Palestinian women out of poverty
Two women in Gaza have taken to agriculture to harvest broccoli for sale in the local market in an effort to overcome the besieged enclave's rising poverty levels...
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Flood waters damage Gaza strawberry crops
Farmers in the Beit Lahia area appealed to the Ministry of Agriculture and international organisations to save them from losses after three days of rain that led to the flooding of the irrigation stream around the fields...
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Harvesting oysters in the Gaza Strip
Five metres below Gaza’s waters are treasures which few have explored...
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Gaza awaits approval to export strawberries to Europe
The strawberries or "red gold", are undergoing laboratory tests to ensure quality and require Israeli approval for export...
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Gaza photojournalists at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic
As coronavirus spreads in the besieged Gaza Strip, photojournalists have been thrust into danger once again, having previously covered Israel’s numerous wars on the Strip, they now face an invisible adversary. Photographer for Agence-France Presse Mahmoud Al-Hams, who covered wars and revolutions in Arab countries, told MEMO that even the youngest photographers in...
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80 Palestinian prisoners have COVID-19, rights group warns
More than 80 Palestinian prisoners being held in Israeli jails have contracted coronavirus...
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Police wedding under lockdown in Gaza
Jihad and Ala'a had planned to have a traditional wedding with their family and loved ones, however with the onset of the coronavirus in the enclave, their plans had to be altered...
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Gaza gets device to test 20,000 suspected coronavirus cases
This device will contribute to detecting and testing suspected coronavirus cases, especially with the spread of the virus inside the Gaza Strip...
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Gaza’s water camp for autistic children
'The coronavirus has led to autistic children being cut off from society which increased their isolation'...
