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Israel kills Palestinian protester in Gaza
A Palestinian was killed today while taking part in the popular “Great March of Return” protests in the Gaza Strip today. The identity of the Palestinian citizen has not been revealed by the Ministry of Health. Fourteen people, including journalists, were injured during the protest the majority as a...
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Palestinian Legislative Council votes to end Abbas’ mandate
The Palestinian Legislative Council today overwhelmingly voted to end Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ mandate saying he has lost his constitutional, legal and national capacity. During a session held in its Gaza city headquarters, the body approved a report by its Political Committee which recommended Abbas be disqualified. In...
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Is this Gaza’s first female carpenter?
Walaa Abu Aisha works in a corner of the El Amal Rehabilitation Society centre in the besieged Gaza Strip. A Palestinian woman, Walaa picks up her tools and carves wooden pieces in to art, a skill normally reserved for men in this society. After Walaa works on creating her traditional pieces,...
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Disabled athletes compete in Gaza sports contest
The Rachel Corrie Gaza Sport Initiative was held for the fifth time this year for Palestinians with special needs in the besieged Gaza Strip. The table tennis tournament held today was attended by nearly 50 players – both male and female – from a range of clubs. The majority...
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Strawberry picking in Gaza
Palestinian farmers began harvesting strawberries readying their first shipments of the fruit to the occupied West Bank. “The past years have seen a significant decline in the cultivation of strawberries because of delayed export and closure of the crossings on a continuous basis and the high cost of planting,”...
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Israel injures 13 Palestinians in Gaza solidarity protests
Israeli occupation forces once again tried to suppress protests being held near the Israel-Gaza fence in solidarity with the Palestinian people. Thirteen people Palestinians were injured, the Ministry of Health reported, and dozens more suffered from suffocation as a result of Israel’s use of tear gas to break up...
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14 Palestinians injured by Israel in Gaza marches
Israeli occupation forces once again tried to repress peaceful Palestinian protests in Gaza, injuring 14 today. Today’s marches were held under the banner “the resistance unites us and will be victorious”, and say hundred of Palestinians come out to protest against Israel’s ongoing occupation and siege of the Gaza...
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Scores injured in Gaza sea protests
Scores of Palestinians were injured as a result of Israeli occupation forces’ crackdown on the 15th marine protests in the Gaza Strip today. Occupation forces opened fire with their machine guns and fired a barrage of gas bombs at the peaceful demonstrators. Dozens were injured as a result. “The...
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32 injured in Gaza protests 101 years after Balfour Declaration
Scores of Palestinians suffered from suffocation as they took part in the 32nd Friday of the “Great March of Return” protests in the besieged Gaza Strip today. Thirty-two people were injured, seven with live bullets, on the eastern border of the Gaza Strip, the Ministry of Health said in...
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Israel strikes 80 sites across Gaza
Israeli warplanes struck a number of sites across the Gaza Strip overnight and in the early hours of this morning. A spokesman for the Israeli army said more than 80 sites had been targeted in the air raids. The bombing destroyed a site near the Indonesian hospital in the...
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Palestine Cinema Days arrives in Gaza
The Palestine Cinema Days festival arrived in Gaza over the weekend having been launched in the occupied West bank city of Ramallah earlier. The director of the Palestine Film Festival in the Gaza Strip, Wissam Mousa, said the films were shown in two venues: the French Cultural Centre and the...
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Photo exhibition highlights Israel’s violations against journalists in Gaza
A photo exhibition documenting the Israeli occupation’s violations of journalists has been launched in the besieged Gaza Strip. Journalists Ashraf Abu Amra and Attiyah Darwish launched the initiative was held in a number of venues to showcase the plights of journalists and photographers who cover the “Great March of...
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1 Palestinian killed as Israel shells Gaza
A Palestinian was killed and three others were injured this morning in a series of raids by Israeli warplanes in various parts of the Gaza Strip. According to Ministry of Health spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra, 25-year-old Naji Jamal Al-Za’anin was killed in the northern Gaza Strip. READ: Israel policewoman ‘shot...
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29 Palestinians injured on Gaza beach
Twenty-nine Palestinians were injured after Israeli occupation forces halted a peaceful protest on the Gaza Strip coast today. According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza, 11 people were injured with live bullets, four suffered suffocation, eight had shrapnel injuries and six were hit by gas bombs. Ministry...
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UNRWA staff in Gaza to strike
UNRWA staff in the besieged Gaza Strip announced a nationwide strike starting Monday 24 September. During a protest by UNRWA staff outside the agency’s headquarters, the head of the labour union, Amir Al-Mishal, emphasised the rights of refugees and staff and rejected US cuts to the humanitarian body. “We...
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Qatar opens courts in Gaza
The Qatari envoy yesterday inaugurated the Justice Palace complex in the central Gaza Strip. Qatari Ambassador Mohamed Al-Emadi, head of the National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, launched the 11 dunam (2.7 acre) site which cost $11 million to build and comprises the Supreme Judicial Council, the Supreme...
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Israel shoots protesters against Gaza sea ‘buffer zone’
Scores of Palestinians demonstrating in Gaza’s coastal waters were attacked by Israeli naval ships which fired gas canisters and shot at protesters yesterday. Occupation forces opened fire on the Palestinian boats and at people who were relaxing on the beach. One Palestinian was shot in the foot and others...
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UNRWA agrees temporary deal to end Gaza workers’ protests
UNRWA employees who were to be forced in to retirement or see their contracts come to an end this month can continue working in September under the terms of a deal agreed between labour unions and the UN body. “Through the intervention of many mediators … today an agreement...
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Academic year begins in Palestine
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 2,212 are governmental including 1,811 are in the West Bank and 401 are in Gaza. There are 451 private schools,...
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2 Palestinians killed, 170 injured by Israel in Friday protests in Gaza
Two Palestinians were killed and 170 people were injured as a result of Israeli occupation forces’ repression of demonstrators in the Gaza Strip yesterday. Ministry of health spokesperson Ashraf Al-Qudra said Israeli snipers shot dead volunteer medic Abdallah Al-Qatati as large crowds of Palestinians protested as part of the “Great March of Return”. Some...
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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 gathered in their thousands to call for the UN to continue its services in the beleaguered Strip. “Do not leave us hungry” read one of the banners being held by demonstrators. “UNRWA is taking a number of steps against the refugees, such as a decline in...
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Palestinians attempt to break Gaza maritime siege again
Palestinians from Gaza launched Freedom 2 in a second attempt to break the Israeli-led siege of the Strip. The boat set sail for the Cypriot port of Limassol carrying a number of wounded Palestinians and students who have been unable to leave the Gaza Strip. The Committee for the...
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UNRWA staff strike in Gaza, demand end to cuts
UNRWA staff today held a demonstration outside UN body’s headquarters in Gaza City to protest against the agency’s policy of cuts. Thousands of staff members demonstrated calling for the agency to revoke its decision to dismiss them. They warned that if their demands were ignored the next sit-in would...