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Palestinian denied access to medical treatment by Israel
Saifuldeen Badr, 22, was shocked when the Israeli occupation denied him entry to have an operation. He was informed that he is a high security risk. The Israeli excuses are used to arbitrarily manipulate the situation of sick individuals who need treatment outside of Gaza, especially those who are...
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Music band Typo rocks Gaza
Gaza’s first rock band was formed in 2012 and is still considered the first band in the besieged Strip to have released a full album. Lead singer and guitarist Mohammed Zohud and his friend initially formed the band which expanded to five members. “We formed a unique band made...
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Palestinians evacuate homes as heavy rains flood Gaza
Heavy rains have caused flooding across the Gaza Strip, leading to an evacuation of residents from low-lying districts. Over the past few days, the Gaza Strip has experienced heavy floods and strong winds, leaving some of the poorest people in the most vulnerable areas exposed to the biting cold...
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Israel tells Gaza heart patient: Spy for us or die
A heart patient from Gaza has died after he refused an Israeli offer to spy on Palestinian in order to access treatment. Seventeen-year-old Ahmed was born with a congenital heart defect and had undergone a number of operations. He regularly made the trip from the Gaza Strip to the...
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Israel denies links to airstrike on Gaza tunnel that killed 2
Two Palestinians were killed and five were injured during a reported airstrike on a smuggling tunnel between Egypt and Gaza on Wednesday night, official Palestinian sources said. Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said today that Hussam Hamid Al-Sufi, 24, from the town of Rafah, and Muhammad Anwar...
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Gaza set to build using recycled plastic
A new project in Gaza is countering the lack of building materials by turning unwanted plastic bottles into bricks. The Aysar Project, created by civil engineers Ayman Ashour and Ahmad Al-Jadba, recycles plastic waste materials and turns them into bricks used for roofing. Traditionally adobe bricks and mortar are...
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Gaza’s traditional handicrafts fight back
“Soft Hands”, an exhibition held at the Stars Entertainment Centre by the beach in Gaza City, has been showcasing the traditional crafts and arts of the Palestinian people, many of whom rely on these traditional handicrafts to make a living and preserve their culture and identity. Yara Al-Kafarneh, the...
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‘End the siege on Gaza in 2017’
Head of the Popular Committee for Resisting the Siege (PCRS), Jamal Al-Khadri, called on the world to work on making 2017 the year that ends the Israeli siege on the Gaza Strip. He confirmed that a number of Arab and international parties agreed to work together to achieve this....
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Play time is over in Gaza
A workshop that made ride for children’s playgrounds in the Gaza Strip has been forced to close because of Israel’s siege on the Strip. Mohamed Hasaballah, the owner of a fibreglass factory in Gaza, said he shut down the department specialised in producing several forms of structures used in...
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A muted welcome to 2017 in Gaza
Palestinians living in Gaza made the most of the last few days of 2016, seeing the year off in the best possible way while living under the siege. Israel has imposed a ten year siege on the enclave, limiting produce entering the Strip, with many people still living in...
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Meet Gaza’s first teacher with Down’s Syndrome
Heba Al-Shurafa, 27 years old, was diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome as a child but this has not prevented her from finding success and helping others grow and develop in the besieged Gaza Strip. She attended the Right to Live Society’s school – a Gaza-based charity for the disabled –...
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Palestinian strawberry farmers face huge losses due to Israeli siege of Gaza
Palestinian strawberry farmers in the Gaza Strip continue to export their produce to the EU, but say that they face massive losses due to obstacles to trade and high costs imposed by the Israeli occupation, reports MEMO’s correspondent in the coastal enclave. Statistics issued by the ministry of agriculture...
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Gaza shows solidarity with Aleppo and Burma’s Rohingya Muslims
The student wing of Hamas, known as Islamic Bloc, organised a student gathering on Tuesday in Gaza City to stand in solidarity with the people of Aleppo and Burma’s Rohingya Muslims, reports a MEMO correspondent. The students taking part in the solidarity vigil performed songs and re-enacted the situation...
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Gaza disabled mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Tens of Palestinian disabled people in Gaza participated in the “Persistence Marathon” organised yesterday in Gaza, marking the International Day of Persons with Disabilities in advance of the actual event to be held on 3 December. The Al-Salam Association for Disabled People in northern Gaza supervised the marathon to draw attention...
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Hamas: Jerusalem Intifada will end the occupation
The continuation of the Jerusalem Intifada is sufficient to eliminate the occupation and deter it from committing its crimes, Hamas Legislative Council member Dr Yousef Al-Sharafi stressed. Speaking during a popular march in north Gaza in response to an Israeli ban on the call to prayer in occupied Jerusalem...
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Music under siege in Gaza
The Israeli imposed siege on Gaza has had many victims; even music isn’t safe from its grip. Gaza’s first music school, which opened its doors in the summer of 2008, has had to endure limitations to the number of instruments it has and so limit its teaching abilities as...
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‘Israel should be held accountable for its crimes against journalists’
Demonstrators in Gaza yesterday called for Israel to be punished for its crimes against journalists. In a protest organised by the Committee for Supporting Palestinian Journalists outside the UN’s office in Gaza, speakers accused the Israeli occupation of carrying out violations against them, their offices and their work. They...
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Picturing the misery of Israel’s 2014 attack on Gaza
A photo exhibition was held in the Gaza Strip yesterday to expose the misery residents of the besieged enclaved suffered during the Israeli offensive in 2014. Media House, an NGO in Gaza, Put pictures taken by three photographers on show to reflect the suffering of people living in Gaza...
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Gazan comes out of the woodwork
Saleem Al-Madhoun was an ambitious and successful furniture maker, but after the deterioration of the economic situation in the Gaza Strip, he resorted to the antique industry and making models, mainly wooden cars, which are used to decorate homes and offices, as well as wooden pens. His business...
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Dahlan supporters march in Gaza and burn photos of Abbas
Scores of supporters of dismissed Fatah official, Muhammad Dahlan, organised a march in Gaza yesterday to condemn Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ attendance of former Israeli President Shimon Peres’ funeral and to call for holding legislative and presidential elections. Those participating in the march expressed their anger at Abbas’...
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Israeli warplanes strike Hamas sites in Gaza
Israeli warplanes struck several positions in the blockaded Gaza Strip on Wednesday, according to eyewitnesses. Israeli army jets targeted the Al-Qudisiya command post, which belongs to the Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades, in the Gaza Strip’s southern city of Khan Younis, eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency. The Ezzeddin al-Qassam Brigades is the...
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Women in Gaza draw for freedom
Dozens of female Palestinian artists held their artwork up at the Gaza port to welcome women on board the Zaytouna and Amal ships which hope to break the siege of Gaza. The event, entitled “Draw for Freedom… The olive branch of hope”, was organised by the International Campaign to...
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Families of Palestinians missing at sea demand answers
It has been two years since some 450 Palestinians and nationals of other Arab countries went missing on board an Egyptian ship destined for Italy. Days after their ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea by pirates, their case was closed and has not been reopened since. More...
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Turkish aid helps Gazans buy Eid clothes
Families who are in need in Gaza City were given vouchers worth 200-250 shekels ($53-66) to spend at an Eid clothing project as part of Turkish aid distribution projects in the city. Undersecretary of the Ministry of Social Affairs, Yousef Ibrahim, said funds were distributed based on the number...