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Gaza has few lambs heading to the slaughter this Eid
As Eid Al-Adha approaches, Gaza has seen a low demand for slaughter animals as a result of the current economic climate. Economist Mohammed Abu Jeyyab says complex problems have led to being unable to spend on the sacrifice. Charities which have traditionally supported those in need in Gaza have...
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72% success rate in Palestine high school exams
Some 77,539 students sat high school exams in the occupied Palestinian territories this year, with 55,302 passing the exams, the Ministry of Education revealed on Saturday, a 72 per cent success rate. This comes during exceptional circumstances brought about as a result of the coronavirus outbreak. In spite of...
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Israel strikes dairy farm in Gaza
Israeli aircrafts last night bombed several agricultural sites to the east of the besieged Gaza Strip. Helicopters and F-16 fighter jets were used to send at least five rockets across the Al-Zaytoun neighbourhood to the east of Gaza City. WAFA reported that the Israeli artillery fired two shells at another plot of agricultural...
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Gaza restarts classes to teach the Quran
IMAGES: Gaza protests against Israel’s planned annexation of West Bank...
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Palestinian factions in Gaza unite in face of Israel annexation plans
The national and Islamic forces and factions in Gaza reached an agreement yesterday on a document outlining a unified national plan of action to confront the US’ ‘deal of the century’. The plan consists of activating comprehensive resistance to face the liquidation plans, calling on the people to take...
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Palestinians resume protests in support of detainee rights
WATCH: Israeli settlers attack Palestinians in Hebron ...
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A special blend: Gaza’s first coffee house
Ahmed Al-Nafar does not hide his love for coffee, so he opened his own store Cupresso to sell coffee. He does not simply sell coffee, he is a coffee connoisseur; familiar with the flavour of coffee, its various types and the way it is prepared. He believes that having...
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Palestinians make multi-coloured atayef during Ramadan
READ: Gaza mosques lie empty as fear of coronavirus rises ...
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Gaza adds coronavirus protection measures to fitness classes
IMAGES: Gaza allows restaurants to reopen ...
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Feeding those in need in Gaza this Ramadan
IMAGES: Under siege for 14 years, Palestinians are too broke to prepare for Ramadan ...
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Lighting up Ramadan with lanterns in Gaza
IMAGES: Coronavirus nips Gaza’s flower market in the bud ...
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Coronavirus nips Gaza’s flower market in the bud
The coronavirus has demolished the ability of Gaza’s flower farmers selling their produce abroad. Farmers begin planting their orchids in June, spending $32,000 to tend to one acre of land, they start each new year picking the flowers, a process that continues until May. This year however, with the...
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Gaza makes millions of face masks for Europe
Sewing factories in the Gaza Strip have been busy manufacturing face masks for the local and international markets in response to the coronavirus crisis. Abdullah Shehadeh, one of the administrators at the Hasco sewing factory, said 40 workers have been working hard to make the masks. They are continuing...
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Gaza decides to close border to protect against coronavirus
Authorities in the besieged Gaza Strip agreed to close all crossings into the enclave in an effort to prevent a coronavirus pandemic. In a meeting yesterday, the bodies said the movement of people in both directions through the crossings would be suspended until further notice except in emergency cases....
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Food for thought: Providing jobs for Gaza’s widows
Eight women sit on the roof of a small house in the Zeitoun district of Gaza City, in an area where poverty is prevalent. They are supervised by 47-year-old Eitidal Filfil, who founded the project “Habbat Al-Loulou” or “grains of pearls”, to make maftool. Water is poured slowly over...
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Gazans demand Palestinian rights be upheld
READ: Gaza launches drive for safe agricultural products ...
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Gaza launches drive for safe agricultural products
. The two-day event was entitled “Enhancing the Resilience of Communities through the Development of Safe Agriculture Communities”. The project, now in its third phase, targets 150 farmers, 75 of whom care for livestock while the rest grow crops. It will see safe agricultural products being labelled with a...
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Gaza Media Department honours MEMO photojournalist
The Media Department in Gaza held an awards ceremony to honour photojournalists who received international awards and journalists who were martyred or wounded in 2018 and 2019. The ceremony is a thank you to the journalists for their achievements, which usually include confronting the Israeli occupation forces’ siege, and...
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Calligraphy exhibition inks Gaza’s Islamic roots
Gaza opened the doors to an Arabic calligraphy exhibition named “Melody of Letters”. Municipal head of Gaza Yahya Al-Sarraj inaugurated the exhibition which was organised by the Municipality’s Arts and Crafts Village, at the Rashad Al-Shawa Cultural Centre, west of Gaza City. In his speech, Al-Sarraj stressed the necessity...
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Rare fish breeds appear in Gaza after recent drop in temperature
The latest drop in temperature prevented Gaza fishermen from sailing for several days, but the intense tides brought in a large variety of fish and rare breeds. Fishermen who sailed from the Gaza port after the choppy weather caught Ocean Sunfish. It is the largest fish caught on the...
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Using hyperrealism to bring Gaza back to life
Adam Shehata spends hundreds of hours working with pencils to make almost lifelike portraits in black and white because not only does he like the colours, it relaxes him. The 28-year-old, who lives in the besieged Gaza Strip, began drawing when he was very young. A son of a...
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Israel allows rescue vehicles to enter Gaza after 20 year ban
For the first time in 20 years Israel has allowed rescue vehicles to enter the besieged Gaza Strip. Twenty-four civil defence and firefighting vehicles arrived in Gaza through the Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing after being donated by Qatar. They had travelled from Jordan through the Allenby Bridge, Israel’s...
