Gaza Blockade

The official spokesman for UNRWA has said that the Israeli-imposed blockade of the territory has not weakened the government in Gaza. Christopher Gunness added that over the 5 years...

A UN report has noted that since the beginning of 2012 the Israeli occupation forces have demolished 465 Palestinian-owned structures in the West Bank, displacing 676 Palestinians in the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In the memory of the crime of the occupied ship Marmara, for the second year the children of Gaza, wave the Turkish flag in the Port of...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Dozens of academics and parliamentarians from over 40 countries across Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America, along with revolutionary representatives from Tunisia, Libya and Egypt,...

At dawn on Wednesday, Israeli gunships fired live ammunition at Palestinian fishermen fishing along the Gaza shores, witnesses have said. Witnesses reported seeing thick fire in the sky in...

Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza and deputy head of Hamas' political bureau, Ismail Haniyyeh, has dismissed allegations of tensions in the relations between Hamas and Egypt, Qatar's Al-Sharq newspaper...

The Deputy Chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau has slated Fatah for trying to postpone the visit of Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan to Gaza next month, because it "gives...

Palestinian fighters have claimed that they hit an armoured vehicle on Tuesday during an Israeli incursion in Gaza. The incident took place in the south east of the Gaza...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Israeli human rights organisation has criticised its government's reduction of the fishing limit for Gaza's fishermen from six to three nautical miles. "This constitutes collective punishment...

Israel's new Justice Minister, Tzipi Livni, has been in touch with Ahmed Davutoglu, the Foreign Minister of Turkey, over compensation for the victims of her country's attack on the...

The Hamas government in Gaza has congratulated Turkey for the apology it received from Israel over the killings on the Freedom Flotilla in 2010. It is, said the Islamic...

The Islamic Resistance Movement has said that Israel's decision to reduce the fishing limit imposed on the Palestinians of Gaza from six nautical miles as agreed as part of...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian fishermen have taken part in a nautical protest against the restrictions placed on them by Israel. Hundreds of fishermen and activists took part in the demonstration...

Ismail Haniyeh has praised the people and government of Sudan for their support for the Palestinian cause, especially the Gaza Strip. "It was a pleasure for Sudan to pay...

The Israeli authorities announced on Tuesday that it would return the allowed fishing area off the coast of Gaza to what was agreed upon within the context of last...

Israeli gunships opened their automatic machine guns on the Palestinian fishermen along the Gaza coast in the early morning of Monday. Witnesses said that the shooting towards the Palestinian...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian fishermen do not trust Israel's announcement that they will be allowed to work up to six nautical miles offshore. They fear that this could be a...

Three rounds of discussions over the amount of compensation to be paid for the victims of Israel's assault on the 2010 Freedom Flotilla have not resolved the issue, media...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Peace Club for the Disabled in Gaza have recently implemented new projects funded by UNDP international donors and other organisations including a project to convert wheelchairs...

PICTURES Long queues of vehicles are lining the streets in front of gas stations up and down the Gaza Strip in the latest gasoline crisis to have hit the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES As summer arrived, Gaza residents rushed to the sea to enjoy the sunny beaches, the only free amusement in their besieged enclave. Crowded with thousands of young...

Israeli jets bombed targets in the Gaza Strip overnight after rockets were fired from the besieged territory. Witnesses said that most of the targets were open spaces used as...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Palestinian Prime Minister in Gaza Ismail Haniyyeh has received three international solidarity delegations, including Miles of Smiles 22 headed by Isam Yousif. The members of the delegations...

The Ministry of Education and Higher Education in Gaza has announced the suspension of its school construction programme. Work on 39 new schools has been stopped due to the...

Dissatisfaction is growing in Gaza at the shortages of basic essentials and the high prices caused by the Egyptian army's closure of the tunnels under the Rafah border of...

Informed sources in Egypt have revealed that former Fatah thug Mohamed Dahlan is plotting a major conflict between Gaza and the Egyptian army. The Dubai-based Dahlan is being backed...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Several days before the military coup in Egypt, the army started to demolish the tunnels under the border with the Gaza Strip on the pretext of protecting...

The Egyptian army presence on the border with Gaza has been reinforced following the mass deployment of additional troops on Wednesday. Witnesses said that a huge number of soldiers...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The demolition of tunnels under the Rafah border by the Egyptian army has created serious shortages in the besieged Gaza Strip. Army personnel using heavy equipment have...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip took to the streets on Friday to commemorate International Jerusalem Day. The annual event takes place on the last Friday...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS The Palestinian Culture Ministry has unveiled the longest mural in the country, which is painted on the walls of the Palestinian Legislative Council headquarters in the Gaza...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS On the eve of the Eid ul-Fitr feast, Gaza's markets are full of produce. The Gazan residents go shopping at these markets to stock up, but the...