Gaza Government

The Prime Minister of the Palestinian government in Gaza has said that he and his colleagues back the establishment of a Palestinian state on "liberated land". However, said Ismail...

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...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Gaza's Prime Minister, Ismail Haniya, has inaugurated a number of agricultural projects on land formerly occupied by Israeli settlers. The government is now taking advantage of the...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has said that the complaints submitted by the Zionist state to the United Nations about rockets fired from the beleaguered territory are being used...

Palestinian sources have confirmed that a delegation led by the Secretary General of the Arab League, Dr Nabil al-Arabi, has crossed into the Gaza Strip from Rafah. The delegation...

A US court acquitted on Tuesday the Arab Bank of charges of aiding and abetting Hamas gunfire from Gaza into an occupied area where an Israeli-American was injured in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian government in Gaza has given the enclave's fishermen new equipment which has been donated by the Qatar Charity. The new net-pulling motors and other essential...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has expressed its satisfaction at the statements made by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, saying that they help to reinforce international peace and security....

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian Legislative Council has approved the new cabinet in the Gaza government. As before, the government will be led by Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, who confirmed...

The Minister of Public Works and Housing in Gaza, Dr. Youssef Al-Mansi, has signed an agreement with the Qatar Charity for the reconstruction of 75 houses for some of...

A Palestinian-Egyptian company has just opened its doors in the Gaza Strip. It is the first of its kind operating in the modern automobile sector and falls within the...

The Minister of Local Governance in Gaza, Engineer Mohammed Al-Farra, announced the signing of five agreements to expand a number of cities in the Gaza Strip during his visit...

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 Islamic Resistance Movement in Palestine – Hamas – denounced on Sunday the American call on Turkish Prime Minister Recpep Tayyip Erdogan to postpone his visit to the Gaza...

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...

The Palestinian Authority in Ramallah is to ask Turkey's Prime Minister to delay his proposed visit to the Gaza Strip until internal reconciliation is achieved. A report in London-based...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Palestinian prime minister in Gaza has joined orphans in Gaza at the celebration of Arab Orphans' Day. The event was held at Al-Amal Orphanage in the central...

A team of Italian surgeons and nursing staff led by Stefano Lewis has carried out complicated open-heart surgery on a six-year old Palestinian child in the European Hospital in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Participants at a major conference in Gaza have concluded that as the influence of America, Russia and the EU diminishes, regional security is depending more and more...

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...

Israeli occupation forces have arrested five senior Hamas activists in Hebron as part of an arrest campaign which has seen another five men taken into detention across the occupied...

PLO Executive Committee member Dr. Saeb Erekat has condemned threats made by Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird that his country would cut off its aid to the Palestinian Authority...

The Islamic Resistance Movement – Hamas – announced on Tuesday the re-election of Mr Khaled Meshaal as head of its political bureau for the next four years, a briefed...

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...

Experts in Israel have concluded that Hamas has been able to preserve its power base and authority in the Gaza Strip despite Israel's blockade and military offensives. This conclusion...

EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS Labour Day in the Gaza Strip is unlike in any other place in the world as workers here continue to work today. Yes, they continue to work...

The Hamas-led Palestinian government in Gaza has renewed its call for Egypt to intervene with Israel in order to end violations of last November's truce conditions. The ceasefire agreement...

The Islamic Development Bank in Jeddah has agreed to fund new reconstruction projects in the Gaza Strip worth $15 million. An IDB delegation made the announcement at the end...

PICTURES Former head of the International Union for Muslim Scholars, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, accompanied by a large delegation of Muslim scholars arrived in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday evening...

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...

Israeli forces have opened fire on Palestinian farmers working to the east of Khan Younis in the south of the Gaza Strip. The incident took place on Thursday morning....

Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has said that regarding Palestinian internal reconciliation, he "absolutely does not feel that the Egyptian position is closer to Hamas". "If I felt so, I...