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The military wing of the ruling Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) claimed on Sunday that it was responsible for the tunnel uncovered by Israel last week. The so-called "Khan Younis...
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Middle East,
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PHOTOS To mark the second anniversary of the prisoners swap reached between the Palestinian resistance and the Israeli occupation in 2011, Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh delivered a speech...
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Middle East,
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In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Palestinian government in the Gaza Strip criticised the UN position towards the tunnel that was discovered last week between Gaza and Israel....
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Middle East,
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The Ministry of Economy in the government of the Gaza Strip said on Sunday that the closure of the tunnels beneath the border with Egypt has caused heavy losses...
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Middle East,
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Israel's channel 10 has quoted a senior Israeli officer of the Southern Command as saying that "the Israeli army has failed miserably against the Hamas tunnels which the movement...
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Middle East,
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Izzat al-Reshiq, a member of the Hamas political bureau welcomed remarks by the Qatar Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin-Hamad al-Thani, who stressed continuous support for the Palestinian cause. Al-Resheq reiterated...
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The Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned of a "health catastrophe" in the beleaguered territory due to the ongoing Israeli-led blockade. Top of the crisis list is the...
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Middle East,
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGES James Rowley, the UN's Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs in the Palestinian Territories, visited Gaza this week and is warning that the Strip is currently facing an urgent...
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Middle East,
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGES Miles of Smiles Convoy 23 has arrived in the Gaza Strip, with solidarity activists from around the world entering the besieged territory, including some from Algeria, Libya,...
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Middle East,
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The Ministry of Local Government in the besieged Gaza Strip has warned of a health catastrophe if the current shortage of fuel is allowed to continue. Aside from the...
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Middle East,
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EXCLUSIVE IMAGES About 200 Palestinian and foreign activists launched a protest flotilla in the Gaza Sea on Monday, sending a message to the world about the continuing Israeli siege...
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A senior Hamas official in Gaza has confirmed that the government has no political contact with the coup regime in Cairo due to the latter's belief that the Islamic...
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Middle East,
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The chairman of Israel's Labour Party, Isaac Herzog, has praised Egypt's Defence Minister General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi for pressuring the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas by imposing a stricter siege...
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The European court of auditors has criticised the EU for continuing to pay the salaries of Palestinian Authority employees in the Gaza Strip who have not worked for 6...
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In cooperation with Egypt's Military Engineering Unit, Egyptian border forces have destroyed ten tunnels between the Sinai Peninsula and the Gaza Strip, according to Egyptian security sources. In addition,...
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The Islamic resistance movement Hamas has condemned statements attributed to Egyptian security officials and diplomats about plans to topple its rule in the Gaza Strip. The movement issued a...
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The Egyptian army is working to create a buffer zone on the Egyptian border with the Gaza Strip in a purported effort to undermine weapon smuggling and chaos caused...
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Africa,
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Hundreds of residents of the Egyptian town of Rafah took to the streets on Sunday morning in protest at the army's intention to create a buffer zone along the...
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Africa,
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The Egyptian army has announced the expansion of its military operations in the Sinai Peninsula, saying that the results are satisfactory but that it will continue until it achieves...
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Africa,
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In what is being billed as a "national security operation", the Egyptian army is busy demolishing tunnels underneath the border with the Gaza Strip. Bulldozers are also demolishing buildings...
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Africa,
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Former Egyptian Electricity Minister Osama Kamal has appeared happy on a local Egyptian television network, rejoicing: "We succeeded in closing the only electricity plant in Gaza." Speaking to a...
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Africa,
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Fierce clashes erupted on Tuesday morning between Egyptian army forces and Egyptian Bedouins in the Sinai Peninsula along the border with the Gaza Strip, Palestinian witnesses reported. The witnesses...
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Africa,
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Spokesman of the Egyptian military forces Ahmed Ali has recognized that the US is helping the Egyptian army to destroy the tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. Speaking...
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Africa,
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The Egyptian army has confiscated fuel which was supposed to go to the Gaza Strip. A local activist said that the fuel was being stored in a field ready...
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Africa,
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Egypt's ambassador to the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, Yasser Othman, has said that the common goals and interests between Cairo and Hamas are much bigger than any disagreements the...
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Africa,
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Intelligence sources have revealed that the US Corps of Engineers has given a $10 million contract to Raytheon Technologies Company to detect the tunnels underneath the Egypt-Palestine border. The...
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January 30, 2014
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Asa Winstanley
This week, the pop star Rihanna played a gig in Tel Aviv, despite many requests made to her by Palestinian and solidarity activists to observe the cultural boycott of...
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Article,
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January 27, 2014
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Jessica Purkiss
Exactly a year has passed since Operation Pillar of Cloud, or defence as it has since been rebranded as, ended. The operation's stated goal was to deter the rockets...
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Africa,
Article
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If media leaks about Egypt's generals informing the Israeli government about the coup three days before it was executed are true, then the matter is more than a coup...
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January 24, 2014
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Motasem A Dalloul
Israel announced on Sunday that it has discovered a tunnel under its border with the Gaza Strip. The end of the tunnel is about 300m inside occupied Palestine. Israeli...
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January 24, 2014
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Nabil Al-Sahli
Israel imposed a stifling blockade on the Gaza Strip after the success of the Islamic Resistance Movement in the 2006 Palestinian elections; its grip was tightened in the summer...
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January 24, 2014
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Sawsan Ramahi
After the Arab-Israeli war in 1948-1949, the Gaza Strip was left under Egyptian military rule until Israel occupied it during the June 1967 "SixDay War". When Egyptian President Anwar...