Israeli blockade

A report issued by the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has shown that the unemployment rate in Gaza rose to 45.2% in the second half...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The effect of Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip is such that the agricultural sector in the territory loses out on $36 million worth of business. The...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israeli aircraft carried out a number of air raids on the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday 9 February, destroying a medical aid warehouse in Gaza City. The...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Fuel shortages in Gaza are now more acute than ever due to the Egyptian uprising, which has closed the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip at...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Charitable Organization for the Relief of the Palestinian People in Gaza staged a mass wedding of 100 couples in the second phase of its project to build...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESEfforts by the Palestinian population of Gaza to rebuild their homes and infrastructure have been severely hampered by Israel's continued blockade and denial of material. These recent photos...

A high-ranking UN official has called for the lifting of the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip, and for the world to address "the real problems underlying the crisis."...

The Palestinian government in Gaza has allocated some land to develop a free trade zone on the border with Egypt in Rafah. The move is seen as a contribution...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinians in the Gaza Strip yesterday began their Eid ul Fitr celebrations to mark the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting. Thousands turned out to...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are continuing to challenge the Israeli blockade with a number of impressive development projects. Following a grant of $3.5 million from the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Bee-keepers in the Gaza Strip began their 2012 harvest under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture. The ceremony took place in the only apiary in the...

A report from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has criticised the Israeli army's use of live ammunition against unarmed Palestinian civilians. The UN...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Municipality of Gaza has begun pumping untreated sewage onto Gaza's coast as a result of the continuing Israeli blockade, and the ever worsening fuel shortages that...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A Russian delegation headed by Shamil Sultanov began a three-day visit to the Gaza Strip on 25 December. The purpose is to examine the health sector in...

A whole family has been killed in a house fire started, the authorities believe, by a candle. The blaze took place at dawn today, Thursday, in Al-Shejaeia neighbourhood to...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES An Indonesian delegation consisting of 45 parliamentarians, journalists and civil society leaders arrived in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, 29 November. The delegation entered through the Rafah...

Huge gaps have opened up between Turkey and Israel over the amount of compensation for the Mavi Marmara families as well as Israel's position towards the Palestinians, Syrians and...

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...

As US President Barack Obama visited the sights of the Holy Land as a virtual tourist, his host, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, tightened the blockade of Palestinians in...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Efforts are being made to develop the export market for upholstery foam produced in the Gaza Strip. This growing industry is now producing high quality sponge foam...

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...

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...

Ever since its creation in 1949 by General Assembly Resolution 302, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has had to defend...

By Ala'a Al-Rimawi Since June 2007, the people of Gaza have been subject to an immoral and inhuman blockade imposed by Israel – with Egyptian support – which has...