Mohammed Asad

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Israeli aircraft have launched intense night raids against civilian areas inside the Gaza Strip. During the attacks, the Abu Samra household was targeted and completely destroyed. A...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian journalists organised a rally yesterday, 16 August under the theme 'Don't silence the media' in solidarity with Russian journalist, Maxim Shevchenko, following death threats against him...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinians in Gaza take every possible opportunity to enjoy the simple things in life that are available to them in their blockaded homeland. Every summer, thousands flock...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES As part of a week-long series of activities in solidarity with the four Arab Jerusalemite MPs currently seeking refuge at the international Red Cross Centre in Jerusalem,...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES In spite of the overwhelming odds, the Palestinian Government in Gaza is sparing no effort to challenge the blockade imposed on the sector by setting up public...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Demonstrators carrying Palestinian flags and waving placards with slogans condemning the blockade of Gaza have staged protests outside the headquarters of UNWRA in Gaza demanding international intervention...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday, children marched in the streets of Gaza to draw attention to their internationally recognised rights which are being violated with the on-going siege. They demanded...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Miles of Smiles Convoy 3, which is made up of 50 Palestinian solidarity activists from several different European countries, has reached the Gaza Strip. The convoy...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Germany's Development Minister, Dirk Niebel, today visited the Gaza Strip. He held a press conference at the beginning of his tour during which he stressed the need...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The president of the European parliament, Jerzy Buzek crossed into the Gaza Strip today, via the Israeli Eretz crossing. He visited the Society for Deaf Children and...

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...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A high-ranking delegation of parliamentarians from Europe has arrived in the Gaza Strip for a short visit. The aim is to assess the effects of the blockade...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip have continued to stage protests outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) in Gaza in response...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A ship carrying a number of international peace activists set sail from Gaza on Wednesday to monitor maritime aggression by the Israeli navy against Palestinian fishermen, who...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Ministry of Health in Gaza has highlighted the dire medical situation in the territory, announcing that hundreds of Palestinians, including children are currently under high risk due...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Palestinian prime minister in Gaza, Ismail Haniyeh, has unveiled a memorial at Gaza City's Port to the victims of Freedom Flotilla 1. The monument is inscribed...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Gaza's fishermen have staged a sit-in demanding that the ban and naval blockade imposed on the sector be lifted. They also demanded international protection and an increase...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Dozens of entries have been received for a photography competition organised by the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestinian refugees living around the world. Many...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Palestinian children have launched paper aeroplanes into the skies above Gaza's small port to commemorate the first anniversary of the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla on...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Minister of Agriculture in the Gaza Strip, Dr Mohammad Ramadan al-Agha, has announced government plans to supply 50 fishermen with fishing boats free of charge. Forty...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Adhan Abu Selmiya, the media spokesman for the Ambulance Services in the Gaza Strip, confirmed that the number of casualties admitted to the four hospitals across the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The Islamic University of Gaza hosted an exhibition commemorating the 63rd anniversary of the Nakba , with various pictures and cartoons depicting the forced migration...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Hundreds of Palestinians led by factional leaders and Legislative Council members gathered spontaneously in the Square of the Unknown Soldier in Gaza City to celebrate the signing...

Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh yesterday met with journalists in the Gaza Strip to mark World Press Freedom Day during which he discussed efforts to achieve Palestinian national reconciliation. Mr...

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 On International Civil Defence Day, it is clear that civil defence in Gaza has a very different status and meaning than in most other parts of the...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe body of Italian peace activist and Palestine supporter, Vittorio Arrigoni, has left Gaza forever. No one in Gaza would have imagined that such a painful crime could...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On the 17th of April, popular and official activities were held across the occupied Palestinian territories to mark Palestinian Prisoners Day which is commemorated annually after it...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES Late Thursday evening (April 14), Twitter and Facebook pages were suddenly filled with news of the Italian human rights activist, Vittorio Utopia Arrigoni, being kidnapped by a...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES The staff union at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Gaza have called for a series of agency wide strikes, the first of which...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES From in front of the house of one of the longest serving prison veterans from the Gaza Strip; 57 year old Salim Ali al-Kayal who is serving...

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Wednesday, April 6, the Austrian Foreign Minister, Michael Spindelegger, arrived in the Gaza Strip through the Rafah crossing with Egypt. Mr Spindelegger is set to hold...