Israel announced yesterday that it would return 65 confiscated fishing boats to fishermen in the Gaza Strip, the Wafa news agency reported. This comes after NGOs Gisha – Legal Centre for Freedom of Movement, Adalah – The […]
Israeli authorities have decided to drastically reduce the permitted fishing zone off Gaza’s coast “until further notice,” on Thursday. Head of the Palestinian Fishermen Union in Gaza, Zakariya Bakr, told Ma’an that Israeli authorities reduced […]
UN Envoy for the Middle East Process Nikolay Mladenov yesterday discussed with Hamas Chief Ismail Haniyeh the Israeli siege imposed on Gaza and the situation of prisoners inside Israeli prisons. In a statement, Hamas said […]
Israeli authorities reportedly reopened a limited fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip today, according to reports. The Israeli government and fishermen both stated that a 12 nautical mile fishing zone was opened this morning, though […]
After mourning the killing of 27 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in Gaza began observing the holy month of Ramadan. In Al-Nusierat refugee camp, in central Gaza, hundreds of people went to the local […]
Israeli authorities partially opened the Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) border crossing to allow the entry of truckloads of fuel into the besieged Gaza Strip, on Tuesday, after 48 hours of Israeli escalation. According to […]
Marking International Labor Day, the besieged Gaza Strip has seen its unemployment rate rise to 54% with poverty levels rising to 80%, according to Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU), on Wednesday. The head […]
The World Bank said, on Wednesday, that Palestinian economy is now facing a “severe fiscal shock” due to the tax revenues issue with Israel, calling for a speedy resolution. The published report, prepared by the […]
Israeli naval forces opened heavy fire, on Thursday morning, towards Palestinian fishing boats off the coast of the northwestern besieged Gaza Strip. Eyewitnesses told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces fired several mortar shells towards Palestinian […]
Large areas in the besieged Gaza Strip had its electricity cut off since predawn Friday due to the failure of a second power generator. The Electric Distribution Company in Gaza confirmed that a second power […]
The only pharmaceutical factory in the Gaza Strip is struggling to survive Israeli restrictions and the economic crises brought about by the 12-year siege imposed on the coastal enclave. The factory has been subjected to […]
Israel today closed Gaza’s main commercial crossing to all good except fuel, local sources reported. Israel has increased its targeting of the besieged Gaza Strip over the past few days, striking sites in the enclave causing damage […]
Unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip sharply increased in 2018 to reach 52% compared with 44% in 2017, while in the West Bank it was 18% in 2018, compared to 19% the year before, the […]
A Palestinian was shot and injured by Israeli live fire, on late Monday, east of Gaza City. Local sources told Ma’an that Israeli forces opened fire towards a group of Palestinians, east of Gaza City, […]
Two Palestinians were killed overnight in a tunnel between the Gaza Strip and Egypt, Gaza’s interior ministry said Monday. Bozum said 39-year-old major Abdelhamid al-Akar and Sabhy Abu Qarushayn, 28, “suffocated due to the inhalation of toxic […]
The Palestinian Authority (PA) has cut the salaries of 263 employees from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, most of whom are doctors, as well as a further 400 employees from the Education Ministry, mainly teachers. Spokespersons […]
At a kindergarten, Mahdi Karera, who describes himself as Gaza’s first marionette-maker, put on a show about the importance of reading. An opening song-and-dance number featuring a clown, a cook, a teacher, a boy and […]
The documentary film “Gaza” directed by Gary Keane and Andrew McConnell won the “Best Documentary Short Film” Premios Goya Award, on Sunday, at the Goya Awards in Spain. The documentary depicts the lives of Palestinians […]
The number of cancer patients in the Gaza Strip has risen to 8,515, including 608 children, the Palestinian Ministry of Health revealed in its latest statistics. Patients’ suffering is compounded by the permanent shortage of […]
Chairman of the National Committee for the Reconstruction of Gaza, Ambassador Mohammed Al-Emadi, said that, “After the Hamas leadership informed us that it did not accept the grant for salaries, it has been agreed that […]
Hamas has rejected a fresh tranche of Qatari funds, accusing Israel of imposing new conditions on the money entering the blockaded Palestinian territory. The rejection of the expected $15m on Thursday raised fears of fresh […]
Some 1,250 Palestinians in Gaza risk losing their eyesight due to the severe fuel crisis Gaza hospitals are facing, Al-Rai News Agency reported. Hospitals in Gaza are rationing services and have suspended basic operations as emergency fuel […]
What happens when the UN is unequivocally supporting the claims of the Palestinian Authority leadership to the detriment of the Palestinian people? There is nothing unusual about the international community’s stance; it did, after all, […]
The Ministry of Health in the Gaza Strip warned on Sunday that basic services in six main hospitals in the territory are on the verge of collapse due to a severe lack of fuel needed […]
Four baby lion cubs died from the cold in a Gaza zoo after wind ripped protective plastic sheeting from their cage during a winter storm, the zoo’s owner said on Friday, Reuters reports. "We could not […]
The General Federation of Palestinian Trade Unions (PGFTU) warned yesterday that the poverty rate in the Gaza Strip has exceeded 80 percent. The federation warned that both poverty and unemployment rates have reached unprecedented levels […]
Israel suspended a funds transfer from Qatar to Palestinian employees in the besieged Gaza Strip, Israeli TV Channel 20 reported today. According to the Israeli TV, the government claims that freezing the payment came in response to […]
Doctors in Palestine are worried about an antibiotic-resistant superbugs epidemic in Gaza and the West Bank, which is packing up the already deficient medical services in the strangled territories. The situation in Gaza, subject to […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza has warned that its health services are at stake due to the severe lack of fuel in the besieged coastal enclave, Felesteen.ps reported yesterday. The ministry’s spokesman Ashraf Al-Qidra said: […]
Israeli naval forces on Tuesday detained two Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a local official. Nizar Ayyash, head of Gaza’s fishermen union, told Anadolu Agency: “[Israeli] occupation gunboats […]
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