UNRWA’s budget deficient now stands at $200 million, Commissioner-General Pierre Krahenbuhl revealed today. During a press conference at the agency’s regional headquarters in Gaza City, Krahenbuhl said: “The current budget deficit of the Agency’s budget is […]
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 occupation authorities are maintaining harsh restrictions for Palestinians in the Gaza Strip who wish to visit relatives in Israeli jails, reported B’Tselem. Out of more than 5,000 Palestinian prisoners, 303 are from the Gaza Strip, […]
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 […]
Israeli naval forces on Saturday detained three Palestinian fishermen off the coast of the blockaded Gaza Strip, according to a local official. Israeli gunboats opened fire on Palestinian fishing boats west of Gaza City and arrested […]
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 […]
Every day at the Gaza Corniche, many refugees come from all over the besieged Gaza Strip to sit on chairs that carry the names of towns and villages from which they were expelled in 1947-48. […]
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 […]
Israel is reducing its military reinforcements which were sent to surround the Gaza Strip over the weekend. Palestinians are expected to continue to take part in the Great March of return in the Gaza Strip […]
Thirteen Palestinian schools in the besieged Gaza Strip were severely damaged by the Israeli airstrikes, which claimed the lives of 27 Palestinians and injured at least 154 others, on Tuesday. The Palestinian Ministry of Education […]
The mayor of Sderot, near the occupied Gaza Strip, has urged the government to back a ground invasion of the blockaded territory. According to far-right news outlet Arutz Sheva, Mayor Alon Davidi criticized the ceasefire agreement reached […]
The Israeli government ordered the military to end its strikes on the occupied Gaza Strip before the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest, according to Haaretz. Citing unnamed defense officials yesterday, the paper said that the political leadership’s […]
Despite the ceasefire, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, on Monday, that Israel is preparing for another round of confrontations in the besieged Gaza Strip. Hebrew-language news outlets reported that several hours after the Egypt-mediated ceasefire agreement […]
President Donald Trump said he supported Israel’s deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip, warning Palestinians against actions that would bring them “nothing but misery”. The US president made the remarks on Twitter, where he blamed […]
Hanan Ashrawi, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee Member, said the ongoing Israeli escalation against the captive Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip is a continuation of the war crimes Israel has been committing against the Palestinian […]
An Egypt-mediated ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestinian factions in the besieged Gaza Strip was declared following Israeli escalation since predawn Saturday until predawn Monday. The Egypt-mediated ceasefire comes after Israeli warplanes carried out at […]
10 Palestinians have been killed and 93 others were injured by Israeli forces since the launch of the latest offensive against the besieged Gaza Strip on May 3, 2019. The Palestine Chronicle reporter in Gaza, […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered “massive strikes” on the Gaza Strip after a two-day escalation that killed 24 Palestinians and four Israelis. Israeli warplanes and gunboats continued to target the Gaza Strip on […]
Scores of fishermen in the occupied Gaza Strip yesterday staged a rally demanding international intervention “to stop the Israeli violations against Palestinian fishermen”. The protest, which took place at the Deir Al-Balah harbor, was organized […]
Israeli warplanes out airstrikes across the besieged Gaza Strip, on predawn Thursday, Ma’an News reports. Hebrew-language news outlets said that Israeli warplanes carried out airstrikes, targeting several Hamas movement sites, located in northern Gaza. 🇵🇸#Palestine : […]
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 […]
Israel today more than halved the fishing zone off the coast of the Gaza Strip “until further notice”. According to a statement by Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) – which administers […]
Israeli forces opened fire targeting Palestinian farmers in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, on Thursday morning. Witnesses told Ma’an that Israeli forces deployed in military watchtowers at the Sufa military site in southeastern Gaza Strip […]
Israeli authorities detained a Palestinian man, who was escorting his ill wife, while at the Beit Hanoun crossing (Erez) in the northern besieged Gaza Strip. The Jenin Media Center said that Karam Mustafa Muhammad Tantawi, […]
Hamas has denied that it had formed a new government or administrative committee in the Gaza Strip, in response to Fatah’s formation of a new government in Ramallah. In a statement, Hamas’ chief in Gaza […]
Only local publishers could take part in the ongoing Book Fair being held in Gaza City, Safa news agency reported, stating that there are only 20,000 titles compared to previous fairs where there were hundreds of […]
A team of Palestinian surgeons at Al-Makassed Hospital in Jerusalem led by professor Nizar Hajja took out a bullet from the heart of Gazan child, Al-Watan Voice reported yesterday. Eight-year-old Ibrahim was shot while playing with his friends […]
Israeli forces opened heavy fire towards Palestinian farmers and fishermen, on Sunday, in the besieged Gaza Strip. A Ma’an reporter said that Israeli forces deployed in military watchtowers opened fire towards Palestinian agricultural lands east […]
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