A US court has revived a multi-billion-dollar lawsuit lodged by Palestinians which seeks to prosecute the United States, billionaire Sheldon Adelson, and other prominent pro-Israel figures for alleged war crimes and support of settlements in […]
The Israeli army yesterday shelled two separate sites in the Gaza Strip, with the number of casualties unknown. The army claimed that the two sites were surveillance towers belonging to Hamas, which governs the besieged […]
Israeli naval forces opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats, on Sunday morning, off the coast of Khan Younis, in the southern the besieged Gaza Strip. Locals told Ma’an that Israeli naval forces repeatedly opened heavy […]
Senior Hamas leader Mohammad Nazzal has revealed that his movement is preparing for an international tour for its chief Ismail Haniyeh. Nazzal pointed to arrangements with Egypt to facilitate this, Al-Ray News Agency reported yesterday, reiterating that […]
Israel yesterday attacked participants in the Friday protests taking place in the Gaza Strip. Taking place under the title “Gaza is unbreakable,” yesterday’s marches formed the 47th Friday of the Great March of Return, which […]
Former Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman yesterday warned that the next confrontation with the Gaza Strip must be the last. Lieberman said: “For nearly a year, since the [Great March of Return] started along the […]
Two Palestinian photojournalists based in Gaza have won Awards of Excellence at the 76th Pictures of the Year International (POYI) from the Missouri School of Journalism in Columbia, Missouri, in the United States. Congratulations to […]
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 […]
The Israeli military is preparing for a major new offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip. The Israeli army’s Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi – who was sworn in last month – “has already prioritized preparations for a potential […]
A Palestinian teen succumbed, late Tuesday, to wounds he had sustained by Israeli forces last Friday during protests at the eastern borders of the al-Breij refugee camp in the central besieged Gaza Strip. Spokesperson of […]
Leader of the Israel Resilience (Hosen L’Yisrael) party Benny Gantz yesterday published new election campaign videos on social media, including an attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s support for the 2005 removal of settlers from […]
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 […]
Israeli forces opened fire at Palestinian shepherds in Khan Younis in the southern besieged Gaza Strip, on Monday. Witnesses told a Ma’an reporter that Israeli forces deployed in military watchtowers in eastern Khuzaa, in Khan […]
UNICEF has said that it is “saddened” by Israel’s killing of two children in the Gaza Strip this weekend. In a statement yesterday, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa Geert Cappelaere expressed the […]
Palestinians living in the Netherlands will be allowed to register the Gaza Strip and the West Bank as their official place of birth, Dutch State Secretary Raymond Knops told the House of Representatives in The […]
Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets of the besieged Gaza to show their support for the democratically-elected government of Venezuela and it’s legitimate leader, President Nicolas Maduro. Venezuela is struggling to defeat a coup attempt that […]
Israeli snipers killed two Palestinian protesters, including a 14-year-old child, and wounded 17 others during the 46th Friday protests held as part of the “Great March of Return” in the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian Ministry […]
Israeli forces killed a woman and child during protests in the occupied Gaza Strip on January 11, while they were at a “significant distance” from the perimeter fence. The findings were published yesterday by the […]
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 decision to stop funding USAID projects in Palestine is another tactic by the Trump administration to block all humanitarian assistance to Palestinians, even when such assistance is inherently compromised to suit US interests. It […]
Several Palestinian bodies, including NGOs, have severely criticized the measure taken by the Palestinian Authority (PA), PLO and Fatah leader to cut the salaries of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. Even member’s of Mahmoud Abbas’ […]
Palestinian prisoner Fares Baroud, 51, from al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza, died on Wednesday, February 6 only hours after being suddenly transferred to intensive care from Ramon prison. Baroud suffered from a number of health […]
Those who smear anti-Zionists by falsely accusing them of antisemitism understand very well that anti-Zionism means anti-Jewish-nationalism as expressed in the territory of historic Palestine, now subdivided into Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza […]
Five years after spearheading what is inaptly referred to as a ‘government of national reconciliation’, Palestinian Prime Minister, Rami Hamdallah, has finally resigned. “We put our government at the disposal of President Mahmoud Abbas, 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 […]
A 30-year-old Palestinian succumbed to injuries, on Sunday, that he had sustained during the “The Great March of Return” protests along the fence separating Israel from the besieged Gaza Strip. The spokesperson of the Palestinian […]
Israel’s Prime Minister said on Sunday that the General Election campaign would not stop his government from bombing the Gaza Strip or Iran, Anadolu has reported. The election is due to be held in April. Netanyahu: Elections […]
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