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Gaza

Gaza at risk of 'systemic collapse'

24/05/2017

World News

Gaza struggles under blockade

The International Committee of the Red Cross has warned that Gaza is at risk of systemic collapse as it struggles on with barely any electricity.Ongoing divisions between Fatah and Hamas mean that t

23/05/2017

West Bank

Hamas again leads Gaza boycott of Palestinian local elections

Palestinians go to the polls for the first time since 2012 today in the West Bank, again without the participation of Hamas, which is not allowing any vote in the Gaza Strip.

13/05/2017

Gaza

Palestinians react after Hamas unveils new charter

There has been reaction in Gaza and the West Bank after Hamas unveiled its new charter.

02/05/2017

West Bank

Palestine shuts up shop to support hunger-striking prisoners

Protests across the West Bank and Gaza are designed to show solidarity with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike in Israeli jails.

27/04/2017

World News

'The occupation of Palestine dehumanises Israel'

“The occupation of Palestine is not only a serious attack on Palestinian rights and humanitarian standards – it is a cancer that will ultimately destroy democracy in Israel”, says Daniel Bar-Tal, a 71

26/04/2017

Israel

Israeli PM is slammed over conduct in 2014 Gaza war

"Israel needs to fix flaws" revealed in a scathing report on the conduct of the PM and that of former defence officials during the 2014 Gaza war

01/03/2017

World News

Export of 'useless' flowers halts in Gaza

The Gaza Strip once exported around 50 million flowers, but due to the area’s political situation, this figure has dropped to zero, according to Arab 24.

21/02/2017

Gaza

Residents evacuated from flooded Gaza camp

Rescue workers have evacuated the elderly from theır homes flooded wıth sewage and raın water ın a refugee camp ın the northern Gaza Strıp.

16/02/2017

Gaza

Hamas elects Yahya Sinwar as Gaza leader

The Palestinian group Hamas has elected a commander of its armed wing as overall leader in Gaza.

13/02/2017

Israel

Tensions flare on Israel-Gaza border

A group affiliated with the so-called Islamic State has claimed responsibility for firing rockets towards Israel from Egypt.

09/02/2017

Gaza

Gaza blames Israel for tunnel blast 'killing two Palestinians'

The authorities in Gaza say two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli bomb attack on a tunnel near the Egyptian border.

09/02/2017

Gaza

Gazans protest power cuts

Security forces in Hamas-controlled northern Gaza have broken up protests by thousands of people calling for an end to power cuts.

13/01/2017

Egypt

Egypt temporarily opens Rafah border crossing

People living in Gaza have been allowed to cross into Egypt for the first time in almost 40 days.

15/10/2016

World News

Boat of pro-Palestinian activists blocked by Israeli forces from entering Gaza

A sail boat manned by 13 pro-Palestinian female activists has been intercepted near the coast of Gaza as it attempted to break through a blockade imposed by Israel in…

05/10/2016

Gaza

Israel constructing underground barrier along boundary with Gaza

Israeli sources cited by Reuters news agency said that construction has begun on an underground barrier along a small stretch of its boundary line with Gaza.

08/09/2016

Netherlands

Holland to help build pipeline to Gaza

Holland has agreed to team up with Israel to supply Gaza with water and gas

06/09/2016

Israel

Multiple Israeli air strikes hit Gaza Strip after Palestinian rocket attack

People in the Gaza Strip have been surveying the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes.

22/08/2016

Gaza

Turkish ship arrives in Israel with aid for Gaza

A week on from restoring ties, a Turkish ship has arrived in Israel with 10,000 tons of humanitarian aid bound for Gaza.

03/07/2016

Cinema

'Dégradé': Black comedy offers fresh take on Middle Eastern conflict

‘Dégradé’ is a black comedy by Palestinian twin brothers Arab and Tarzan Nasser. Just like its authors, the film is banned in Gaza, and was shot in

06/05/2016