نجحت مجموعة "سينما من أجل غزة" التي أطلقتها مجموعة صغيرة من صانعي السينما العالمية، في جمع أكثر من 315 ألف دولار لدعم المساعدات الطبية للسكان المدنيين في غزة، حيث جمع مزاد المشاهير، الذي نظمته "سينما من أجل غزة"، وبدعم من ممثليين مثل تيلدا سوينتون، (...)
Egypt's Ministry of Interior and National Security announced on Sunday that it has reopened the Rafah Crossing after being closed for one day. The ministry said that it will only allow Palestinians who were not able to enter Egypt yesterday, to (...)
The Israeli military rushed a fifth Iron Dome anti-missile battery into service on Saturday and deployed it in the Tel Aviv area, the army said, underscoring concerns over the range of Palestinian rockets.
Islamist militants in the Gaza Strip have (...)
The Israeli army said on Friday it was closing to civilian traffic three roads that lead to, or border the Gaza Strip, in an indication of a probable military build-up in the area.
Shortly before, political sources said Defence Minister Ehud Barak (...)
Abdel-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, head of both the 'Strong Egypt' party and the Arab Doctors Union, arrived in the Gaza Strip on Friday along with a team of medics to treat Palestinians injured in Israel's ongoing assault – now in its third day – on the (...)
European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said Friday that Israel had the right to protect its people against Gaza rocket attacks but urged it to stick to a "proportionate" response.
Deploring the loss of civilian lives on both sides, (...)
Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil arrived in Gaza on Friday morning to show solidarity with the besieged coastal enclave, currently under heavy Israeli bombardment.
The planned hours-long visit, according to informed sources, has already been (...)
The armed wing of Hamas, the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, said that the three men were all members and were hit as they travelled in a motorcyle-taxi.
The Israeli military launched its operation on Wednesday with the killing of a top Hamas commander (...)
Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak warned Tuesday that a flare-up in violence with Gaza was "not over," after new rocket fire in the morning and Israeli strikes overnight.
The violence that began on Saturday appeared to have slowed considerably, (...)
Palestinian medical sources announced Monday the death of Ahmad Al-Naheen, a 21-year-old Palestinian, who was shot Sunday by Israeli occupation forces, near Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip.
"The ambulance crews transported the body of the (...)
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources say.
Both strikes took place on Sunday around the northern town of Beit Hanoun where fighters (...)
Israel's air force raided a Hamas training camp in the Gaza Strip overnight Sunday, without causing any injuries, witnesses said.
The target was in the Gaza refugee camp of Nusseirat.
In recent days, Palestinian activists have fired rockets into (...)
A 42-year-old Gazan woman was in critical condition on Wednesday after being shot by Israeli troops near the border in central Gaza, Palestinian medical sources said.
The incident occurred in an area east of the central town of Deir al-Balah.
"She (...)
Gaza's Hamas prime minister Ismail Haniya will not attend an upcoming Non-Aligned Movement summit in Tehran, Taher al-Nunu, a spokesman for the Hamas government, said on Sunday.
"The prime minister received a generous invitation from the Iranian (...)
A commander of Hamas' militant arm, Qassam Military Brigades, Ibrahim Hamid, recounts his time in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison in his book Ata'zeeb wal Azl (Torture and Isolation).
His lawyer quotes Hamid saying that the book not only (...)
Israeli air raids on Gaza, which have killed 18 people since Friday, were planned in advance and were not in retaliation to an alleged Palestinian plan to launch an attack against Israel through Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronot (...)
The following letter was delivered to the Greek Government on July 12, 2011 making it clear that the people of Gaza seek freedom and respect for their human rights, including their right to lead a dignified life, not charity. Seemingly deaf to their (...)
The former Israeli minister of education has attacked two of the country's previous prime ministers, describing them as “terrorists.”
In his remarks, made during a school ceremony in Tel Aviv, Yossi Sarid said that if any Israeli believes that (...)
The director of the Palestinian Businessmen Association says their aim is to enhance economic relations with Egypt and make Egyptian businessmen interested in investing in Gaza
A delegation of Egyptian businessmen will visit the Gaza Strip soon to (...)
Senior officials in Hamas have called on the Palestinian people to rise up against the Palestinian Authority (PA) and outset President Mahmoud Abbas in the wake of Al-Jazeera's disclosure of secret documents on the negotiations between the PA and (...)
Israeli Minister for Foreign Affairs Avigdor Lieberman has prepared a political plan for the resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It includes the creation of a Palestinian state within "temporary" borders.
Israeli daily Haaretz in (...)
A recently published Israeli book tells the stories of soldiers who participated in the killing and unjustifiable abuse of Palestinian civilians.
It cites Israeli NGO Breaking Silence (Shovrim Shtika)which investigates the behaviour of Israeli (...)
Senior Fatah figure Maged Abu Shamala confirmed reports thatPalestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, as part of an ongoing policy, is cutting salaries for civil servants working in the Gaza Strip.
In a statement issued by his (...)
Palestinian detainees revealed that the Israeli Shabak had drugged a Palestinian prisoner which might have directly resulted in the onset of paralysis.
The Palestinian prisoners said that a Shabak officer asked a collaborator in the desert prison (...)
Gaza's ministry of health warned that continuing shortages in medical supplies could bring surgical operations at hospitals in the Strip to a standstill.
Mounir Al-Borsh, the ministry's chief of pharmaceuticals, said there were chronic shortages (...)