Blockade

Hayya: There are Egyptian intentions to ease Gaza siege

Sunday-30-October-2016

Member of Hamas’s political bureau Khalil al-Hayya has expressed his belief that there are Egyptian intentions to alleviate the blockade on the Gaza Strip after it reflected that through allowing many passengers to travel through the Rafah border crossing recently.

Israel imposes general closure on West Bank ahead of Jewish holiday

Sunday-23-October-2016

The Israeli occupation army on Saturday evening slapped a total closure on the West Bank and Gaza which will last until Monday night ahead of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot.

Egypt unblocks Rafah border crossing with Gaza

Wednesday-19-October-2016

The Egyptian authorities reopened on Wednesday the Rafah border-crossing on both sides so as to allow humanitarian cases’ access out of and into the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Anti-siege group says Gaza needs int’l quartet

Sunday-16-October-2016

The Popular Committee against the Siege has called on the UN to form an international quartet commissioned to oblige the donor countries to fulfill the financial pledges they had made for the reconstruction of Gaza during the 2014 conference in Cairo.

Gaza: Over 780 passengers crossed into Egypt on Saturday

Sunday-16-October-2016

Eight buses carrying 783 passengers left the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing on Saturday after the Egyptian authorities decided to open it for two consecutive days.

Israel closes off occupied territories for Sukkot holiday

Saturday-15-October-2016

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Saturday evening closed off all the entrances to the occupied Palestinian territories on the occasion of the Jewish Sukkot holiday.