Gaza siege

Hamas: Our people will not remain silent on Gaza siege

Wednesday-12-August-2020

The Hamas Movement has affirmed that Israel’s aerial attacks on the Gaza Strip will not intimidate the Palestinian people and stop them from resisting the occupation and breaking its blockade.

Renewed Israeli airstrikes rock different areas of Gaza

Wednesday-12-August-2020

Israeli warplanes at dawn Wednesday bombed several sites in the besieged Gaza Strip with no reported casualties.

Islamic Jihad: Gazans will not allow siege to be a fait accompli

Tuesday-11-August-2020

The Islamic Jihad has affirmed that the population in Gaza and their resistance will never allow the Israeli blockade to turn into a fait accompli and destiny imposed on them.

IOA bars entry of building materials into Gaza until further notice

Tuesday-11-August-2020

The Palestinian border authorities in the Gaza Strip have said that the Israeli occupation authority (IOA) decided to ban entry of building materials into the coastal enclave as of Tuesday August 11 and until further notice.

Eid in Gaza marred by corona crisis and economic hardships

Wednesday-29-July-2020

Although no coronavirus cases have been detected inside the Gaza Strip and all reported cases are among citizens who recently returned to the enclave from abroad and remained in isolation Eid al-Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) will not be the same this year.

Gaza unemployment rate close to 60%

Saturday-18-July-2020

Palestinian MP and head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege Jamal al-Khudari on Friday warned that the unemployment rate in the Gaza Strip has jumped to about 60% due to the 14-year-long blockade.

UN expert calls on Israel to halt mass punishment of Palestinians

Saturday-18-July-2020

A UN human rights expert has called on Israel to immediately end its long-time blockade of the Gaza Strip which he described as “collective punishment” against the Palestinian people.

Mishaal calls for continuing to send anti-siege convoys to Gaza

Monday-1-June-2020

Former head of Hamas’s political bureau Khaled Mishaal called on organizers of Freedom Flotilla aid and solidarity convoys to resume their efforts to break and challenge the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Ten years after Israel’s hijacking of the Mavi Marmara

Sunday-31-May-2020

It is ten years since a live broadcast from the Mediterranean on Aljazeera TV came to an abrupt end.

Hundreds of artists writers appeal for end to Gaza siege

Sunday-17-May-2020

More than 250 artists and writers from around the globe — including noted figures — appealed to Israel to end its blockade on the impoverished Gaza Strip warning the coronavirus epidemic could have a devastating impact on "the world's largest open-air prison.”