Gaza siege

Gazans struggle to celebrate Eid amid economic difficulties

Tuesday-13-August-2019

Eid al-Adha in the Gaza Strip this year is marred by the economic hardships endured by its families in view of the 13-year-long Israeli blockade and the Palestinian Authority sanctions.

IOA to build concrete wall north of Gaza

Tuesday-13-August-2019

The Israeli occupation authority (IOA) has decided to build a new concrete wall around all areas in the northeast of the Gaza Strip.

Khudari: Gaza’s monthly economic losses estimated at $70 million

Sunday-11-August-2019

Jamal al-Khudari head of the Popular Committee against the Siege has said that the direct and indirect monthly losses of the industrial and commercial sectors in the Gaza are estimated at $70 million.

Mladenov: PA’s punitive measures are only aimed at Gaza population

Sunday-21-July-2019

UN Middle East peace coordinator Nickolay Mladenov has said that the punitive financial measures taken by the Palestinian Authority (PA) against its rivals in Gaza only put pressure on the population.

Gaza suffers from critical scarcity of medical supplies

Wednesday-17-July-2019

The Palestinian health ministry has said that the hospitals in the Gaza Strip suffer from an acute shortage of medicines and essential medical consumables describing it as “the most difficult crisis during the years of the Israeli blockade.”

Hayek calls for lifting ban on entry of raw materials to Gaza

Saturday-6-July-2019

Ali al-Hayek head of the Palestinian Businessmen Association has called for necessarily lifting the Israeli ban on the entry of many raw materials and construction needs to the Gaza Strip on allegations they are dual-use goods.

Haneyya urges mediators to press Israel to honor Gaza understandings

Thursday-27-June-2019

Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya on Wednesday appealed to Qatar Egypt and the UN the parties that mediated recent understandings with Israel over Gaza to intervene to pressure the Israeli side to honor its commitments in this regard.

Health ministry: Half of Gaza patients lacking medication

Friday-21-June-2019

The Palestinian health ministry has warned that half of the patients in the embattled Gaza Strip have become with no medication due to a 52-percent deficit in different medical supplies.

Haneyya meets Mladenov in Gaza

Friday-14-June-2019

Head of Hamas's political bureau Ismail Haneyya on Friday met with the UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Nickolay Mladenov in Gaza.