Gaza siege

Palestinians take #GazaToUN through social media

Tuesday-18-September-2018

Frustrated by Israel’s 12-year blockade of the Gaza Strip young Palestinians in the besieged coastal strip took to social media on Monday to communicate to the United Nations (UN) and the world the urgent need to lift the siege that has brought Gaza to the brink of a humanitarian catastrophe.

UN: Palestine has world’s highest unemployment rate

Thursday-13-September-2018

Unemployment in the occupied Palestinian territory rose to more than 27 percent in 2017 the world's highest while per head income contracted 11 percent the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) said in its annual report.

A Palestinian girl introducing new art to Gaza

Wednesday-12-September-2018

At her modest home in the northern Gaza Strip Sahar Wishah joined the world of arts by turning iron and wooden tools into beautiful paintings.

Khudari: 2000 houses destroyed in 2014 await reconstruction

Saturday-8-September-2018

Popular Committee Against the Siege on Saturday said that 2000 houses destroyed by the Israeli army in the 2014 assault on the Gaza Strip have not been reconstructed because of the lack of funding and ban imposed on the entry of building materials into the enclave.

Israel closes Beit Hanoun crossing

Wednesday-5-September-2018

Israeli occupation authorities on Wednesday decided to close Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing between the Gaza Strip and the Palestinian territories occupied since 1948.

Khudari: Food insecurity threatens one million refugees in Gaza

Wednesday-5-September-2018

Head of the Popular Committee Against the Siege MP Jamal al-Khudari on Tuesday said that food insecurity is threatening one million refugees in Gaza as the US suspended its aid to UNRWA.

PBA: 90 percent of Gaza economic activities will stop

Tuesday-4-September-2018

The Palestinian Businessmen Association (PBA) has warned that 90 percent of the economic activities in the besieged Gaza Strip will grind to a halt completely as a result of the financial and humanitarian shocks that have afflicted the population especially after the US administration stopped funding UNRWA.

Israeli navy intercepts anti-siege boat parade off Gaza shore

Monday-3-September-2018

Israeli gunboats on Sunday afternoon attacked a flock of fishing vessels sailing off Gaza’s seashore in a symbolic gesture aiming at breaking the tough Israeli blockade on the enclave.

Fifth anti-siege trip in Gaza waters to kick off on Sunday

Friday-31-August-2018

The National Commission to Break the Siege has announced it will launch the fifth sea trip from the Gaza port to the northern maritime border of Gaza at 05:00 pm on Sunday to demand an end to the Israeli blockade on the improvised enclave.

Al-Hayya: Unity is the only way to protect the Palestinian cause

Thursday-30-August-2018

Khalil Al-Hayya a member of the Political Bureau of Hamas said that the main way to protect the Palestinian issue and guarantee the return of Palestinian refugees is achieving national unity.