Gaza siege

Hayek: Consumer buying power in Gaza declines by 60%

Saturday-10-March-2018

Ali al-Hayek Head of the Palestinian Businessmen Association in Gaza called for taking an urgent action for offering financial aid to the private sector in the besieged Gaza Strip and the residents of Gaza in light of the emerging crises due to the decade-long Israeli siege.

Haneyya: Gaza at “brink of explosion”

Tuesday-6-March-2018

Head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haneyya has warned that the besieged Gaza Strip is on the brink of an explosion as a result of the extremely dire humanitarian situation which the population is suffering from.

IOF arrests Gazan man at Erez crossing

Monday-5-March-2018

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) arrested on Monday a Palestinian employee of Palestine Cellular Communications Company/Jawwal at Erez (Beit Hanoun) crossing north of Gaza Strip.

OCHA warns of worsening Gaza crisis and settler attacks in W. Bank

Saturday-3-March-2018

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on Friday warned of the serious repercussions of the power crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip which mainly affects the health and education sectors.

Gaza: UNRWA workers school students rally against US funding cut

Wednesday-28-February-2018

Thousands of UNRWA employees and school students participated in a massive rally held on Tuesday in Khan Younis south of Gaza to protest the recent US decision to shrink its financial support for the refugee agency.

Gaza: Women protest power crisis call for solution

Wednesday-28-February-2018

Dozens of women and housewives on Tuesday rallied outside the power plant in the Gaza Strip in protest at the worsening electricity crisis and the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) reluctance to solve the problem.

UN envoy voices concern over Gaza’s deteriorating economy

Wednesday-21-February-2018

The UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nikolay Mladenov on Tuesday voiced concern over the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza.

General strike prevails in Gaza in protest at Gaza siege

Tuesday-20-February-2018

A general strike prevailed on Tuesday across Gaza Strip in protest at the decade-long Israeli siege on Gaza resulting in a severe humanitarian crisis.

A glimpse of hope for the poor living under siege

Tuesday-20-February-2018

In the alleys of Al-Daraj neighborhood the oldest neighborhood of Gaza City the Zakat Al-Hayat Committee started work earlier this year to establish ‘the Gaza Tekiya’ to help the poor and the needy families and alleviate their suffering.