Gaza siege

Aid convoy to return to Algeria

Tuesday-22-August-2017

Head of the relief department of the Algerian Scholars Association Yahya Sari said on Tuesday that negotiations with Egyptian authorities to allow the Algerian humanitarian convoy to enter the Gaza Strip have reached a dead end.

Health ministry slams PA’s measures against Gaza

Tuesday-22-August-2017

The Palestinian health ministry in the Gaza Strip has strongly denounced the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership in Ramallah for persistently depriving the population in the impoverished enclave of obtaining medicines and referrals for treatment abroad describing its punitive measures as “antinational and criminal.”

PA donates medicine to Venezuela

Sunday-20-August-2017

Ramallah-based Ministry of Health on Sunday announced sending truckloads of medicine to Venezuela as a donation from the Palestinian Authority (PA) based on a decision by the PA president Mahmoud Abbas.

Rare disease destroys dreams of three siblings in Khan Younis

Sunday-20-August-2017

Like all parents Abu Khamis Ashour wishes to see his children growing up and later be married; but with the rare disease that inflicted his family all his dreams were shattered wishing that the wheel of time stops and that his children don’t turn sixteen years old.

Abbas threatens to escalate sanctions against Gaza

Wednesday-16-August-2017

Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to impose more sanctions against the besieged Gaza Strip with no regard for the impacts of his decisions on the lives of the population.

Rafah crossing to be opened for humanitarian cases

Tuesday-15-August-2017

Gaza's Borders and Crossings Authority announced on Tuesday that Rafah crossing will be exceptionally opened on Wednesday and Thursday in both directions to allow humanitarian cases to leave the Gaza Strip and those stranded in Egypt to return.

6 injured in anti-siege marches near Gaza border areas

Saturday-12-August-2017

6 Palestinians were injured Friday evening after being attacked by the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) east of al-Bureij refugee camp and Jabalia town in the Gaza Strip.

Ministry warns of deterioration of food security in Gaza

Sunday-6-August-2017

Director of Planning and Policy Department at the Gaza Ministry of Agriculture Nabil Abu Shammala said on Sunday that food security has deteriorated in the Gaza Strip by 70%.

Hamas slams Abbas for threatening more sanctions against Gaza

Sunday-6-August-2017

The Hamas Movement has strongly denounced Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas for threatening to take further punitive measures against the population in the embattled Gaza Strip.

Israeli court shelves complaint filed against Gaza power cutback

Wednesday-2-August-2017

At the behest of the attorney general the Israeli high court of justice on Tuesday postponed its hearing on a petition filed by international human rights groups demanding an end to Israel’s reduction of electricity supply to the beleaguered Gaza Strip.