Gaza siege

Seven UN experts call for immediate solution to Gaza power crisis

Thursday-13-July-2017

Seven UN rapporteurs on Wednesday called upon the international community to pay attention to the humanitarian suffering in the Gaza Strip and appealed to the besieging parties to immediately end their mass punitive measure against the population especially with regard to electricity.

Gaza: Telecom services halted in large areas due to power crisis

Wednesday-12-July-2017

The Palestinian telecom company Paltel announced on Tuesday that it suspended its phone and internet services in large areas of Gaza after the main generator of its headquarters overheated and broke down.

UN: Gaza unlivable after 10 years of Israeli blockade

Wednesday-12-July-2017

The Gaza Strip may already be “unlivable” after a decade of a crippling Israeli blockade that hit all aspects of life there a UN official warned Tuesday.

Bahar: Abbas’s measures against Gaza “credentials to Trump”

Tuesday-11-July-2017

Ahmed Bahar first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council said that the recent measures taken against the Gaza Strip were only credentials presented by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas to US president Donald Trump.

Gaza: Factions call on political rivals to neutralize health sector

Tuesday-11-July-2017

Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip have called on Palestinian Authority (PA) chief Mahmoud Abbas and his government in Ramallah to keep the health sector in the impoverished enclave out of any political wrangling.

PCHR warns of reducing medical referrals for Gaza patients

Monday-10-July-2017

The Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) has expressed concern over the Ramallah-based health ministry’s failure to provide medical referrals for Gaza patients who need treatment abroad.

Bahar slams Abbas’s recent measures against Gaza

Friday-7-July-2017

Ahmed Bahar the first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has strongly denounced Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas for taking measures that aggravated recently the inhumane blockade on the Gaza Strip.

Joudeh holds the government responsible for health crisis in Gaza

Wednesday-5-July-2017

Vice president of the international committee for the support of the rights of the Palestinian people Wesam Joudeh held the Palestinian government legally responsible for the health crisis in the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Bahar: Abbas insists to kill the sick people in Gaza

Tuesday-4-July-2017

First Deputy Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) Ahmed Bahar held Israeli occupation authorities and the Palestinian Authority responsible in full for the martyrdom of 14 sick people last week in Gaza Strip due to the tightened siege on the coastal enclave.

Cancer patient dies in Gaza after being denied treatment abroad

Monday-3-July-2017

The Gaza Ministry of Health announced on Monday the death of a citizen suffering from cancer due to Israel's procrastination in allowing him to receive treatment outside the Gaza Strip.