Gaza siege

Khudari: Quarter of a million unemployed person in Gaza

Tuesday-17-January-2017

Palestinian MP Jamal al-Khudari said that the number of the unemployed persons in Gaza reached a quarter of a million due to the tightening measures of the Israeli siege.

Memo to UNSC over tragic fallouts of Israeli siege on Gaza

Monday-16-January-2017

A memorandum was handed over to the UN Security Council (UNSC) by the International Commission to Support the Rights of the Palestinian People (Hashd) to push for lifting the Israeli siege on Gaza.

Committee: Gaza siege must end in 2017

Thursday-5-January-2017

Dozens of Palestinians participated on Thursday in a rally organized by the popular committee against the Gaza siege which aims at appealing to the international community to break the siege on the coastal enclave in 2017.

Yousuf calls on Qatar Turkey to implement solar projects in Gaza

Wednesday-4-January-2017

Chairman of the World Popular Committee to Support Gaza Esam Yousuf called on the governments of Qatar and Turkey to start a project based on establishing solar energy units in the several institutions of the Gaza Strip that serve the public such as universities hospitals schools and main streets amid the escalated electricity crisis.

Egyptian army destroys 12 tunnels at Gaza borders

Monday-2-January-2017

The Egyptian army declared on Monday the destruction of 12 new tunnels at the borders with Gaza during the period from 18th – 28th December 2016.

40 modern cars allowed access into blockaded Gaza in 1st such move

Sunday-18-December-2016

The Egyptian authorities on Saturday evening allowed the access of modern cars into the blockaded Gaza Strip via the Egyptian-run Rafah border crossing.