Gaza

Gaza: Palestinians rally on Balfour declaration’s 99th anniversary

Thursday-3-November-2016

Dozens of Palestinian citizens on Wednesday participated in a protest sit-in outside the UN headquarters in Gaza to condemn the ill-famed Balfour declaration which is marked on November 2 every year on its 99th anniversary.

Israel suspends decision to expand Gaza fishing zone

Wednesday-2-November-2016

The Israeli Occupation Authorities (IOA) have indefinitely suspended on Wednesday an earlier decision to expand Gaza fishing zone to nine miles.

Refugees constituted half of Gaza casualties

Wednesday-2-November-2016

More than half the Palestinians killed in the Israeli aggression on Gaza in summer 2014 were refugees.

Qassam Brigades mourns one of its members

Wednesday-2-November-2016

Al-Qassam Brigades Hamas’s armed wing mourned Wednesday morning one of its members who died of a sudden heart attack in a resistance mission east of Gaza City.

Limited Israeli incursion into northern Gaza

Tuesday-1-November-2016

The Israeli occupation forces (IOF) on Tuesday morning carried out a limited incursion into the northern border areas of the Gaza Strip along with a number of military bulldozers.

6 Gaza fishermen arrested by Israeli navy

Tuesday-1-November-2016

Six Palestinian fishermen were kidnapped by the Israeli occupation navy from Gaza’s northern shores on Tuesday morning.

Ayyash: Israel’s nine nautical miles not enough for Gaza fishermen

Monday-31-October-2016

Chief of the Palestinian fishermen Nizar Ayyash has affirmed that Israel’s decision to expand the fishing zone from six to nine nautical miles will not be of much benefit to Gaza fishermen saying that the fish abound within 12 nautical miles.

4 Israeli military bulldozers roll into southern Gaza

Monday-31-October-2016

Four Israeli military bulldozers rolled on early Monday morning into the eastern corners of Khan Younis province to the south of the blockaded Gaza Strip.

Interior ministry says not informed of new Rafah crossing arrangements

Monday-31-October-2016

The Palestinian ministry of interior affairs in Gaza said it had no information if there were Egyptian intentions to open the Rafah border crossing regularly during the coming period.

One fisherman injured by Israeli gunfire in Gaza northern waters

Sunday-30-October-2016

One Palestinian fisherman was injured Sunday morning when the Israeli occupation navy opened fire at fishing boats off the coast of the embattled Gaza Strip.