Palestinian Authority

Gaza Energy Authority: Power crisis at its worst level

Sunday-9-July-2017

The Gaza Energy Authority said on Sunday that the power crisis plaguing the Gaza Strip is at its worst level with no specific electricity schedule and with only two hours of electricity a day provided for most houses.

Hamas slams the PA disruption of Egyptian fuel imports to Gaza

Sunday-9-July-2017

Hazem Qassem Hamas spokesman said that the efforts of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah headed by Mahmoud Abbas to disrupt the supply of fuel from Egypt to Gaza’s Power Plant is a continuation of the policy of collective punishment against our people in the Gaza Strip.

PA freezes bank transfers to purchase fuel from Egypt

Saturday-8-July-2017

The Energy Authority in Gaza announced that two power generators have been shut down after Egypt has stopped fuel delivery as the Palestinian Authority (PA) froze all bank transfers to Egypt for the purchase of fuel used to operate the besieged coastal enclave's sole power plant.

PA forces Energy Authority employees in Gaza into early retirement

Thursday-6-July-2017

The Palestinian Authority (PA) in Ramallah forced the employees of Energy Authority in Gaza into early retirement well-informed sources told the PIC.

Barhoum: Abbas’s measures against Gaza crimes against humanity

Tuesday-4-July-2017

Spokesman of the Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas Fawzi Barhoum said on Tuesday that the latest decision by the Palestinian Authority (PA) president Mahmoud Abbas forcing PA employees in Gaza into early retirement is "immoral and inhumane".

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.

Cancer-stricken Gazan pronounced dead after PA denies him treatment

Friday-30-June-2017

A Gazan patient was pronounced day at noontime Friday at al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza after he had been denied treatment abroad for over 50 days.

Female ex-prisoner joins sit in-tent after PA freezes her salary

Thursday-29-June-2017

25-year-old Palestinian ex-prisoner Haneyya Nasser joined a sit-in tent set up in Ramallah to protest the suspension of ex-prisoners’ salaries by the Palestinian Authority (PA) chaired by Mahmoud Abbas.

3 babies pronounced dead in Gaza in 24 hours Abbas held accountable

Tuesday-27-June-2017

Three Palestinian toddlers were pronounced dead in Gaza in no more than 24 hours after the Palestinian Authority (PA) chaired by Mahmoud Abbas denied them urgent treatment.

PA freezes bank assets of 30 journalists from Gaza

Saturday-24-June-2017

The Palestinian Ministry of Finance in Ramallah has cut off the salaries and frozen the assets of 30 Palestinian Authority employees in the Gaza Strip without prior notice according to a special source.