Tag: Gaza
Gaza activists plan aid flotilla
Palestinian activists told Israel on Monday not to interfere in a planned aid flotilla to Gaza in late June, a little more than one...
Egypt reopens Rafah border with Gaza
on Saturday reopened its Rafah border crossing with Gaza, allowing people to cross freely for the first time in four years, in a...
Olympic athlete wins Gaza’s first-ever marathon
A local Palestinian athlete on Thursday won the Gaza Strip’s first-ever marathon, which ran the entire length of the tiny coastal enclave.
More than 1,400...
Radicals hang Italian kidnapped in Gaza: Hamas
GAZA CITY - A radical group hanged an Italian activist Friday hours after kidnapping him in Gaza, Hamas said, as Rome denounced the murder.
The pro-Palestinian activist was found hanged in a house north of Gaza City, the ruling Hamas government said.
"The government media office denounces the criminal kidnapping and murder of an Italian solidarity activist... who was found by security hanging in an abandoned house in northern Gaza," it said.
Hamas said two suspected
The pro-Palestinian activist was found hanged in a house north of Gaza City, the ruling Hamas government said.
"The government media office denounces the criminal kidnapping and murder of an Italian solidarity activist... who was found by security hanging in an abandoned house in northern Gaza," it said.
Hamas said two suspected
Authors reject calls to retract Goldstone report on Gaza
LONDON - Three of the authors of a United Nations report which criticised Israel over its 2008-2009 offensive on Gaza on Thursday rejected calls to retract the report. They said in a statement to The Guardian newspaper in Britain that they found it "necessary to dispel any impression that subsequent developments have rendered any part of the mission's report unsubstantiated. "Aspersions cast on the findings of the report... cannot be left unchallenged," wrote Pakistani human rights
Israel, Palestinians float Gaza ceasefire
JERUSALEM - Israeli and Palestinian officials floated a ceasefire on Sunday to end an upsurge of violence in Gaza, as Israel warned of a still stronger response if rocket fire from the coastal strip continues.
Speaking shortly after a rocket fired from Gaza struck near the southern city of Ashkelon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that any further attacks would be dealt with harshly. "If the criminal attacks against the Israeli military and civilians continue, Israel
Speaking shortly after a rocket fired from Gaza struck near the southern city of Ashkelon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that any further attacks would be dealt with harshly. "If the criminal attacks against the Israeli military and civilians continue, Israel
Israel and Hamas look to end Gaza flare-up
GAZA - Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers signalled on Sunday they were looking to end a flare-up in violence that began this week with a missile attack on an Israeli school bus and has claimed the lives of 19 Palestinians.
The fighting stoked fears of a larger escalation that could include an Israeli ground incursion into the coastal territory, reminiscent of a Gaza war that erupted in late 2008.
But Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Hamas had already been
The fighting stoked fears of a larger escalation that could include an Israeli ground incursion into the coastal territory, reminiscent of a Gaza war that erupted in late 2008.
But Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said Hamas had already been
Israeli strikes kill 5 as Gaza seethes
GAZA - Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip killed two militants from the Islamist group Hamas and three Palestinian civilians on Friday in a second day of increased cross-border violence. The Israeli military said it "identified two terrorist squads from Hamas" and hit the militants from the ground and air.
An elderly Palestinian and two women died when their house in Khan Younis was hit and three other women were wounded, hospital sources said. An Israel Defence Forces (IDF)
An elderly Palestinian and two women died when their house in Khan Younis was hit and three other women were wounded, hospital sources said. An Israel Defence Forces (IDF)
Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
GAZA CITY - A Gazan man was killed by Israeli fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday, medical sources said, as Palestinian factions met to discuss tensions with Israel along the border. "A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli tank shell near Erez," Adham Abu Selmiya told AFP, identifying him as 21-year-old Mohammed Ziyad Shalha.
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing Israeli troops firing at two men in the same area who were said to be collecting gravel, in what was understood to be the
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing Israeli troops firing at two men in the same area who were said to be collecting gravel, in what was understood to be the
Palestinian killed by Israeli fire in north Gaza
GAZA CITY - A Gazan man was killed by Israeli fire in northern Gaza on Tuesday, medical sources said, as Palestinian factions met to discuss tensions with Israel along the border.
"A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli tank shell near Erez," said Adham Abu Selmiya, identifying him as 21-year-old Mohammed Ziyad Shalha.
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing Israeli troops firing at two men in the same area who were said to be collecting gravel, in what was understood to be the
"A Palestinian was killed by an Israeli tank shell near Erez," said Adham Abu Selmiya, identifying him as 21-year-old Mohammed Ziyad Shalha.
Earlier, witnesses reported seeing Israeli troops firing at two men in the same area who were said to be collecting gravel, in what was understood to be the
Gaza fighters weigh ‘truce’ with Israel
GAZA CITY - Palestinian factions met in the Gaza Strip on Saturday to discuss renewing a de facto truce with Israel after a week of bloody clashes, militants attending the talks said. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had said on Friday that Israel was ready to act with "great force" in response to the week's rocket and mortar attacks, which led to retaliatory Israeli strikes that killed eight Palestinians. One Palestinian faction member said the Gaza meeting would probably "stress
Gaza rockets strike Israel anew after lull
JERUSALEM - Two rockets fired from the Gaza Strip landed in Israel on Saturday after a brief lull in violence along a frontier where tension has risen this week.
An Israeli general responded with a warning that Israel would not allow its citizens to remain under repeated fire and Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers should "come to their senses" to prevent an escalation of hostilities.
Witnesses and a military spokeswoman said one rocket damaged an Israeli home before dawn while the
An Israeli general responded with a warning that Israel would not allow its citizens to remain under repeated fire and Gaza's Islamist Hamas rulers should "come to their senses" to prevent an escalation of hostilities.
Witnesses and a military spokeswoman said one rocket damaged an Israeli home before dawn while the
Israeli gunfire kills 2 Palestinians in Gaza Strip
GAZA - Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire on Saturday near Gaza's border with Israel, medical officials said on Sunday after their bodies were recovered.
The Israeli army said on Saturday that two militants were targeted after approaching a frontier area that Israel has put off-limits to Palestinians, citing attacks against border patrols. The incident followed a barrage of mortar bombs fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, territory controlled by Hamas Islamists.
The Israeli army said on Saturday that two militants were targeted after approaching a frontier area that Israel has put off-limits to Palestinians, citing attacks against border patrols. The incident followed a barrage of mortar bombs fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip, territory controlled by Hamas Islamists.
Israel seizes ship with Iranian arms for Gaza
JERUSALEM - Israeli naval commandos on Tuesday seized a cargo ship in the Mediterranean carrying what Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said were Iranian-supplied weapons intended for Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.
A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza
A military spokeswoman said Israeli forces met no resistance when they intercepted the German-owned "Victoria" some 200 miles from Israel and were taking the vessel to the Israeli port of Ashdod.
Israel maintains a land and naval blockade of the Gaza
‘Unity’ protesters held by Hamas in Gaza
GAZA CITY - Hamas police on Monday detained at least six protesters at a Gaza City demonstration calling for unity between the Islamist group and its bitter West Bank rival Fatah. The arrests came a day after Hamas police held five demonstrators from the unity movement as they marched past Gaza City's Shifa hospital on their way to rally in front of the legislative building. A media coordinator for the unity movement in Gaza told AFP that the six people held on Monday were detained at
Gaza banks protest after gunmen break in
GAZA CITY - Banks in the Gaza Strip closed on Thursday for a day of protest after gunmen allegedly protected by Hamas police twice robbed one bank of tens of thousands of dollars. Officials at the Palestine Monetary Authority in the West Bank city of Ramallah said armed men forced their way into a branch of the Palestine Investment Bank in Gaza City on Tuesday and again on Wednesday.
"Yesterday (Wednesday) and the day before, a group of armed men wearing military clothing and
"Yesterday (Wednesday) and the day before, a group of armed men wearing military clothing and
Israeli jets hit militant camps in Gaza
GAZA CITY - Israeli warplanes bombed militant training camps in the Gaza Strip for a second time on Saturday, wounding one person, Palestinian officials said. The jets hit two training camps of the Ezzedine al-Qassem Brigades, the armed wing of Gaza's ruling Hamas movement, in the southern city of Rafah, Hamas security officials said, adding that one bystander was lightly wounded. The raids came after pre-dawn strikes against two training camps of the hardline Islamic Jihad group.