Tag: Gaza

UN warns of conflict in Gaza if Cairo talks fail

UNITED NATIONS, United States:  Conflict is likely to once again engulf Gaza if a deal on the return of the Palestinian Authority to the...

Hamas hands over Gaza border crossings to Palestinian Authority control

GAZA: Hamas began ceding control of the Gaza Strip’s border crossings with Israel and Egypt to US-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday under an...

Tensions rise after Israel blows up tunnel from Gaza

  Tensions rose on Tuesday after an Israeli operation to blow up a tunnel from the Gaza Strip killed seven Palestinian militants in one of...

Palestinian cabinet convenes in Gaza in move to reconcile with Hamas

GAZA: Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah on Tuesday chaired his first meeting of the Palestinian cabinet in Gaza in a move towards reconciliation between the...

Palestinian PM to visit Gaza next week for reconciliation efforts with...

RAMALLAH (PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES): Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdallah will travel to the Gaza Strip on October 2 as part of renewed reconciliation efforts with Hamas,...

I was born to become a rapper, says MC ‘Gaza’ Ghunaim

GAZA: Ibrahim Ghunaim, or MC Gaza as he likes to be called, raps to a different beat in an Islamist-ruled Palestinian enclave rocked by internal...

Gaza boy swimmer death puts spotlight on pollution crisis

The death of a little boy after swimming in polluted seawater has put the spotlight on Gaza's pollution crisis and the human impact of...

Israeli planes hit Gaza after rocket attack

  Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday, hours after a rocket fired from the Palestinian territory slammed into southern Israel. “Three bombs...

Hamas names top militant as new leader in Gaza

  Hamas has named a top member of its armed wing as its new leader in the Gaza Strip, an official confirmed Monday, placing one...

Israel rejects UN appeal to release Gaza employee

Israel on Thursday rejected a UN request to release a United Nations staffer charged with aiding Hamas, on the grounds that he enjoys diplomatic...

Israel pounds Hamas targets in Gaza after rocket attack

Israel targeted Hamas positions in the Gaza Strip by air and with tank fire Sunday after a rocket fired from the Palestinian enclave crashed...

Qatar to pay Gaza salaries

The wealthy Gulf state of Qatar has pledged to pay one-month salaries for public sector employees in Gaza, to help "alleviate the suffering" caused...

Gaza tunnel collapse kills Islamic Jihad operative

A tunnel collapse in the Gaza Strip on Sunday killed a member of militant group Islamic Jihad’s armed wing, it said, in the latest...

Turkey sends Gaza aid after six-year rift with Israel ends

A Turkish ship carrying 11,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid for Gaza arrived in the Israeli port of Ashdod Monday. It is the first such shipment...

Israeli air strikes hit 4 Hamas sites in Gaza, says military

Israeli air strikes hit four Hamas sites in Gaza overnight, the military said on Thursday, following earlier raids as tensions flared along the border...

Hamas bans Gaza New Year’s Eve parties

Religious group Hamas has banned public New Year’s Eve parties in the Gaza Strip because they offend the territory’s “values and religious traditions”, police...

Three Palestinians killed in West Bank, Gaza

The Israeli military confirmed using live rounds but not the fatality. "A violent riot is taking place in Hebron. Hundreds of Palestinians are attacking forces,...