Gaza Strip gets first new hospital in a decadeThe Gaza Strip's struggling healthcare system will get some much needed help in 2016 after the first new hospital in a decade opened its doors in the territory last month and as two more foreign-funded clinics are set to launch this year. More… |
Palestinians accuse Israel of breaking 7-hour Gaza trucePalestinians accused Israel of breaking its own ceasefire on Monday by launching a bomb attack on a refugee camp in Gaza City that killed an eight-year-old girl and wounded 29 other people. Gaza Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf Al More… |
43 Palestinians killed as Israel strikes Gaza on WednesdayIsraeli fire killed at least 43 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip early on Wednesday as the Jewish state said it targeted militants at dozens of sites across the coastal enclave, while Egyptian mediators prepared a revised ceasefire proposal. More… |
Israel continues Gaza pounding, digs in for long fightIsrael's military pounded targets in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country needed to be prepared for a long conflict in the Palestinian enclave, squashing any hopes of a swift end to 22 days of fi More… |
Hamas rains rockets on Israel as Gaza Strip bombedMilitants in Gaza fired more rockets at Tel Aviv on Wednesday, targeting Israel's heartland after Israeli attacks in the enclave that Palestinian officials said have killed at least 38 people. No casualties were reported in th More… |
Egypt reopens border crossing with Gaza StripEgypt reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Saturday after four days of it being closed, allowing stranded passengers to cross in and out of the Palestinian territory that is controlled by the Islamist Hamas group. H More… |
Israel kills Hamas gunmanIsrael killed a Hamas gunman it accused of preparing to fire a rocket from the Gaza Strip on Sunday and a separate Palestinian salvo struck a southern Israeli city, causing no damage. The incide More… |
1,400 to benefit from Bahrain-funded schoolNearly 1,400 pupils in the Gaza Strip will benefit from a newly opened school, built in co-operation with the Royal Charity Organisation (RCO) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (Unrwa). The Bahr More… |
Israel launches strikes, warns on GazaIsrael launched retaliatory air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Thursday hours after its top soldier warned troops to be prepared for possible "wider action" on the enclave's volatile border. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the strikes w More… |
Egypt opens Gaza border after Israel ship clashEgypt opened its border with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, letting Palestinians cross until further notice amid a storm of international criticism of Israel's blockade of the enclave, officials in Egypt and Gaza said. Egypt's Rafah cr More… |