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Israel’s defense minister Sunday condoned killing of unarmed Palestinians, including journalists, in Gaza as he argued that no one in the enclaved strip is innocent because of Hamas’s control of the besieged impoverished territory. Avigdor Lieberman, far-right member of the Read more
A UN spokesperson warned Thursday that supplies of essential drugs and medical disposables are running low at health facilities in Gaza while the ongoing electricity crisis has hampered the functioning of hospitals. “There are currently zero stock levels for nearly Read more
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called upon all parties on the ground to avoid confrontation and urged Israel to exercise maximum restraint. “I particularly urge Israel to exercise extreme caution with the use of force in order to avoid casualties. Read more
Palestinian Christians living in the Gaza Strip are being denied access to Jerusalem by Israel during the Holy Week and the Easter weekend, although worship at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, in Jerusalem’s Old City, deemed the most sacred Read more
Hamas movement, ruler of Gaza, has closed down the office of Palestinian-Qatari cell phone service provider Wataniya Mobile over claims that the company, which is a subsidiary of Qatar’s Ooredoo, failed to cooperate in the investigation on the assassination attempt Read more
Populations in the Gaza Strip fear for the worst as rivalries between the enclave ruler Hamas and Fatah in the West Bank have resumed, the two sides trading blames following the assassination attempt on Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah last Read more
Gaza ruling movement Hamas has denied any involvement in the Tuesday bomb attack against the motorcade of Palestinian Prime Minister in the enclaved strip. Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah escaped Tuesday an apparent bomb attack when he was entering the enclave. Read more
Gaza hospitals will be able to offer health services after the United Arab Emirates donated $2 million in support of a UN program, supplying electricity to hospitals across the strip, the Abu Dhabi-based official news agency said. The UAE announced Read more
The Israeli army said Friday it hit a Hamas position in Gaza Strip after the Islamist movement allegedly launched a missile late on Thursday towards the Jewish state. An Israeli aircraft hit a position of Hamas in the enclave in Read more
The US State Department Wednesday announced the inscription on the US list of terror groups and individuals of Ismail Haniyeh, leader of Gaza-based Hamas movement that it accuses of the killing of 17 American citizens. The State department claimed Haniyeh Read more