Israeli warplanes targeted an open area in Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, after the army reported three rockets fired from the coastal enclave.
on August 19, 2014Israel and Gaza fighters were holding their fire Thursday morning after a new truce got off to a shaky start, with night-time rocket fire followed by Israeli air strikes.
on August 14, 2014Israel’s siege and blockade of Gaza are central pillars of a policy of economic warfare intended to punish the entire population of the tiny, occupied coastal strip in the hopes that Palestinians living there will blame Hamas for their predicament and reject the organization as well as any resistance to Israel’s continued control of the territory.
on August 14, 2014On the third day of a 72-hour ceasefire in Gaza, a Palestinian couple is getting married in a UN shelter in Gaza City Wednesday, the groom told Ma'an.
on August 13, 2014With just 72 hours of calm under the current cease-fire, Palestinians are rushing to try to fix some of the worst of the destruction caused by the conflict in Gaza. Among the most urgent problems: sewage pipes that have been spewing raw effluent for weeks, a lack of clean water and severe power shortages. Aid groups are distributing basic supplies like mattresses and bottles of water.
on August 12, 2014The Israeli navy on Tuesday opened fire towards Palestinian fishing boats off Gaza coasts, breaching the 72-hour declared ceasefire which started at midnight Monday. WAFA correspondent said an Israeli naval boat opened fire towards Palestinian private-owned fishing boats off Gaza and Rafah coasts, yet no casualties were reported.
on August 12, 2014Ongoing ceasefire talks are slowly beginning to take shape, sources in Cairo told Ma'an, although several outstanding issues need to be finalized to produce a permanent agreement. Palestinian sources close to the talks said Tuesday that six points have been agreed upon while a further five need to be resolved.
on August 11, 2014Human Rights Attorney Diana Buttu tells Alex Witt what she thinks global leaders need to do stop the Gaza conflict in the immediate term.
on August 9, 2014Sabah Dawawsa was in the kitchen on Friday morning frying the chicken livers her 10-year-old son, Ibrahim, had requested for the after-prayer meal. With Palestinian rockets having resumed at the 8 a.m. expiration of a 72-hour cease-fire, followed by Israeli airstrikes, Ms. Dawawsa said she had told Ibrahim to stay in the house, in Gaza City’s Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.
on August 8, 2014