MAP News provides latest round the clock updates of all major stories that impact on the lives of Palestinians across the Middle East. Will staff on the ground in offices in Beirut, Ramallah, Gaza and London we are able to provide expert analysis and comment on events.

Israeli airstrikes kill dozens of Gaza civilians

30 December 2008
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Israel's three-day aerial bombardment of the Gaza Strip has killed dozens of civilians, along with Hamas fighters, and has paralyzed life in a territory...

'The injured were lying there asking God to let them die'

29 December 2008
Fikr Shaltoot is a programme coordinator for Medical Aid for Palestinians, a British non-governmental organisation that provides medical supplies in Gaza Fikr Shaltoot The Guardian, Monday 29 December 2008 Article history Being a...

Gaza: where civilians become targets

29 December 2008
THE GUARDIAN - Israel accuses Hamas of hiding 'terrorist infrastructure' among civilians, but does that justify the slaughter of innocent Gazans? Andrea Becker - MAP's Head of Advocacy My colleague in...

Israel strikes key Hamas offices

29 December 2008
Israeli air force jets have bombed the Hamas-run interior ministry and the Islamic University in the Gaza Strip, a significant cultural symbol for Hamas. Air raids pounded Gaza for a...

Death toll in Gaza rises to 300 as 1,000 injured

29 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - Israeli air forces launched on Sunday night and Monday morning several sorties against targets in the Gaza Strip, killing and injuring several people and bringing...

'An earthquake on top of your head'

28 December 2008
Guardian - MAP partner Dr Eyad Al Serraj, a practising psychologist in Gaza City, describes his family's terror as the Israeli attack began. The bombing went on for about 10...

Israel renews air strikes on Gaza

28 December 2008
BBC - Israeli jets have launched new air attacks on the Gaza Strip, amid warnings that operations will continue until Hamas ends rocket fire from Gaza. Palestinian officials raised the...

Gaza City hospital a gruesome scene; shocked families pick through body parts to identify loved ones

28 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - Death shrouds the hallways of Gaza City's Ash-Shifa medical compound Saturday, its smell creeping in from all corners. Amputated bodies are strewn throughout hallways because morgues in...

Scores die in Israeli air strikes

27 December 2008
BBC NEWS -Israeli F-16 bombers have launched a series of air strikes against key targets in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 155 people, medical chiefs say. Gaza officials and...

Report: At least 120 dead in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza City

27 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - Black smoke billowed over Gaza City on Saturday afternoon following an Israeli airstrike on targets throughout the Gaza Strip. Palestinian medical officials believe at least 120...

Gazan invents alternative to cooking gas

26 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - Gazan resident Abed Ar-Rahman Farajallah revealed an alternative to cooking gas that he developed at a press conference on Thursday. Cooking gas is in extremely...

Israel cancels transfer of humaniterian aid into the Gaza Strip

24 December 2008
Maan News - Israel decided on Wednesday to cancel its decision to temporarily open the Gaza Strip border crossings of Kerem Shalom and karni on Wednesday to transfer humanitarian aid...

Gaza near to collapse as Israel tightens grip, says bank

22 December 2008
Israel's blockade of Gaza is pushing the territory to the brink of collapse and fuelling the growth of a black money market controlled by Hamas, the World Bank warned...

Israeli blockade 'forces Palestinians to search rubbish dumps for food'

22 December 2008
UN fears irreversible damage is being done in Gaza as new statistics reveal the level of deprivation. Impoverished Palestinians on the Gaza Strip are being forced to scavenge for food...

My expulsion from Israel

19 December 2008
When I arrived in Israel as a UN representative I knew there might be problems at the airport. And there were.. Richard Falk On December 14, I arrived at Ben Gurion...

No more food: UNRWA suspends relief distribution in Gaza until further notice

18 December 2008
Maan News - All regular food distribution programs at UNRWA's Gaza locations have been cancelled after basic goods ceased to be allowed into the Strip. As of Thursday morning all regular...

One dead after night of Israeli air, ground attacks on Gaza

18 December 2008
Maan News - A 53-year-old Palestinian man was killed and three others injured by an Israeli artillery attack on a house in the northern Gaza Strip on Wednesday night. The shelling...

Gaza's grim reaper

17 December 2008
Israel always manages to commit its worst deeds when no one else is looking. By Paul J. Balles While Americans concentrate on the cost of rescuing the U.S. financial system, and...

Official: 271st patient dies as a result of Gaza blockade

16 December 2008
Gaza - Ma'an - A Gazan man became the 271st Palestinian patient to die as a result of the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip after he was banned...

Israel warned against halting cash flow to Gaza

15 December 2008
AP - RAMALLAH, West Bank - Israeli restrictions on cash shipments to Gaza banks, meant to weaken the territory's Hamas rulers, are largely counterproductive and ultimately harm Palestinian moderates,...