Israel's Gaza blockade continues to suffocate daily life
18 January 2010
Israel must end its suffocating blockade of the Gaza Strip, which leaves more than 1.4 million Palestinians cut off from the outside world and struggling with desperate poverty, Amnesty...
Left to Bleed to Death, the Shurrab Family, Khan Younis
18 January 2010
Al-Mezan - Shortly after 2pm on 16 January 2009, during the Israeli declared 'humanitarian' ceasefire hours, Mohammed Shurrab, 65, and his two sons, Ibrahim, 18, and Kassab, 28, were...
In letter to UN, Gaza children demand justice
15 January 2010
Ma'an - Marking the aniversary of Israel's war on Gaza, hundreds of children gathered in Gaza City to sign a letter asking that the UN denounce as criminal the...
A Surgeon’s Story - John Beavis
14 January 2010
"As a medical student I was always interested in the management of trauma and, in particular, had an academic fascination for intensive-care work. I specialised in orthopaedics and trauma...
EU delegation to assess Gaza damage
14 January 2010
Fifty parliamentarians from across Europe are on their way to the Gaza Strip to assess conditions in the Palestinian enclave following the Israeli offensive a year ago, sources say.
That...
How women in the West Bank are overcoming poverty
13 January 2010
Oxfam - As the muezzin's dawn call to prayer fades, a group of women flock to the main square to sell their Palestinian delicacies. It's Ramadan and people are...
Displaced and desperate in Gaza
12 January 2010
Al Jazeera - One year has passed since the beginning of Operation Cast lead, Israel's 22-day military assault on the besieged Gaza Strip and suspended is a word that...
Israel prevents sight-impaired Gazans getting eye operations
11 January 2010
PHR-Israel-The Israeli authorities at Erez checkpoint this week prevented the exit of 17 sight-impaired patients, suffering from various eye diseases, from the Gaza Strip in order to undergo cornea...
Israeli strike kills 3 in central Gaza
10 January 2010
At least three Palestinians were killed by Israeli aircraft fire in central Gaza early Sunday evening, medics reported.
Two of the victims were identified as Hasan Al-Qatarawi and Awad Naseir....
Egypt: No more aid convoys through Rafah
9 January 2010
Ma'an/Agencies - Egyptian authorities will set a new mechanism for shipping international aid to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, following anger over recent aid convoys for Gaza, Egyptian...
Egypt deports MP George Galloway
8 January 2010
PA - George Galloway was deported from Cairo today despite wanting to return to Gaza to help members of a humanitarian convoy who have reportedly been arrested, a spokeswoman...
Palestinian killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza
8 January 2010
BBC - Israeli air strikes have hit a number of targets in Gaza, killing at least one person and wounding at least one other, Palestinian medics had said.
The strikes...
'Israel to compensate UN for Gaza war damages'
8 January 2010
Haaretz - Israel has agreed in principle to reimburse losses the United Nations suffered during Israel's three-week offensive in the Gaza Strip last winter,a UN spokesman said on Thursday.
Spokesman...
Into the light
7 January 2010
Amateur photographer and director filmed injured girls in Gaza City during a school-organized field day who sing of 'the happy bacteria on the tooth' and promise to stop eating...
Viva Palestina Break the siege of Gaza
7 January 2010
After days of pressure imposed by the Egyptian authorities the Viva Palestina Convoy have 'triumphantly' entered Gaza this evening!
Despite being attacked by Egyptian riot police at the port of...
Gaza: One year after the war
6 January 2010
MSF - On December 27, 2008 the Israeli military launched Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip.
The operation involved raids, intensive aerial bombing and a land offensive that began...
Clash in Egypt over Gaza aid effort
6 January 2010
At least 55 people have been injured in clashes between Egyptian police and pro-Palestinian activists who were trying to deliver aid into the Gaza Strip, eyewitnesses say.
Some 520 activists...
Work on Egypt-Gaza steel wall moving forward
5 January 2010
AP -Gaza Strip - A jackhammer pounded large steel beams side by side into the sandy soil on the Egyptian side of Gaza's border, putting in place an underground...
Israel okays new Jerusalem settlement buildings
5 January 2010
Ma'an - Israeli authorities on Monday approved the construction of four new settlement apartment buildings on land taken from Palestinians in occupied east Jerusalem.
According to Israeli media, the country's...
Gaza MoH runs out of 141 different medicines
4 January 2010
Ma'an - The Ministry of Health in Gaza said it has run out of 141 types of medicines and 116 types of medical supplies due to Israeli restrictions on...
