Tag: Gaza Strip
Egypt imposes life jail penalty for cross-border tunnel use
People who dig and use cross-border tunnels in Egypt could face a maximum penalty of life in jail, state news agency MENA...
Closing of Egypt’s Rafah crossing leaves thousands of Gazans stranded
Egypt's decision to shut its border with the Gaza Strip has stranded thousands of Palestinians on the Egyptian side of the border...
Egypt clears Gaza border area to create security buffer
Egypt began clearing residents from its border with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to create a buffer zone following some of the...
Egypt partially reopens Gaza crossing after week-long closure
Egypt partially reopened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, a week after it was closed in response to a...
Israeli air strike kills Palestinian militant in Gaza
An Israeli air strike killed a Palestinian member of Islamic Jihad and wounded two others in the southern Gaza Strip the militant...
Freed Shalit may find liberty tough
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit was freed from five years of isolated captivity in the Gaza Strip to a joyous reception, but other...
Israel-Palestinian swap due in Sinai next week
Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit will be freed from five years of captivity in the Gaza Strip some time next week in exchange...
Hamas sets Gaza entry restrictions for foreigners
Hamas foreigners wishing to enter the Gaza Strip would require visas, enabling its Islamist administration to monitor aid workers and pro-Palestinian activists...
Turkey says can send warships to east Med any time
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said that Turkish warships could be sent to the Eastern Mediterranean at any time and Israel could not...
Gazans have mixed feelings over Abbas UN bid
President Mahmoud Abbas's bid to seek UN recognition of a Palestinian state is not generating much enthusiasm in the isolated Gaza Strip,...
SA’s top soldier right on decline upon a decline in the SANDF
South Africa’s senior soldier – SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief – General Rudzani Maphwanya has it spot on in that the decline upon...
