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,...
UN experts say Israel’s blockade of Gaza illegal
Israel's naval blockade of the Gaza Strip violates international law, a panel of human rights experts reporting to a UN body said,...
Israel troops kill Gaza gunman in incursion
Israeli forces killed a Palestinian gunman and wounded two civilians during an incursion into the southern Gaza Strip militants and medical sources...
Gaza rocket lands in Egypt, border tension simmers
A woman was injured by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip into the Egyptian town of Rafah Egypt's state news...
Israel and Hamas agree Gaza truce
Israel and the Islamist group Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, agreed to a cease-fire after five days of cross-border violence, said...
Israeli air strike kills chiefs of Gaza’s PRC group
An Israeli air strike killed the leader of an armed Palestinian faction, a top lieutenant and three other members in the southern...
Jobless Gaza enters 5th year of Israeli blockade
The Gaza Strip enters its fifth year of a full Israeli blockade by land, air and sea with unemployment at 45.2...
Egypt frees Bedouins held after 2004-06 bombings
Egyptian authorities released 35 Bedouins who were detained after bombings in Sinai resorts in 2004-2006, the latest move to ease tensions in...
Israel offers to let Europe diplomats visit Gaza: official
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has invited his Italian counterpart to lead a delegation of European foreign ministers to the Hamas-controlled Gaza...
Israel is easing Gaza land blockade
Israel says it is easing a land blockade of the Gaza Strip that drew heightened international criticism after its deadly raid on...
Egypt lets Muslim Brotherhood MPs into Gaza
Egypt allowed lawmakers from the Muslim Brotherhood and other opposition groups to enter the blockaded Gaza Strip, but barred construction material contained...