Palestina News

The UK-based aid agency Oxfam has warned of catastrophe for Gaza and nearby areas of Israel if a truce agreed last June is not maintained. Oxfam called on world leaders to do everything they could to break Israel’s blockade of Gaza and urged Israel to resume supplies without delay. Israel …

The UN has no more food to distribute in the Gaza Strip, the head of relief efforts in the area has warned.

GAZA, Nov. 12 – Hamas, which controls Gaza Strip, and the Islamic Jihad on Wednesday reiterated that they boycotted Egyptian efforts for an inter-Palestinian dialogue to reconcile between the main rival factions of Hamas and Fatah.

Israeli troops have killed four Palestinian militants in a gunbattle on the Gaza border, Palestinians say.

GAZA, Nov. 11 – Israel stopped delivering fuel to Gaza power station Tuesday afternoon hours after providing insufficient amount, Palestinian officials said.

RAMALLAH, Nov. 11 – More than 8,000 Palestinians, many were Fatah supporters, gathered in the West Bank on Tuesday to mark the fourth anniversary of late leader Yasser Arafat, while their counterparts in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the rival Hamas movement, were suppressed.

GAZA, Nov. 11 – Hamas forces that were deployed across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday quickly crushed any attempt of gathering by supporters of rival Fatah movement who try to commemorate the fourth anniversary of late leader Yasser Arafat.

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has agreed to partially lift Israel’s suspension of fuel supplies to the only power plant in the Gaza Strip.

GAZA, Nov. 10 – Hamas forces arrested groups of “Fatah-aligned cells,” saying they were planning to carry out “operations aimed at restoring anarchy and disorder” in the Gaza Strip, said Ihab al-Ghussein, spokesman of Hamas interior ministry, on Monday.

JERUSALEM, Nov. 10 – Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak Monday said that fuel shipments to the Gaza Strip remain on hold despite a looming power breakoff across the Hamas-controlled area.