Gaza

Egypt police close Gaza border to protest kidnap

5 days ago

An Egyptian security official says policemen at the country's main crossing point into the Gaza Strip have closed the border on their own initiative to protest the abduction of their colleagues.

Israel moving ahead with new settler housing

12 days ago

The Palestinians refuse to resume talks with Israel as long as it continues to build in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, lands they claim as part of a future state, along with the Gaza Strip.

Islamic cleric in Gaza, rejects Israel's existence

12 days ago

A prominent Islamic scholar who is making a landmark visit to the Gaza Strip has declared that Israel has no right to exist.

Disabled Gaza baby lives in Israel hospital

19 days ago

Born in Gaza with a rare genetic disease, Mohammed's hands and feet were amputated because of complications from his condition, and the 3 1/2-year-old carts about in a tiny red wheelchair.

Israeli airstrike in Gaza kills 1 Palestinian

21 days ago

An Israeli aircraft attacked a motorcycle in Gaza on Tuesday, killing a top militant in a shadowy al-Qaida-influenced group who had been involved in a recent rocket attack on southern Israel.

Lawyer: Palestinian ending hunger strike in deal

65 days ago

A hunger striking Palestinian prisoner has agreed to end his fast under a plea bargain that will confine him to the Gaza Strip for the next 10 years, his lawyer and family said Sunday.

Egypt says 7 Palestinians deported to Gaza

67 days ago

Egypt's official news agency says officials deported seven Palestinians to Gaza after they were detained for days in Cairo airport.

Commentary: Israel seeks calm but fears the future

67 days ago

While about 1,400 Gazans died in the Cast Lead ground invasion of Gaza in Jan. 2009, only 133 died in this episode due to highly-targeted strikes aimed to minimize casualties.

UN: Palestinian militants likely killed Gaza baby

71 days ago

UN: Palestinian militants likely killed Gaza baby

UN agency cancels Gaza marathon over ban on women

78 days ago

A statement from agency says that "this disappointing decision follows discussions with the authorities in Gaza who have insisted that no women should participate" in the marathon.

Gaza Hamas rulers to start campaign to catch spies

78 days ago

Mohammed Lafi of Gaza's Interior Ministry said Monday that the campaign aims to protect Palestinian militant groups battling Israel.

Israel blames Hamas for keeping shut Gaza crossing

79 days ago

An Israeli military spokesman says the militant Islamic group Hamas has pressured a Palestinian contractor into keeping closed the Gaza side of the only cargo crossing with Israel.

First Gaza rocket in 3 months rattles cease-fire

84 days ago

Gaza militants on Tuesday fired a rocket into Israel for the first time in three months, rattling a cross-border truce that has held since Israel's military offensive against the Hamas-run territory.

Rights group: Israel violated laws of war in Gaza

97 days ago

A U.S.-based rights group said Israel violated laws of war in a series of airstrikes it conducted during an eight-day military operation last November against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza teens graduate from Hamas military school

117 days ago

More than 3,000 Palestinian teenagers have graduated from the Hamas militant group's first high school military training program in the Gaza Strip.

Gaza's Hamas rulers arrest 6 local reporters

118 days ago

A Palestinian rights group says Gaza's Hamas rulers have detained six journalists suspected of affiliation to a rival group, Fatah.

Malaysian PM in first visit to Hamas-ruled Gaza

119 days ago

The Malaysian prime minister is visiting the Gaza Strip, in a political boost for the territory's once internationally isolated rulers from the Islamic militant Hamas.

Egypt: Ton of explosives seized on way to Sinai

121 days ago

A senior Egyptian security official says police have seized a ton of explosives headed to the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Israel and the Gaza Strip.

Main roads flooded in fierce Israel rainstorm

133 days ago

Palestinian officials in the Gaza Strip say 11 people were injured in weather-related incidents, and Gaza's commercial center was shut.

Egypt says it seizes US-made missiles near Gaza

137 days ago

EL-ARISH, Egypt -- Egyptian authorities seized six U.S.-made missiles in the Sinai Peninsula Friday that security officials said were likely smuggled from Libya and bound for the Gaza Strip.

Fatah party stages first rally in Gaza since 2007

137 days ago

Tens of thousands marched Friday carrying Fatah banners, and top party officials arrived in Gaza for the first time since they were ousted from Gaza by Hamas rivals in 2007.

Israel eases building materials blockade on Gaza

142 days ago

The Israeli military says tons of building materials will start crossing daily into the Gaza Strip from Israel if the quiet along their border holds.

Egypt transfers tons of building materials to Gaza

143 days ago

The director of Gaza's border authority, Maher Abu Sabha, confirmed to The Associated Press that 20 trucks of material are expected to enter the coastal strip on Saturday through the Rafah crossing.

Gaza official: Israeli fire kills 2 Palestinians

149 days ago

Such incidents have been rare since Israel and Gaza's Hamas rulers wrapped up an eight-day battle last month.

Gaza's tunnels rebound from Israeli offensive

161 days ago

The 12-kilometer (eight-mile) slice of land at the Gaza Strip's southern tip is humming around the clock with workers carting in cement, bricks, gravel and scaffolding.

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