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Truce ends Gaza cross-border fire sparked by prisoner death

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - An uneasy truce between Israel and Gaza militants was holding Wednesday following a major exchange of cross-border fire sparked by the death in custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike.

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Islamic Jihad announces truce after Gaza rocket fire

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad announced a truce around Gaza Wednesday, after militants traded fire with Israel following the death in Israeli custody of a hunger striker from its ranks.

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Gaza cross-border fire after Palestinian hunger striker dies

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The Israeli military conducted air strikes and traded fire with Gaza militants on Tuesday in a flare-up of violence following the death in Israeli custody of a Palestinian prisoner on hunger strike.

AFP

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75 years after the Nakba, Palestinians still long for return

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - From her modest home in the blockaded Gaza Strip, Amina al-Dabai remembers the very different world in which she grew up more than seven decades ago.

AFP

Tax rises fuel merchants' discontent in impoverished Gaza

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Hikes in import and export tariffs imposed by the Islamist rulers of the Gaza Strip since last year have fuelled discontent among merchants in the impoverished, blockaded territory.

AFP

Christian man in Gaza brings dates and water to Muslims stuck in Ramadan rush hour

In the hour before sunset during Ramadan, Gaza's roads become choked with cars as people dash home in time to break their fast with their families.

Reuters

Palestinian Journalists Syndicate Denounces Hamas’ Arrest, Assault of Colleague

The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate strongly condemned the arrest and assault of Hani Abu Rizk, a correspondent of Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda newspaper, by Hamas police during his filming of people marking the advent of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Saraya Square in Gaza City. In a statement, the Syndicate voiced…

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Gaza fisherman tests waters in legal fight over Israeli blockade

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Gaza fisherman Jihad al-Hissi is used to rough waters but he now faces a new storm. An Israeli court may seize his boat after he breached the limits of the enclave's fishing zone.

AFP

Army: Rocket Fired from Gaza Lands on Southern Israel

The Israeli military said Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a rocket toward southern Israel Saturday evening. The rocket fell and exploded in an open area, triggering warning sirens in the Nahal Oz community to the east of Gaza City. There were no reports of casualties or damage.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Violence flares around Gaza after deadly Israeli West Bank raid

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel launched air strikes on Gaza targets in return for rocket fire from the Palestinian enclave Thursday, a day after the deadliest Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.

AFP

Violence flares around Gaza after deadly Israeli raid in West Bank

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel and Palestinian militants traded air strikes and rocket fire in and around Gaza Thursday, a day after the deadliest Israeli army raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.

AFP

Violence around Gaza after deadly Israeli raid in West Bank

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - The Israeli army and Palestinian militants traded air strikes and rocket fire in and around Gaza Thursday, a day after the deadliest Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank in nearly 20 years.

AFP

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Gaza Strip

The Israeli army launched airstrikes on targets in the Gaza Strip at dawn on Thursday, after rockets were fired from the territory into Israel about two hours earlier. Shortly after 6:00 am local time (0400 GMT), black smoke rose over one of the targeted locations north of Gaza City. In…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Israel strikes Gaza, one killed in West Bank arrest raid

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel struck a Hamas base in Gaza Monday after rocket fire from the enclave, while a Palestinian was killed as the army detained alleged attackers in the occupied West Bank.

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Israeli warplanes strike Gaza following rocket fire

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israeli warplanes struck Gaza early Thursday, drawing retaliatory rocket fire from Palestinian militants, as violence flared despite US calls for "urgent steps" to restore calm.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Gaza Home Demolitions Stir Palestinian Frustration

Ramadan Abu Saif looked on as bulldozers ploughed into his neighbour's Gaza City home, knowing his could be next as an infrastructure project surges forward in the impoverished Palestinian enclave. Last month, Hamas militants who govern Gaza began demolishing 62 houses at Al-Shati refugee camp as they widen the territory's…

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Gaza home demolitions stir Palestinian frustration

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Ramadan Abu Saif looked on as bulldozers ploughed into his neighbour's Gaza City home, knowing his could be next as an infrastructure project surges forward in the impoverished Palestinian enclave.

AFP

Israel, Gaza militants trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip traded missile fire Friday, raising fears of a further escalation after one of the deadliest army raids in the occupied West Bank in years.

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Gaza fisherman gets new outboard engine after a decade's wait, as Israel relaxes curbs

Marooned for a decade by engine failure, Palestinian fisherman Falah Abu Reyala will finally be able to return to sea with a new outboard motor for his boat after Israel eased curbs on the supply of parts to Gaza it feared could be used to make weapons.

AFP

Gaza medics protest Israel controls on medical imports

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Gazans drove a convoy of ambulances along the Israeli border Monday to protest import restrictions on medical equipment, which the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave warned puts patients at risk.

Reuters

Gaza says Israel not allowing in enough X-ray machines for medical care

Gaza's Health Ministry accused Israel on Thursday of delaying the entry of several X-ray machines needed to treat patients in the blockaded Palestinian territory.

Reuters

Gazans turns to firewood as energy prices soar

In one of Gaza City's oldest suburbs, Saadeya al-Malaha collects dry branches she finds by the side of the roads, then carefully balances the pile on her head and carries it home to light a fire and cook for her two children.

AFP

Palestinians mull next moves after Israel minister's Al-Aqsa visit

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Palestinians are holding urgent talks on their next moves after an extreme-right Israeli minister visited Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a step so far met with stern words rather than violence.

AFP

Rare Fatah rally in Hamas-controlled Gaza

Gaza City (Palestinian Territories) (AFP) - Thousands in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip staged one of the biggest celebrations in years for the rival Fatah movement of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday.

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Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have thronged a Gaza City park to mark the 58th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah party

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