Tag: Gaza

World Bank: Palestinian economy “not strong enough” for independence

Report shows the Palestinian private sector has been impeded by devastating restrictions…

Basil El-Dabh

Rights group: Palestinians are not being forced to convert

Lawyer who met with two alleged victims of forced conversion denied the…

Hend Kortam

Airport officials deny rumours of open-entry to Palestinians

Despite several reports that Egypt is allowing Palestinians entry without restriction, airport…

Hend Kortam

President Morsy emerges as regional mediator on Gaza

After a weekend of meetings with Hamas, the Palestinian Authority and the…

Maryam Ishani

Soldiers shot dead near the border with Gaza

Two soldiers were reportedly killed in the Sinai Peninsula underlining escalating security…

Hend Kortam

Israeli forces kill ‘unarmed Gazan’ on Egypt border

Israeli border police killed a man and wounded another when the two…

Daily News Egypt

Israel deploys ‘Iron Dome’ on border with Egypt

The battery of rocket interceptors are aimed at responding to an incoming…

Ahmed Aboulenein

Israeli strikes kill one in Gaza

An attack earlier in the day on a Hamas compound east of…

Maryam Ishani

UK report: Israel forces Palestinian children into ‘spiral of injustice’

Israel is in breach of the UN Convention on the Rights of…

Ahmed Khalifa

Rockets continue to rain down on Gaza

Three days of Israeli air strikes on Gaza

Hend Kortam