Israel’s military said on Tuesday it would launch a criminal investigation into two incidents in which its troops shot dead Palestinian teenagers taking part in protests along the Gaza border. The inquiry into the deaths of Abed Nabi, 18, on March 30,...اقرأ المزيد
Egyptian authorities reopened the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza in both directions on Monday, allowing students, patients, emergency cases, residence permit holders in Egypt and other countries, and workers abroad to pass. An official source...اقرأ المزيد
A senior member of Hamas’ political bureau said during a TV interview on Wednesday that 50 people killed by Israeli soldiers during clashes in Gaza on Monday were members of Hamas. Salah al-Bardaweel was responding to suggestions from the interviewer...اقرأ المزيد
The US State Department designated two Egypt-based militant groups ‘Hasm’ and ‘Lewaa al-Thawra’ as terrorist groups, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement on Wednesday, citing their links to the Muslim Brotherhood. “Some of...اقرأ المزيد
Egypt announced it will be imposing a curfew in some parts of North Sinai on Saturday, the official Gazette said after the country extended its state of emergency for an additional three month. The curfew will include areas at the border town of Rafah...اقرأ المزيد
North Sinai governor, Major General Abdel Fattah Harhour, said Friday that work is underway to extend the Egyptian side of the Gaza Strip buffer zone 1500 meters in width, instead of 1000 meters which has been implemented over two phases. In press statements...اقرأ المزيد
Following the reconciliation of Palestine’s two main political forces, brokered by Egyptian intelligence services, the head of the Gaza-based Islamist resistance movement Hamas, Ismail Hania, spoke to Egyptian media in a rare interview. Hania asserted...اقرأ المزيد
Lawmakers from Hamas and those affiliated with a former Gaza strongman met on Thursday for the first time in a decade, in Gaza’s parliament building. The meeting was the latest sign that an emerging Gaza power-sharing deal between the territory’s...اقرأ المزيد
The Gaza Strip Interior Ministry, which is run by Hamas, announced on Wednesday the construction of a 100-meter buffer zone along the border with Egypt. The ministry said in a press statement that the move was “part of a plan to increase control and...اقرأ المزيد
