A local businessman on Wednesday seized the Gaza Strip’s only grand piano, claiming he owned the instrument, just days after it made its public debut in a landmark concert following a complicated international restoration effort. Continue reading →
{FD} Hamas gets funds from Qatar to pay civil servants’ salaries
Gaza’s Hamas rulers lauded on Friday what they described as a gain of their weekly protests along Gaza-Israel perimeter fence, which have often turned deadly, after receiving $15 million from Qatar to help pay the salaries of the territory’s civil serv… Continue reading →
{FD} In Gaza, tire shortage hits motorists but not protesters
Palestinians in Gaza have coped with shortages of just about everything in more than a decade of border closures — from chocolate to medicines to fuel and building supplies. Continue reading →
{FD} Gazans bury 3 teens killed in Israeli strike, demand revenge
Hundreds of Palestinians on Monday laid to rest three teenage boys killed in an Israeli airstrike, with their families insisting they had no militant ties as mourners called on Gaza’s militant groups to retaliate. Continue reading →
{FD} After deadly protests, rockets fly and Israel strikes Gaza
Israeli aircraft struck dozens of militant sites across the Gaza Strip early Saturday as militants fired some 30 rockets into Israel, in the heaviest exchange of fire between the bitter enemies in several weeks. Continue reading →
{FD} Israeli fire kills 4 at Gaza border protest
Israeli forces shot dead four Palestinian youths Friday, Gaza’s Health Ministry said, a deadly escalation after two prior weekly protests along the perimeter fence between Gaza and Israel saw no fatalities. Continue reading →
{FD} UN official: Qatar to buy fuel for Gaza’s only power plant
Qatar has agreed to buy fuel to restart the only power plant in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, a top United Nations official said Tuesday, triggering accusations by the Palestinian Authority running the rival government in the West Bank that this will per… Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinians bury 7 killed in latest flare-up in Gaza Strip
Thousands of Gazans on Saturday thronged the funerals of seven people killed by Israeli troops during mass protests the previous day, chanting anti-Israel and anti-U.S. slogans and calling for revenge. Continue reading →
{FD} Gaza protests escalate after deal to ease blockade fails
Palestinians protested Wednesday at a new location along the perimeter fence between Israel and Gaza as Hamas intensified demonstrations at the border after Egyptian-led cease-fire talks stalled. Continue reading →
{FD} At Gaza protests, medical workers face great danger
Each Friday, volunteer medic Asmaa Qudih goes through a tense ritual: She prays, kisses her mother’s hand and packs a bag with medical supplies as she heads off to work at the weekly mass protests along Gaza’s border fence with Israel. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinians say 2 killed by Israel fire at Gaza border
Two Palestinians were killed by Israeli fire and another 60 injured at a protest along the Gaza border amid ongoing Egyptian efforts to broker a cease-fire, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Friday. Continue reading →
{FD} Some Syrian refugees oppose Russian repatriation push
Even as Russia pushes to repatriate Syrians who fled their country amid civil war, many of the refugees in Jordan said Thursday they will not return before the war has ended and their safety is assured. Continue reading →
{FD} In Gaza, border opening brings relief and anxiety
Just after daybreak, Hamed al-Shaer came down the narrow stairway of his family’s home in southern Gaza pulling a black suitcase and said goodbye to his mother. Continue reading →
{FD} With little to lose, Gaza’s men drawn to border protests
Marwan Shtewi is poor, unemployed and at the age of 32 has never even left the Gaza Strip. Continue reading →
{FD} Gaza’s hospitals taxed by wounded from Israeli fire
Hundreds of Gaza Palestinians wounded by Israeli fire in two weeks of border violence are severely taxing the coastal strip’s hospitals. Continue reading →
{FD} Palestinians prepare mass demonstrations along Gaza border
Gaza’s embattled Hamas rulers are imploring people to march along the border with Israel in the coming weeks in a risky gambit meant to shore up their shaky rule, but with potentially deadly consequences. Continue reading →
{FD} Across the Mideast, Palestinians brace for Trump aid cuts
Mahmoud al-Qouqa can’t imagine life without the three sacks of flour, cooking oil and other staples he receives from the United Nations every three months. Continue reading →
{FD} Keen Islamic prayer activists bring a new dawn to Gaza
In recent weeks, Gaza residents have been jolted awake in the dead of night to a raucous mixture of Quranic phrases, Islamic supplications and prayers delivered by loudspeakers to their doorsteps. Continue reading →
{FD} Hamas invites Abbas to resume control of Gaza
Hamas on Tuesday invited Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to send officials to Gaza to resume control of the coastal enclave the Islamic militant group seized a decade ago. Continue reading →
