Latest in Tag: Gaza Highlight
Latest in Tag: Gaza
Arab League holds Israel responsible for hindering peace
The Arab League held an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss Palestinian-Israeli negotiations
Israeli troops shoot, wound Gaza Palestinian
Witnesses said the shooting happened when several young Palestinians who were hunting birds approached the security fence separating the territory from Israel and came under fire.
Egypt considering relief for Palestinians
Egypt is currently making arrangements to transport Qatari-funded fuel to neighbouring Gaza
Prosecutor general orders Morsi tried for espionage along with Brotherhood leaders
Former president has refused to cooperate with investigators, says Morsi’s defence lawyer
Gaza’s women have karate moves
By Omar Al-Ghraieb Women of different ages, sizes, social classes and backgrounds can be found at Gaza’s Karate Sports Club dressed in the classic white karate uniforms (known as Karategi in Japanese). They stand tall and barefoot. Some wear headscarves, some don’t. They all have different colored belts around the waists, marking their progress. Emad …
Foreign Minister discusses issues facing Muslim World in OIC address
Events of last three years confirm Egypt is on path to democracy, says Fahmy
Rafah Border Crossing opened for two days: State TV
Border crossing will be allowed from 9am to 3pm
Egypt is intent on tightening siege on Gaza: Hamas
Rafah border crossing, which connects the Gaza Strip to the outside world has been shut for 10 days
Abbas holds talks with Mansour, Fahmy and Al-Sisi
Chairman of Palestinian Liberation Organisation is in Egypt on a three-day visit
More underground tunnels beneath Egypt-Gaza border destroyed
Action comes as part of ongoing crackdown on the illegal tunneling activity
Hamas says media falsely implicating it in Egyptian affairs
The movement responds to media allegations which claim that it set up three missile platforms in Maadi
Palestinian arrested is a supporter of terrorist organisations: Army spokesman
Three killed and nine arrested in Monday’s crackdown in Sinai
Gaza’s Ministry of Health warns of consequences of power cuts
Gaza Power Plant, the strip’s only one, stopped operations due to fuel shortage
Egyptian crackdown on fuel smuggling to Gaza continues
Army says it destroyed several underground tanks containing over 300,000 litres of diesel
Rafah border reopened
Security forces arrest several in possession of large amounts of drugs, destroy diesel gas smuggling network in Sinai
Rafah crossing to be open for most of next week
The crossing will operate from Saturday to Thursday except for one day in between
Rafah border crossing shut again
The closure comes after the crossing was opened for Palestinian pilgrims to return from Saudi Arabia
Canadians detained without charges are released
Tarek Loubani and John Greyson head back to Canada having been detained in Egypt for 50 days
Canadians held in Egypt end hunger strike
The two began a hunger strike on 16 September, one month after their arrest, “to call attention to their unjust and arbitrary detention”.
Rafah to remain open until the end of the week
The decision to open the crossing comes to allow pilgrims from the Gaza Strip to enter Egypt before they fly to Saudi Arabia
Any attempts to breach Egypt’s national security will be met with tough responses: Fahmy
Foreign minister says that military solutions are part of these “tough responses”; Fahmy’s statements stir reactions from Hamas
Hamas, choked by blockade, seeks to avoid Egypt clash
Egypt says it has closed the Rafah crossing for “security reasons” as it seeks to cleanse the Sinai Peninsula, which borders Gaza, of Islamist militants.
Fatah and Hamas divided over Rafah
The crossing has been repeatedly opened and shut since the ouster of Morsi
Rafah border crossing scheduled to open after week of closure
The border crossing was shut after a deadly attack in Sinai last week
Hamas responds to army accusations of Sinai militancy
Hamas government rejects “official and unofficial” accusations of “participating in military operations in Egypt”, asks for “communication channels” with Cairo
“What is happening in Sinai is the product of the negligence of the state” Army spokesman
Colonel Ahmed Ali says army transformed its operations from “reaction to action”
Rafah border crossing remains shut amid calls to reopen
A petition has been launched calling on Egypt to reopen it
Hamas to support Gazans amid Egyptian crackdown on tunnels
Hamas Prime Minister stresses that Hamas will only use weapons against Israel
Fatah accuses Hamas leader of inciting against Egyptians
This is the second Fatah accusation towards Hamas within a week
Gaza Tamarod’s founding conference to be held in Cairo
The campaign considers the conference to be a starting point to “topple the Hamas regime”