Turkey’s IHH launches new Gaza Strip charity initiative
Turkish humanitarian relief organization IHH on Thursday officially launched a new charity project in the blockaded Gaza Strip — dubbed “Martyrs of the Freedom Flotilla”…
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Egypt to transiently open Gaza border
The Egyptian authorities will open the Rafah border crossing this weekend to allow medical patients and students enrolled at foreign universities to leave the blockaded…
Israel granting fewer permits to leave blockaded Gaza
Palestinians have had markedly more trouble leaving the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip in recent months, aid workers and activists have told Anadolu Agency. The number of…
Gaza startups get kids into business
If you are familiar with Gaza’s fast-growing entrepreneurial sector, you will know that Gaza’s tech community holds at least one Startup Weekend event every year….
US urges Americans to leave Gaza ‘ASAP’
The United States reiterated its recommendation that Americans in Gaza leave the territory controlled by Hamas, which Washington calls a terrorist group, “as soon as…
Celtic fans defy UEFA ban to fly sea of Palestine flags in match against Israelis
“…we Celtic fans invoke our democratic rights to display our opposition to Israeli Apartheid, settler-colonialism and countless massacres of the Palestinian people…” As Celtic fans…
Second aid shipment for Gaza by September Eid
Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım has said that a second aid dispatch to Gaza was planned for early September, ahead of Eid al-Adha. Speaking to reporters…
17 killed, 100 injured in Gaza by unexploded ordnance since 2014
Two years on from the devastating Israeli offensive, Palestinians in the Gaza Strip remain at risk from unexploded ordnance – or Explosive Remnants of War…
Israel accuses World Vision aid worker of funding Hamas
Israel has accused a representative of the US-based Christian relief group World Vision of funnelling millions of dollars in aid money to Hamas fighters in…
ISIL may be in crisis, but so is the coalition
The battle to recapture Fallujah from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has gathered momentum, with thousands of government-linked forces encircling the strategic…