Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of the Islamic Resistance Movement, announced on Sunday they had abducted an Israeli soldier in Gaza. “The Israeli soldier Shaul Aaron is in the hands of the Qassam Brigades,” a spokesman using the nom-de-guerre Abu Obeida said in a televised address, as he announced ...
Read More »Egypt adds insult to injury by sending Gaza expired aid packages
“Grudges subside in times of adversity.” However, this old Arab saying does not seem to apply to the relationship between Gaza and Cairo. It is true that Egypt already made its position clear about the war in Gaza by the kind of truce it proposed and the way it has ...
Read More »Israel recruits over 100 British teens to join Gaza war
Over 100 British teens have been signed up to fight “shoulder to shoulder” with Israeli forces in brutal attacks on the Gaza Strip, a human rights group warns. The recruitment of dozens of British citizens to join the ranks of the Israeli military behind the onslaught in Gaza has sparked ...
Read More »Worldwide demos held against Israel’s atrocities
People from different countries across the world have participated in anti-Israel demonstrations to condemn Tel Aviv’s atrocities against Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip. Thousands of Turkish people took to the streets of Istanbul on Thursday to call for international action to stop the Israeli attacks. Pakistani protesters also staged ...
Read More »Israel launches ground offensive against Gaza Strip
Israel has launched a ground invasion in the besieged Gaza Strip as the Palestinian death toll from Israeli air strikes and shelling reaches 243. On Thursday, Israeli forces launched a ground offensive against the blockaded enclave after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu instructed the army to push the aggression against Gaza into a ...
Read More »Israel ends “humanitarian ceasefire” with new massacre of Gaza children
Four children were killed when Israel resumed its heavy bombardment of the occupied Gaza Strip after the expiry on Thursday afternoon of a five-hour “humanitarian ceasefire” requested by the United Nations. Another child died of injuries sustained in earlier Israeli attacks. By Thursday evening in Gaza, at least fourteen Palestinians ...
Read More »Israel destroys el-Wafa hospital as staff evacuates all patients
The Israeli military has destroyed el-Wafa rehabilitation hospital in the Gaza Strip, after first targeting the facility with five missiles on July 11, 2014. The Israeli military began striking the building around 8:oo pm this evening and within two hours all hospital staff and patients had evacuated the only rehabilitation center in ...
Read More »US Senate panel looks to double funds for Israel’s Iron Dome
A US Senate panel has approved a measure that would double the funding for Israel’s Iron Dome missile system as Tel Aviv’s new wave of aggression against Palestinians continues. More than 200 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded, including women and children, by the Israeli offensive against the besieged ...
Read More »Exclusive: Hamas puts forward ceasefire terms amid intense mediation
A source in the Gaza Strip with direct knowledge of the matter has provided The Electronic Intifada with a copy of Hamas’ five demands for a ceasefire with Israel, amid ongoing mediation efforts that involve Turkey, Qatar and Germany. Meanwhile, US President Barack Obama confirmed intense US-backed diplomatic efforts by ...
Read More »Sectors of Israeli economy paralysed because of Palestinian rockets
Several sectors of the Israeli economy are suffering as a result of the on-going Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip, as Palestinians respond to Israeli lethal strikes by launching homemade rockets, targeting numerous Israeli settlements and cities. According to Jordan’s Addustour newspaper, tourism is the most impacted sector, including flights, because major ...
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