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Khan Yunis

Gazans hit in Israeli attack

Islamic Jihad said three of their fighters were hit by an Israeli missile near Khan Yunis [EPA] Three Palestinians have been wounded by an Israeli strike in the Gaza Strip, the head of Gaza's emergency services has said. An Israeli...

Palestinian dies in Gaza tunnel collapse: medics (AFP)

GAZA CITY (AFP) - A Palestinian man died overnight when a smuggling tunnel between Egypt and the besieged Gaza Strip collapsed, Palestinian medics said on Tuesday. Muawiya Hassanein, the head of Gaza emergency services, identified...

New settlements on way

JERUSALEM: Israel will build 884 more houses in east Jerusalem, in a move that enraged the Palestinians who have demanded it as the capital of their promised state. Palestinians slammed the decision. A statement from the office of...

Three Gaza militants, Israeli soldier wounded (AFP)

GAZA CITY (AFP) - Three Palestinian militants and an Israeli soldier were wounded during an Israeli army incursion into the south of the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian medics and the army said. The three militants from Hamas, the...

Three Hamas activists injured in Israeli army firing

GAZA: The Israeli forces injured 3 Hamas activists. According to hospital administration and eyewitnesses, the army entered the refugee camp of Khan Yunus in Gaza strip; exchange of fire took place between Israeli forces and Hamas...

Ten Palestinians wounded by Israeli troops in southern Gaza rally

Israeli troops on Friday afternoon opened fire on Palestinian protestors in a rally in southern Gaza Strip to keep them from approaching Sofa crossing under the army's control, wounding at least 10 people. At least 10 people were w ...

Gaza Arabs Blame IDF for Woman’s Death

Gaza Arabs have accused the IDF of killing an elderly woman who reportedly died of gunshot wounds on Friday morning. The woman was killed in the village of Khaza east of Khan Yunis, Gaza sources said. She was identified as 70-year-old Yosra Abu Roq. Officials in Gaza accused soldiers of entering...

Livelihoods under siege: Israel destroys farming in Gaza

Narratives Under Siege (12):Eighteen years of Work Destroyed in Less than four Hours Nasser Jaber spent eighteen years building up his chicken farm in the southern Gaza Strip. Nasser Jaber’s chicken farm was bulldozed by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) ten days ago, in the early morning hours...

Anti-Semitism among Palestinian Authority Academics

By Itamar Marcus and Barbara Crook One of the primary objectives of the Palestinian Authority (PA) after its establishment in 1994 was to delegitimize Israel. Palestinian academics, recognizing the futility of attempting to erase the documented history of the Jews, instead adopted a different...

OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 30 Apr - 06 May 2008

Gaza Strip: - The IDF killed seven Palestinians, including at least four unarmed civilians, and injured 13 others (including four children). - One Palestinian was killed and four injured in factional violence that involved DFLP, PFLP, Fatah and Hamas. - During the IDF incursion into Khuza’a...