#GazaUnderAttack | Hamas: Israel rejects 3-hour ceasefire proposed by Red Cross

Ma’an News Agency | Published today 12:29 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) – Israel on Sunday rejected a 3-hour humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza proposed by the International Committee of the Red Cross, a Hamas spokesman said Sunday. Sami Abu Zuhri said officials of the Red Cross contacted Hamas and suggested to broker a 3-hour ceasefire to enable […]

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Khodari: Gaza situation amounted to a humanitarian catastrophe

MP al-Khodari during the press release (MEMO Images) Al Ray Agencies | Nov 9, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – “The situation in the Gaza Strip amounted to a humanitarian catastrophe due to the Israeli siege and the water and electricity crises,” Independent MP Jamal al-Khodari said Friday. Khodari, who heads the Popular Committee against the Siege, […]

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ECESG condemns Israeli ban on European Parliament’s visit to Gaza

[ PIC 25/10/2013 – 09:59 AM ] BRUSSELS, (PIC)– The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) strongly condemned the Israeli rejection of an official visit next week by a European Parliament delegation to Gaza to check on the humanitarian situation in the strip. The visit was scheduled to take place between 27th […]

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Former Israeli navy commander questioned at a London airport

Being questioned while traveling in Europe has also been a concern for senior IDF officials Gaza, ALRAY | Oct 14, 2013 The British authorities have stopped and questioned former Israeli navy commander Eliezer Marom upon arriving London’s Heathrow Airport Monday, Ynetnews.com reported. Marom was commander of the Israeli navy when 13 Israeli commandos committed a […]

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Relatives of Mavi Marmara martyrs protest int’l silence on Israel’s crime

[ 12/10/2013 – 11:11 AM ] ISTANBUL, (PIC)– Scores of Turkish citizens and relatives of martyrs, who were killed in the 2010 Israeli naval raid on the aid ship Mavi Marmara, rallied on Thursday outside Caglayan court in Istanbul in protest at the failure of the international community to bring the killers to justice. Most […]

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Double Standard Victims of Israel’s War on Palestine ~ by @StephenLendman

by Stephen Lendman | Stephen Lendman Blog | Oct 9, 2013 Brutalizing Palestinians is longstanding. Crimes of war, against humanity, and slow-motion genocide reflect it. So do colonization, apartheid and daily state terror. Militarized occupation is lawless and brutal. Previous articles explained. Torture, inhumane and degrading treatment reflect official Israeli policy. Children are treated like […]

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Egypt to open Rafah crossing for 5 days to humanitarian cases

Al Ray Agencies | Oct 8, 2013 Gaza, ALRAY – Egyptian authorities said Monday it would open the Rafah crossing for five days as from Tuesday till Sunday excluding Friday. The Palestinian embassy in Cairo said students and humanitarian cases only would be allowed into the Egyptian territory. The Palestinian ambassador to Egypt Barakat Al-Farra welcomed […]

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Abu Zuhri: Demolishing tunnels threatens humanitarian situation in Gaza

[ PIC 04/09/2013 – 08:14 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas movement stressed its rejection to the demolition of tunnels before providing the alternative to the people of the Gaza Strip. Sami Abu Zuhri, the movement’s spokesman, told Quds Press that the Egyptian claim about ending the issue of tunnels on the border with Gaza to […]

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Hamas calls on @UNRWA to meet demands of residents of Nahr al-Bared camp

[ PIC 02/08/2013 – 03:43 PM ] BEIRUT, (PIC)– Hamas movement confirmed its support for the peaceful protests which demand the URNWA to continue providing services for the residents of Nahr al-Bared camp. Hamas’s office for Refugee affairs in Lebanon called, in a statement on Thursday, on the UNRWA administration to meet the demands of […]

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Gaza gov’t warns of humanitarian disaster due to closure of Rafah crossing

[ PIC 01/08/2013 – 03:54 PM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Palestinian government in Gaza has warned of humanitarian disaster in the besieged enclave in the event the Egyptian authorities continued to close the Rafah border crossing. The ministry of foreign affairs said in a message sent Thursday on behalf of the government to regional and […]

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Ministry of economy warns of humanitarian crisis in Gaza due to fuel crisis

[ PIC 01/07/2013 – 11:18 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Palestinian deputy minister of economy Hatem Oweida warned on Sunday of a humanitarian catastrophe in the besieged Gaza Strip if the fuel crisis kept worsening due to the closure of tunnels between Gaza and Egypt. In a local televised interview, Oweida said that the crisis of […]

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ICC investigating Israel’s attack on Gaza Freedom Flotilla | #MaviMarmara

An Israeli speedboat escorts the Mavi Marmara near the port of Ashdod on May 31, 2010. PressTV | Wed May 15, 2013 2:32AM GMT On May 31, 2010, Israeli commandos attacked the first Freedom Flotilla in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea, killing nine Turkish citizens, including a teenager with Turkish-US dual citizenship, on board […]

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Israeli forces breached humanitarian law during recent war on Gaza

MEMO | May 9, 2013 80 per cent of those killed by Israeli forces killed during the last four days of the war waged on the Gaza Strip in November were uninvolved civilians, Israeli human rights organisation B’Tselem said on Thursday. “After several months of field research and crosschecking data, human rights organization B’Tselem published […]

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Egypt brokering talks between Hamas and Israel on humanitarian

Note from occpal: Already in 2009 Egypt was flooding Gaza’s tunnels and plans to go on with it as part of the steel fence measurements which can cause a severe and permanent devastation of the Gazan as well as Egyptian environment | More and video here Maan News Agency | Published today (updated) 19/02/2013 BETHLEHEM […]

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#MaviMarmara | Top Israeli officials accused of deadly attack on Mavi Marmara tried in Gaza

[ PIC 14/11/2012 – 10:19 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Turkish relief foundation IHH held on Tuesday a mock trial against top Israeli officials charged with being responsible for the deadly attack on Mavi Marmara aid ship in May 2010. A replica of the international court of justice was held in Rashad Shawa cultural center […]

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