Sunday October 20, 2013 13:45 by IMEMC & Agencies Sunday October 20, 2013, the Israeli Authorities refused to allow 120 trucks, loaded with construction material, into the Gaza Strip as they tried to cross through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) terminal between Gaza and Israel. File – PNN Palestinian Legislator, Jamal Al-Khodary, stated that […]
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Israel Allows More Construction Materials into Gaza, Exports Still at Zero
Gaza Under Attack – in pictures | Attacks on Gaza – Timeline While Gaza needs 670,000 truckloads of construction material, an average of 715 enter per month PNN – Palestine News Network – 22.11.11 – 23:01 PNN -On Tuesday, Israeli forces opened the Karem Abu Salem crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, admitting nearly 300 […]
Continue readingEgypt impounds cement bound for Gaza
PressTV – Sat Apr 2, 2011 1:36AM The Egyptian military has confiscated a huge consignment of cement bound for the Gaza Strip that is under the Israeli blockade since 2007. A 15-member delegation from the Egyptian International Coalition for Lifting the Siege and Rebuilding Gaza, which was accompanying the shipment, said the move indicates the […]
Continue readingBombing of Khuza’a facilities
26 March 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, Gaza Khuza’a is a village located in the southern Gaza Strip, in the Khan Younis governorate, near the border with Israel. It is a quiet place inhabited mainly by farmers. On the night of March 21st a warehouse used by the local authority to maintain vehicles and materials […]
Continue readingFirst deal clinched to bring building materials to Gaza via Rafah crossing
[ 10/03/2011 – 10:24 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– The Arab and International Commission to Build Gaza has clinched the first ever formal deal that would bring construction materials into the Gaza Strip through the Rafah border crossing. The AICBG lauded the Egyptian army and new government in Egypt for allowing the first bag of […]
Continue readingGaza to import building materials
PressTV – Thu Mar 10, 2011 7:13AM The UN relief agency says construction has come to a halt on all its building projects in Gaza, including this housing project, because supplies are lacking (file picture). The organization in charge of reconstruction in Gaza has placed orders for construction materials to international bodies to help break […]
Continue readingHayya: Ballot boxes do not scare Hamas
[ 05/03/2011 – 07:09 AM ] GAZA, (PIC)– Hamas leader Khalil al-Hayya said Friday that ”ballot boxes do not scare Hamas”, referring to elections called for by the PLO due this September. The statement came during a march called for by Hamas Friday afternoon that included Hamas leaders, Palestinian Legislative Council members, Palestinian government […]
Continue readingIsrael’s Siege on Gaza: “Blue Baby Syndrome” from Water Contamination
Here’s an excerpt from a United Nations Environmental Report on Gaza Water in 2009, It is now more than one year later and the situation has obviously gotten worse. Also read the B’Tselem Report below the video Restoring Gaza Strip’s underground water supplies a top priority – UNEP press release (14 September 2009): “The area […]
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