Palestine

Deadly narco violence in Gaza Strip

The Hamas-run administration in the Gaza Strip will appoint a committee to investigate clashes between police and suspected drug dealers in Beit Lahiya that left one dead.

Palestine

Israel can ‘improve’ war crime probes: report

A committee investigating Israel’s 2010 Gaza flotilla raid found that the IDF’s own war crimes investigations meet international standards, but that there is still room for “improvement.”

Palestine

Latin America protests attack on Gaza

The Mercosur trade bloc expressed “strongest condemnation of the violence unleashed between Israel and Palestine,” while Cuba and Venezuela issued stronger statements.

Palestine

Gaza truce announced; bombing continues

Israel launched new air-strikes across the Gaza Strip, even as Egypt’s foreign minister Mohamed Kamel Amr announced a ceasefire to end eight days of violence. 

Palestine

Gaza: Israel approaching ‘genocidal threshold’?

Ariel Sharon’s son in the Jerusalem Post calls for “flattening Gaza” and invokes Hiroshima, as Operation Pillar of Cloud continues. Over 100 Palestinians have been killed in the air-strikes.

Palestine

Egypt holds four-way talks on Gaza violence

Egyptian President Mohammed Mursi announced that emergency talks are progressing toward a ceasefire in the recent escalation of violence in Gaza and southern Israel. 

Palestine

Israel launches new assault on Gaza

Israel’s armed forces launched multiple air-strikes across the Gaza Strip, after killing Ahmad al-Jaabari, the head of Hamas’ military wing the Qassam Brigades.