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Palestinian youth injured in IOF shooting

Israeli occupation forces (IOF) shot at and wounded a Palestinian young man east of Beit Hanun town, north of the Gaza Strip, on Saturday.

Palestinian fisherman dies after Egyptian battle cruiser hits his boat

A Palestinian fisherman died and his brother and two sons were injured when an Egyptian battle cruiser collided with their fishing boat on Wednesday morning.

Israeli raid targets tunnel in southern Gaza

Israeli warplanes raided one of the tunnels on the Egyptian-Palestinian borders south of Rafah on Sunday night, local sources said.

Mubarak’s war on Islamists

Amnesty International on Thursday called for a retrial of 26 defendants, criticizing the use of an emergency court.

South African deputy foreign minister arrives in Gaza

Ibrahim Ibrahim, the deputy foreign minister of South Africa, has arrived in Gaza Strip on Saturday via the Rafah crossing at the head of a seven-member delegation.

MB MP denounces Palestinian killings by banned poisonous gases

Dr. Hamdi Hassan from the Muslim Brotherhood parliamentary bloc condemned the killing of four Palestinians and wounding of eight inside the tunnels on the Gazan border

Arafat Shoukri: “Conditions are ripe to make this flotilla the ‘tipping point’“

A coalition bringing together a number of organizations is preparing to send in May 2010 a relief flotilla of more than ten ships and cargo-boats to Gaza.

Israeli gunboats target fishermen off Rafah coast

Israeli gunboats opened fire Tuesday morning at Palestinian fishermen and their boats off the coast of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, without any reported injuries.

Israel intervenes in ElBaradei’s campaign analyzing his methods

It appears that recent reported statements made by Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei regarding Israel and the so called peace process have not been met lightly. The Nobel Prize winner was said

Khudari describes Ellison’s statement as positive

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, on Monday welcomed the statements of American congressman Keith Ellison at conclusion of his visit to Gaza Strip.