Gaza, Gaza Strip News

On June 6, the Israeli military dropped off a Palestinian man at Jubara checkpoint , near the West Bank city of Nablus.

In this photo released by the Turkish Prime Minister's Press Office, Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, seen during a meeting with Khalid Mashaal, the Hamas chief in exile, center, and Gaza's prime minister Ismail Haniyeh in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, June 18, 2013.

As the hot weather arrives in Gaza, children head to the town of Rafah for summer camp -- not to play sports but to join war games organized by the Islamic Jihad terrorist group, the AFP news agency reports.

Malaysia has expressed extreme concern over Israel's intention to divide the Al-Aqsa Mosque which is also a holy site for Muslims and Christians.

Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, http://www.imemc.org , for May 25th to the 31 2013.

Palestinians exercise on a beach in the Deir al-Balah Palestinian refugee camp, situated along the Mediterranean coast in the central Gaza Strip, on June 14, 2013.

Hamas's chief in exile Khaled Mashaal and leader of Hamas in Gaza Ismail Haniyeh and a delegation of 24 Hamas officials were in Cairo on Monday and were warned by Egyptian security that there were protests planned against them, Palestinian News Agency Ma'an reported, citing sources.

Calling reported ongoing settlement construction in the West Bank "unhelpful" and a "deeply worrisome trend," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today renewed his calls on Israel to heed the global community to freeze settlement activity and abide by its commitments under international law.

WHEN it comes to putting herself in harm's way, Louisa Waugh has form. For her first book, the Ondaatje Prize-winning Hearing Birds Fly, she swapped doucest Portobello for a year in a remote Mongolian village.

A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus - a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip.

A young Palestinian man was killed Sunday evening in an ambiguous explosion in his own house in Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip.

Gaza, June 15: Islamic Hamas movement Saturday called for unity and ending the internal Palestinian feuds and division on the sixth anniversary for its violent takeover of the Gaza Strip, reported Xinhua.

"Israel's collective punishment of the civilian population in Gaza must end today," the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights was quoted by official Palestinian Authority news agency as saying on Friday.

Two brothers on Friday sustained injuries in the Gaza Strip after a self-immolation attempt to protest the destruction of a family-owned factory.

In a statement from his spokesperson, Secretary-General Ban said he "is deeply concerned by the continuing expansion of Israeli settlements in the West Bank in violation of international law."

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Friday left the Gaza strip for talks on reconciliation in Egypt, his adviser said, as the division entered its seventh year.

The Swedish government may cut back on financial assistance to the Palestinians following their failure to move forward with peace negotiations with Israel, Swedish news site The Local reported.

A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus - a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip.

A refugee from Syria recently opened a bakery here, drawing long lines of customers eager to taste meat and cheese pastries with the special flavors of Damascus - a rare bright spot in the long shadow that the Syrian civil war is casting over the Gaza Strip.

A council of federal judges in Washington will look into a misconduct complaint against a conservative judge who's alleged to have made racially discriminatory comments.