Gaza Strip, Gaza Strip News

GAZA CITY: The Islamist Hamas-run government ruling Gaza has approved a legal change that will allow for the execution of convicted drug dealers, its attorney general said yesterday.

Two Kansas City men are teaming up to help children of the Israeli-Gaza Strip area.

Articles 05:20 11/30/2009 Palestinian residents of Jerusalem risk having their properties snatched.. By Stu Harrison Israel's ongoing takeover of East Jerusalem shows it is trying to kill any hope of a negotiated settlement to Palestine's struggle for self-determination. Israel approved plans to build 844 housing units outside the East Jerusalem ...

TEL AVIV, 22 October 2009 - Some 838 students formally offered places and/or enrolled at foreign universities are unable to leave Gaza, according to the Palestinian interior ministry and Gisha , an NGO campaigning for freedom of movement.

Militants in the Gaza Strip fired a Qassam rocket into southern Israel on Monday, despite a recent declaration by Hamas that militant groups in the coastal territory had reached an agreement to halt cross-border rocket fire.

The crisis due to the lack of cooking gas in Gaza Strip is threatening Gazan's daily life, especially during the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha holiday.

By Kim Elliott November 27, 2009 From August 7 to August 14, 2009 a delegation of Canadian Members of Parliament traveled on humanitarian fact-finding mission to Jordan, the West Bank and Gaza.

On Thursday, federal regulators approved a request to add Al Jazeera English to the list of satellite services eligible to be distributed in Canada.

Venezuela plans to open an embassy in Palestinian territories and upgrade its ties to ambassadorial level, President Hugo Chavez said on Friday, to support Palestinians in their struggle against Israel.

Vast crowds of pilgrims cast stones at walls representing the devil on the third day of the annual hajj on Friday as Muslims around the world began celebrating Eid al-Adha, the most important holiday of the Islamic calendar.

The UK is now in the grip of festive fever as the nation prepares for the customary annual binge called Christmas.

Photo by BGNES An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, according to the Israeli military and Palestinian medical workers.

Palestinians run after a cow, one day before Eid al-Adha in Rafah in southern Gaza, November 26, 2009, Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha to mark the end of the haj by slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on God's command.

THE Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip released 150 prisoners today, including what it calls security detainees, in honour of the Muslim feast Eid al-Adha. Those released include at least 25 "security detainees" and 77 people held on criminal charges, prison official Nasser Suleiman told reporters.

At Gaza Zoo, The Wild Things Return by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro November 24, 2009 Almost a year after Israel's offensive against Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip, the coastal enclave is still struggling to recover.

The aid convoy of Qatar Charity entering Gaza. DOHA: Qatar Charity's convoy of 18 trucks laden with of books and stationery worth QR10m reached Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

The media in Israel and the Palestinian territories has focused on one item above all else this week, the likelihood of an imminent swap of prisoners.

Obama 'doing nothing' on Mideast peace: Abbas Wednesday, November 25, 2009 BUENOS AIRES/GAZA CITY: US President Barack Obama is 'doing nothing right now' to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said in an interview published on Tuesday.

The Israeli air-force has struck targets in southern Gaza in response to a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip late yesterday.

In this Sunday Aug.15, 2004 file photo, Israeli soldiers are seen inside an Israeli military outpost along the Philadelphi corridor in the southern Gaza Strip, near the Egyptian border.