Gaza Strip

Israeli Soldiers Admit to Improper Use of Military Force
Israeli soldiers, speaking anonymously, have noted a variety of abuses during last winter’s Gaza offensive, but the Israeli military is brushing it all under the rug.

Gaza Strip Conflict: Why were People Fighting Over the Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is a small piece of land sandwiched between Israel and Egypt. The area has seen many wars and has been in a continued state of turmoil for over half a century. The reasons why were people fighting over the Gaza strip, have changed with times and governments. This article deals only with the causes of conflicts post 2007...

History of the Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is a coastal stretch of land that borders Egypt and Israel along the Mediterranean Sea. The total area of 360 square kilometers is identified as Palestinian territory. This strip of land is under much surveillance and controversy owing to the presence of Hamas...

U.N. Notes that 257 Children Killed in Gaza Strip
As Israeli airstrikes hit Gaza indiscriminately, the U.N. estimates that 257 children have been killed in the region, while at the same time rockets from Lebanon may spell the beginning of a two-front war for Israel.

Gaza Strip
The Gaza Strip is one of the centers of Arab-Israeli turmoil in the Middle East. Read more about it here.

Foreign Office Accused of Hindering Human Rights Lawyers in Gaza Strip
War crimes investigators blocked from territory after British officials decline to provide entry letters

Israel Announces Ceasefire in Gaza
Israel's leaders have voted to halt an offensive that has left nearly 1,200 people in the Gaza Strip dead

Israeli Troops and Hamas Fighters Clash in Gaza City
Troops go house to house searching for Hamas fighters as Israel seizes control of large parts of the Gaza Strip

Israel Launches Assault Across Gaza's Borders
Troops and tanks battle with Hamas in move designed to reoccupy parts of the northern Gaza strip

Air Strikes in Gaza Kill 225 As Israel Targets Hamas
Israel vows to continue massive bombing offensive against key targets in the Gaza Strip

Israel Blocks Aid Ship Bound for Gaza
Vessel carrying 3,000 tonnes of humanitarian aid was intended to challenge economic blockade on Gaza Strip

Israeli Blockade Forces Un to Suspend Food Distribution in Gaza
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said today it would have to suspend food distribution in Gaza after Israel blocked humanitarian supplies from entering the strip

Israel Says It Will Prevent Peace Protest Boats Reaching Gaza Strip
Total of 46 activists seek to challenge economic blockade as well as deliver aid

Fuel Crisis Threatens Gaza Food Aid
More than a million people in the Gaza Strip have begun a fourth day with no deliveries of food by the UN

Hamas Ready to Accept Gaza Truce
Islamist group says it is prepared to accept a partial truce that would cover only the Gaza Strip, in an apparent softening of its position

20 Die in Gaza Clashes After Fire Fight at Fuel Crossing
Heavy fighting at Nahal Oz fuel crossing leads to Israeli tank and aircraft strike in several areas of Gaza Strip

Sanctions Causing Gaza to Implode, Say Rights Groups
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are living through their worst humanitarian crisis since the 1967 war

Gazans Form Human Chain Along Israeli Border in Protest at Blockade
Protest aimed at ending Gaza Strip blockade by Israel, which sends troops to quell fears of mass exodus similar to last month's Gaza-Egypt border breach

The Woman Who Put the 'the' in 'the Gaza'
Stephen Moss: Condoleezza Rice evidently does not know her Huxley. If she did, she would not have referred on four occasions in her weekend interview with Jonathan Dimbleby to "the Gaza" - a mythical land that is neither the town of Gaza nor that political construct, the Gaza Strip.

Border Breach Could Let Israel Cut Gaza Link, Say Officials
Israeli officials yesterday suggested the newly open border between Gaza and Egypt offered a chance of Israel completely severing its ties with the small strip of crowded Palestinian land

Border Protests Over Gaza Blockade
Guns fired at the Gaza-Egypt border during protests against Israel's blockade of the coastal strip

Gaza Plunged Into Darkness As Israeli Fuel Blockade Takes Effect
Parts of Gaza were pitched into darkness last night after its only power plant was shut down following a move by Israel to halt fuel shipments under its new closure of the small, overcrowded strip of land

Abbas Calls for Overthrow of Hamas in Gaza Strip, Claiming Population is Being Abused
President stops short of calling for uprising· Comments follow killing of eight at Fatah rally

Israel Declares Gaza Strip Hostile Territory
Threat to cut fuel supply if rocket attacks continue· Rice backs crackdown but UN chief calls for rethink

'What You Fear Most is a Bungled Rescue Attempt'
Alan Johnston knew the dangers he faced working in the Gaza Strip - he had, after all, been reporting from there for three years, writes David Pallister.

Israel Restores Fuel Supplies to Gaza
The Israeli company that provides fuel to the Gaza Strip today restored supplies amid fears cutbacks would hurt ordinary Palestinians.

Hamas Takes Upper Hand in Gaza Struggle
Hamas fighters launched another wave of fierce attacks today plunging the Gaza strip closer towards civil war in what appeared to be a carefully coordinated effort to seize control on the streets.

Sixteen Die in Latest Gaza Factional Battles
Hamas gunmen raided a major crossing point in the Gaza Strip yesterday, killing eight men from a rival Fatah security force in another day of factional violence.

Fifteen Killed in Gaza Clashes
Fifteen people were killed in the Gaza Strip yesterday, including a two-year-old child, in the deadliest single day of fighting between rival Palestinian factions since Hamas came to power a year ago.

UN Condemns Massive Human Rights Abuses in Gaza Strip
High commissioner calls on leaders to stop violence - Militants continue to fire rockets into Israel

Israeli Shells Kill 18 in Gaza
Israeli tank shells landed in a residential neighbourhood north of the Gaza Strip town of Beit Hanoun today, killing at least 18 people in their sleep, including eight children, according to witnesses and hospital officials.

Israeli Army in for the Long Haul in Gaza Strip
· Settlements reoccupied in wake of Ashkelon attacks · Crisis could go on even if kidnapped soldier is freed

Israeli Tanks Turn Screw on Besieged Gaza Strip
Israel widened its assault on the Gaza Strip last night by shelling the north of the territory and dropping leaflets warning residents of a pending attack by tanks and troops, as the government seized on a crisis over an abducted soldier to take on Palestinian armed groups.

Three Britons Kidnapped in Gaza Strip As Fatah's Young Guard Fights for Election Role
Three Britons were kidnapped last night in the Gaza Strip amid mounting tension in the Fatah movement in the run-up to Palestinian elections on January 25.

Worst Gaza Strip Clash in 3 Months
A Palestinian wounded yesterday in an Israeli air strike died last night in a Gaza hospital, doctors said.

Hamas Wins Gaza Strip Council Vote
The Islamist party Hamas has won control of seven out of 10 councils in the Gaza Strip, dealing a crushing blow to the Fatah party of the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas.

Gaza Strip Settlers May Go to West Bank
Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank will be able to use the compensation they receive from Israel to build homes in other West Bank settlements.

Five Children Killed in Gaza Strip Battles
Hamas rocket attack claims two young Israeli lives while three Palestinian boys die in raids.

Sharon Backs Total Withdrawal From Gaza Strip
The Israeli prime minister, Ariel Sharon, is backing a total withdrawal of Israeli settlers and soldiers from the Palestinian Gaza Strip, according to a well-placed Israeli source. Mr Sharon announced the unilateral pull-out last December, but debate has raged among Israeli ministers...

Eight Killed in Gaza Strip Raid
Israeli troops today launched an incursion into a militant stronghold in the Gaza strip, killing eight Palestinians, including two boys aged two and 13. The raid, an apparent response to yesterday's suicide bombing that killed three Israelis in a Tel Aviv bar, was led by Israeli...

Israeli Army Bulldozer Crushes Us Peace Protester in Gaza Strip
Peace campaigner killed as Israeli army destroys homes in Palestinian refugee camp.

12 Killed in Israeli Raid on Gaza Strip
Just two days before an Israeli general election in which Ariel Sharon is campaigning on his militarist policies, Israeli forces yesterday launched their biggest raid on Gaza since the prime minister came to power two years ago. The army killed 12 Palestinians and injured dozens more -...

Gaza Strip Explosion Kills Four Palestinians
Four Palestinians were this morning killed and one seriously injured in an explosion that blew up a car travelling in the Gaza Strip. A Bedouin living in the area near the Sufa crossing, Suleiman Abu Azra, said that he heard Israeli helicopters overhead and tanks on the other side of...