Gaza Strip

Self-governing Palestinian territory bordering Egypt and Israel

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The Gaza Strip, or simply Gaza, is a self-governing Palestinian territory on the eastern coast of the Mediterranean Sea, that borders Egypt on the southwest for 11 kilometers (6.8 mi) and Israel on the east and north along a 51 km (32 mi) border. Gaza and the West Bank are claimed by the de jure sovereign State of Palestine.

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Meet Gaza's first woman taxi driver Naela Abu Jibba, a mother of five, is the first female taxi driver in the Islamist-run Palestinian territory. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:53Published 1 week ago

Lion cubs raised as pets on Gaza rooftop Two lion cubs prowl among the water tanks and dine on slaughtered chickens on the roof of an apartment block in Khan Younis, Gaza. Credit: Reuters Studio Duration: 00:48Published 3 weeks ago

Israel says UAE visit "making history' In a historic first visit by a Gulf Arab nation, a United Arab Emirates delegation arrived in Israel on Tuesday, accompanied by top U.S. officials, to cement a normalization deal signed last month... Credit: Reuters - Politics Duration: 01:51Published on October 20, 2020

UN refugee agency uses Gaza schools to distribute food At the start of the pandemic, UNRWA was forced to suspend all food distribution due to COVID-19 safety restrictions. Credit: Al Jazeera STUDIO Duration: 01:45Published on October 4, 2020

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Gaza horse riders compete again as coronavirus curbs eased Wearing riding pants, logo-decorated shirts and helmets, Gaza horse-riders resumed local show-jumping competitions on Thursday as coronavirus restrictions were eased. Reuters - Published on June 18, 2020
Faster than machines, jobless Palestinian graduates bring in Gaza's crops Covering the ground five times faster than a tractor for subsistence wages, 40 Palestinian graduates have teamed to pick crops in Gaza, after failing to launch the careers they studied for in a.. Reuters - Published on June 10, 2020
People's joy at reopened mosques in Gaza 'a blessing' says imam Mosques reopened for daily prayers and children returned to nursery schools on Wednesday in an easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Gaza Strip. Reuters - Published on June 3, 2020

Mosques and nursery schools reopen in Gaza Mosques reopened for daily prayers and children returned to nursery schools on Wednesday in an easing of coronavirus restrictions in the Gaza Strip. Reuters - Published on June 3, 2020
Palestinians report first coronavirus death in Gaza A woman has died in Gaza Strip after contracting coronavirus, the Palestinian enclave's first known fatality from the global pandemic, the health ministry said on Saturday. Reuters - Published on May 23, 2020
Gaza girl, 13, teaches neighbourhood children during school closure In a wooden shack in the Gaza Strip, a 13-year-old girl holds classes for neighbourhood children who have missed out on their studies since schools were closed in March due to the novel coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on May 19, 2020

ICRC donates vital medical equipment to Gaza in coronavirus crisis The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) on Thursday donated vital intensive care equipment to Gaza hospitals but said they remain underequipped for any wider outbreak of the new coronavirus.. Reuters - Published on April 23, 2020
Too poor to buy, too scared to meet: Palestinians face joyless Ramadan The electric lanterns and ornate decorations of Ramadan would normally be hanging in the streets of Gaza, the West Bank and east Jerusalem by now, but not this year amid coronavirus restrictions and.. Reuters - Published on April 23, 2020
Palestinian jailed in Gaza for breaking coronavirus quarantine A Gaza court has sentenced a Palestinian man to six months in jail for escaping from a coronavirus quarantine facility on the Egyptian border, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on April 23, 2020
Gaza resumes coronavirus testing amid shortages Coronavirus testing has resumed in the Gaza Strip after Israel allowed five testing kits purchased by the World Health Organization (WHO) into the enclave, a Gaza health ministry spokesman said on.. Reuters - Published on April 13, 2020

Hamas arrests Palestinians in Gaza for Zoom video chat with Israelis Hamas arrested a Palestinian in Gaza on Thursday, saying that he had taken part in a video conference with Israelis and describing his act as "treason." Reuters - Published on April 9, 2020
Lockdown in West Bank, crowds in Gaza: Palestinians divided over coronavirus Political and physical divisions between Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza have induced two very different responses to the coronavirus pandemic, with a strict lockdown in the first and crowds.. Reuters - Published on April 9, 2020
Israel seeks immediate resumption of talks on citizens held in Gaza Israel called on Tuesday for the immediate resumption of talks on the return of four Israelis held for years in the Gaza Strip after the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers said they might be willing.. Reuters - Published on April 7, 2020	Israel links coronavirus aid for Gaza to recovering soldiers Israel on Wednesday linked any assistance it might offer for the Gaza Strip's efforts against coronavirus to progress in its attempt to recover two Israeli soldiers lost during the 2014 war in the.. Reuters - Published on April 1, 2020
Gaza medics switching focus from border protests to coronavirus Scarcely two years ago Gaza's border with Israel was a deadly front line, with black smoke swirling around thousands of Palestinian protesters as they faced off against Israeli troops firing live.. Reuters - Published on March 26, 2020	Qatar announces $150 million aid to Gaza to support U.N. programs, efforts to contain coronavirus Qatar announced $150 million in aid to the Gaza Strip over a period of six months, to support United Nations humanitarian programs in the Palestinian territory and efforts to contain the new.. Reuters - Published on March 23, 2020
First coronavirus cases confirmed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday. Reuters - Published on March 22, 2020	Blockaded Gaza looks wryly on as world isolates itself A sly dig at the international community, this is just one among a torrent of social media posts that has emerged from the blockaded Gaza Strip in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Reuters - Published on March 18, 2020
Ten killed in Gaza after bakery fire sweeps through packed market At least 10 people, including six children, were killed on Thursday when a bakery fire swept through a crowded market in a refugee camp in the Gaza Strip, health officials said. Reuters - Published on March 5, 2020	Israel-Gaza ceasefire takes hold after two-day flare-up A ceasefire brokered by Egypt and the United Nations took hold on the Israel-Gaza border on Tuesday after two days of fighting between Israel and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad group. Reuters - Published on February 25, 2020
Gaza-Israel hostilities flare through second day with rocket attacks, air strikes Gaza militants on Monday fired rockets toward Israel, which responded with air strikes, in the second day of an escalation that ebbed but did not come to an end despite the Palestinian militant group.. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020	Islamic Jihad says it has ended rocket fire after two days of Gaza-Israel hostilities The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said on Monday it had ended its "military response" to Israel after two days of firing rockets from Gaza at its neighbour, which responded in turn with air.. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020
Israeli jets strike Islamic Jihad targets in Syria and Gaza: Israeli military Israeli fighter jets launched air strikes on suspected Islamic Jihad positions in Syria, the Israeli military said on Monday, after the militant group and Israel exchanged rockets and air strikes.. Reuters - Published on February 24, 2020	Israeli fire kills Palestinian trying to plant bomb at Gaza border: Israeli military Israeli forces killed a Palestinian trying to plant explosives near Israel's border security fence with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, the Israeli military said. Reuters - Published on February 23, 2020
Gaza farmers return to their lands along volatile Israeli border Returning to his fields for the first time in 14 years, Palestinian farmer Naser Abu Isaeed surveyed the toll taken by conflict on formerly productive soil. Reuters - Published on February 5, 2020	Gazan bridegrooms end up in jail over unpaid debts Bridegrooms in the Gaza Strip are finding marriage a path to debtors' prison rather than to happiness. Reuters - Published on February 3, 2020
Dutch court not competent to hear war crimes case against Israel's Gantz A Dutch district court on Wednesday ruled that it does not have jurisdiction to hear a case against former Israeli Armed Forces chief Benny Gantz brought by a Dutch Palestinian who lost six relatives.. Reuters - Published on January 29, 2020	'Slap of the century': Palestinians reject Trump Mideast plan Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called U.S. President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan the "slap of the century" on Tuesday as thousands of Palestinians held protests in Gaza and the West.. Reuters - Published on January 28, 2020
Hamas says it will confront Trump's 'aggressive' Middle East plan Palestinian condemnation of the U.S. Middle East peace plan came swiftly on Tuesday night, with thousands protesting in Gaza and the militant Islamist group Hamas saying it would confront President.. Reuters - Published on January 28, 2020	Israeli troops kill three Palestinians in Gaza border attack Israeli troops on Tuesday shot and killed three Palestinians who threw an explosive towards them after attempting to cross the border from neighboring Gaza, Israel's military said. Reuters - Published on January 21, 2020
Three Gazans shot dead after throwing explosive towards Israeli troops: military Israeli troops on Tuesday shot and killed three Palestinians who threw an explosive towards them after attempting to cross the border from neighboring Gaza, Israel's military said. Reuters - Published on January 21, 2020	Israel carries out Gaza air strikes after Palestinian rocket fire Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, and it responded with air strikes against facilities belonging to the enclave's ruling Hamas militant.. Reuters - Published on January 15, 2020
Four Gaza rockets fired at Israel, military says, no casualties or damage reported Four rockets were fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, the Israeli military said, and there were no reports of casualties or damage. Reuters - Published on January 15, 2020	Palestinians in Gaza mourn Iran's Soleimani Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip on Saturday mourned the death of Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Qassem Soleimani, killed by a U.S. air strike in Iraq. Reuters - Published on January 4, 2020
Muslim women spread Christmas cheer in Gaza Muslim women in the Palestinian Gaza Strip have been hand-crafting gifts for the approaching Orthodox Christmas as part of a project to empower a traditional community. Reuters - Published on December 30, 2019	Palestinians to scale back protests on Israel-Gaza border Palestinians in Gaza will scale back protests along the fortified border with Israel, factions in the strip said on Thursday, in a sign of a lasting detente between Israel and Gaza's Islamist rulers.. Reuters - Published on December 26, 2019
Gaza rocket sends Netanyahu to shelter during campaign rally: TV A rocket launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city on Wednesday as it hosted a campaign rally by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prompted him to take shelter briefly before resuming the.. Reuters - Published on December 25, 2019	Gaza rocket fired at Israeli city during Netanyahu visit: TV A rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip at a southern Israeli city on Wednesday as it hosted a campaign visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, prompting him to briefly take shelter, Israeli TV.. Reuters - Published on December 25, 2019
Gaza Christians say few Israeli permits granted for Christmas travel Fewer than half of Christians from Gaza who sought Israeli permits to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas have so far had their applications granted, members of the small.. Reuters - Published on December 24, 2019	Israel reverses ban, Gaza Christians can visit Christmas sites Christians in the Gaza Strip will be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas, Israel authorities said on Sunday, reversing a decision not to issue them permits. Reuters - Published on December 22, 2019
Qatar says its Gaza aid to continue through March 2020 at least Qatar will continue providing humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip into next year, the gas-rich Gulf state's envoy to the Palestinian enclave said on Wednesday, a pledge that may help stave off conflict.. Reuters - Published on December 18, 2019	Israel bars Gaza's Christians from visiting Bethlehem and Jerusalem at Christmas Christians in the Gaza Strip will not be allowed to visit holy cities such as Bethlehem and Jerusalem to celebrate Christmas this year, Israeli authorities said on Thursday. Reuters - Published on December 12, 2019
After 20 years, Palestinian mother and son reunited in Egypt Palestinian journalist Amjad Yaghi was just nine years old when his mother left the Gaza Strip on what should have been a short trip to Egypt for medical treatment. Reuters - Published on December 4, 2019	Tourism in Israel? U.S. charity's offer with Gaza hospital project irks Palestinians A U.S. charity building a tent hospital in the Gaza Strip is causing Palestinian unease by offering foreign medical volunteers the opportunity of weekend tourism in Israel, just across the volatile.. Reuters - Published on December 3, 2019
Israeli troops kill Palestinian teen at Gaza protest, Palestinians say Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian teenager near the border fence with the Gaza Strip on Friday, Palestinian officials said. Reuters - Published on November 29, 2019	U.S. embassy in Jerusalem issues travel warning after Pompeo's settlement announcement The U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on Monday warned Americans about traveling in Jerusalem, the West Bank and Gaza, soon after Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the United States was softening its.. Reuters - Published on November 18, 2019
Palestinian rockets, Israeli airstrikes jolt tenuous Gaza truce Palestinian militants fired two rockets deep into southern Israel from Gaza on Saturday, and the Israeli military responded with a number of air strikes on militant targets, shaking an already tenuous.. Reuters - Published on November 16, 2019	Renewed rocket fire into Israel jolts tenuous Gaza truce Israeli missile defenses on Saturday intercepted two Palestinian rockets that were fired deep into southern Israel overnight on Saturday from the Gaza Strip, Israel's military said. Reuters - Published on November 16, 2019
Israel says it is probing 'harm to civilians' from deadly Gaza air strike Israel's military said on Friday it was investigating "harm caused to civilians" from an air strike it carried out in Gaza that Palestinian medics said killed eight members of one family including five.. Reuters - Published on November 15, 2019	Tenuous truce in Gaza as Islamic Jihad, Israel differ on terms Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad and Israel declared a halt to hostilities across the Gaza Strip border on Thursday but a lasting ceasefire appeared tenuous as they differed on terms. Reuters - Published on November 14, 2019

Gaza Strip

Self-governing Palestinian territory bordering Egypt and Israel

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Gaza horse riders compete again as coronavirus curbs eased

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Palestinians report first coronavirus death in Gaza

Gaza girl, 13, teaches neighbourhood children during school closure

ICRC donates vital medical equipment to Gaza in coronavirus crisis

Too poor to buy, too scared to meet: Palestinians face joyless Ramadan

Palestinian jailed in Gaza for breaking coronavirus quarantine

Gaza resumes coronavirus testing amid shortages

Hamas arrests Palestinians in Gaza for Zoom video chat with Israelis

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Israel seeks immediate resumption of talks on citizens held in Gaza

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First coronavirus cases confirmed in the Palestinian Gaza Strip

Blockaded Gaza looks wryly on as world isolates itself

Ten killed in Gaza after bakery fire sweeps through packed market

Israel-Gaza ceasefire takes hold after two-day flare-up

Gaza-Israel hostilities flare through second day with rocket attacks, air strikes

Islamic Jihad says it has ended rocket fire after two days of Gaza-Israel hostilities

Israeli jets strike Islamic Jihad targets in Syria and Gaza: Israeli military

Israeli fire kills Palestinian trying to plant bomb at Gaza border: Israeli military

Gaza farmers return to their lands along volatile Israeli border

Gazan bridegrooms end up in jail over unpaid debts

Dutch court not competent to hear war crimes case against Israel's Gantz

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Hamas says it will confront Trump's 'aggressive' Middle East plan

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Four Gaza rockets fired at Israel, military says, no casualties or damage reported

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Gaza rocket fired at Israeli city during Netanyahu visit: TV

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