The Latest Breaking News from Gaza City

Young Gaza man mourns fiancee killed in Israeli strikes

A young Gaza man who saw his fiancee for the last time only minutes before she was killed in an Israeli air strike on Tuesday said they spent their final moments discussing how they would pose together for their engagement photo.

Reuters · May 10, 2023

Sadness, anger in Palestine: Gaza mourns 13 killed in Israel raid

Israeli military said they knew of ‘collateral’ in their operation to kill three PIJ members.

Al Jazeera · May 9, 2023

World Food Programme to suspend aid to Palestinians due to funding shortage

The World Food Programme (WFP) will suspend food aid to over 200,000 Palestinians from next month due to a "severe" shortage of funds, the group's senior official for the Palestinian territories said on Sunday.

Reuters · May 7, 2023

Gaza Home Demolitions Stir Palestinian Frustration

Ramadan Abu Saif looked on as bulldozers ploughed into his neighbour's Gaza City home, knowing his could be next as an infrastructure project surges forward in the impoverished Palestinian enclave. Last month, Hamas militants who govern Gaza began demolishing 62 houses at Al-Shati refugee camp as they widen the territory's…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 2, 2023

Gaza fisherman gets new outboard engine after a decade's wait, as Israel relaxes curbs

Marooned for a decade by engine failure, Palestinian fisherman Falah Abu Reyala will finally be able to return to sea with a new outboard motor for his boat after Israel eased curbs on the supply of parts to Gaza it feared could be used to make weapons.

Reuters · Jan 25, 2023

Gaza says Israel not allowing in enough X-ray machines for medical care

Gaza's Health Ministry accused Israel on Thursday of delaying the entry of several X-ray machines needed to treat patients in the blockaded Palestinian territory.

Reuters · Jan 5, 2023

Gazans turns to firewood as energy prices soar

In one of Gaza City's oldest suburbs, Saadeya al-Malaha collects dry branches she finds by the side of the roads, then carefully balances the pile on her head and carries it home to light a fire and cook for her two children.

Reuters · Jan 5, 2023

Huge crowds of Palestinians mark Fatah anniversary in Gaza

Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have thronged a Gaza City park to mark the 58th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah party

The Independent UK · Dec 31, 2022

Israel dismantles unused Gaza crossing to extend barrier

Bulldozers are dismantling a commercial crossing point on the eastern side of Gaza City after Israel decided to extend a security barrier at the location of the long-defunct terminal

The Independent UK · Dec 6, 2022

Gaza beekeepers who survived blockade struggle with unstable climate

This time, it wasn't the bulldozers or the bullets, but the rain and the wind. Weather kept the bees confined to their hives in the spring, when they should have been out foraging for nectar.

Reuters · Nov 22, 2022