Gaza Palestinians give hero’s welcome to their ‘Arab Idol’
GAZA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of joyous fans turned out on Tuesday to welcome "Arab Idol" Mohammed Assaf on his return to the Gaza Strip and the song contest...
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Palestinians unite behind Gaza Strip “Arab Idol” star
GAZA (Reuters) - The fractious factions in the Gaza Strip and across the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories have found one voice to unite behind - a 22-year-old youth singing songs about...
Influential Muslim cleric visits Hamas-ruled Gaza
GAZA (Reuters) - Leading Muslim cleric Sheikh Youssef al-Qaradawi paid a high-profile visit to Gaza on Thursday, giving a boost to the Islamist group Hamas that runs the enclave, but...
Gaza farmers burn tonnes of basil, mint after Israel border shut
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian farmers in Gaza began destroying three tonnes of herbs on Saturday, saying a prolonged closure of the crossing into Israel meant the plants were no longer...
Hamas fails to investigate executions of slain spy suspects : HRW
GAZA (Reuters) - Human Rights Watch accused the Islamist Hamas government in Gaza on Thursday of failing to investigate the summary executions of seven Palestinians alleged to have spied for...
Palestinians simmer with anger ahead of Kerry visit
GAZA (Reuters) - Islamist group Hamas on Friday urged a United Nations agency to resume its operations in the Gaza Strip, accusing the world body of over-reacting by shutting down...
Israel launches air strikes on Gaza; first since truce
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel launched air strikes on the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the first such attacks since an eight-day war in November, Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that controls...
Israelis, Palestinians pin no peace hopes on Obama trip
SDEROT, Israel/GAZA (Reuters) - Five years ago, a few months after a Palestinian rocket crashed through his kitchen ceiling, Pinhas Amar received a more welcome guest at his southern Israeli...
Egypt floods Gaza tunnels to cut Palestinian lifeline
GAZA (Reuters) - Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. The...
Egypt floods Gaza tunnels to cut Palestinian lifeline
GAZA (Reuters) - Egyptian forces have flooded smuggling tunnels under the border with the Palestinian-ruled Gaza Strip in a campaign to shut them down, Egyptian and Palestinian officials said. The...