Items related to Gaza

Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of his party, Ankara, June 8, 2011. Turkey will not
Turkey PM refuses to delay Gaza trip
Reuters 23 Apr 2013
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not reschedule his trip to the Palestinian Gaza strip, he said on...
Israel issues warning over fire from Gaza, Golan
AFP 03 Apr 2013
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned on Wednesday that Israel would respond to any attacks on its territory and not...
Smuggling tunnels were located by military forces to be destroyed, Rafah city, northern Sinai, 9 August 2012. Egyptian military forces deploying in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish days after it began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region following attack killed 16 soldiers, and injured 7.
Army demolishes 250 tunnels between Egypt and Gaza
Al-Masry Al-Youm 27 Mar 2013
Army Forces have shut down all tunnels in Arish Governorate’s Sarsoriya region, an area where smugglers are known...
An Egyptian army vehicle keeps its position close to the Rafah border crossing with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip
Palestinian jihadists attacked Rafah base, says military source
MENA 17 Mar 2013
  The perpetrators of a deadly attack on an army camp in Rafah that which killed 16 Egyptian soldiers in August,...
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Update: Authorities release Palestinians detained at airport
Egypt Independent 13 Mar 2013
Authorities CairoInternational Airport authorities have released seven Palestiniansarrested earlier on Wednesday and...
Smuggling tunnels were located by military forces to be destroyed, Rafah city, northern Sinai, 9 August 2012. Egyptian military forces deploying in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish days after it began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region following attack killed 16 soldiers, and injured 7.
Hamas aims to reestablish ties with West
Egypt Independent 11 Mar 2013
A leading figure from Gaza’s ruling Hamas has said that the group’s removal from the US and European...
Palestinian children watch Hamas militants taking part in a march in the Khan Yunis refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine, December 6, 2010 to mark the 23rd anniversary for the establishment of the Islamist movement that falls on December 14.
UNRWA cancels Gaza marathon after Hamas bans female participation
Egypt Independent 05 Mar 2013
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency has cancelled a sports marathon previously slated for 10 April in Gaza after...
A Palestinian smuggler goes into a tunnel in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on April 14, 2010. Hamas briefly shut down smuggling tunnels on the Egyptian border that are the lifeline of the besieged enclave, officials said, following an Israeli alert over security in the Sinai. Demotix/AbedRahimKhatib
Israel to reopen Gaza goods crossing
AFP 04 Mar 2013
Israel said it will reopen the Kerem Shalom commercial crossing into southern Gaza on Monday, six days after closing...
Smuggling tunnels were located by military forces to be destroyed, Rafah city, northern Sinai, 9 August 2012. Egyptian military forces deploying in northern Sinai's main town of al-Arish days after it began a crackdown on Islamist militants in the region following attack killed 16 soldiers, and injured 7.
Court rules Gaza tunnels threaten national security
Al-Masry Al-Youm 26 Feb 2013
The Cairo Administrative Court ruled Tuesday that smuggling tunnels between Egypt and the Gaza Strip pose a threat to...
A group of tourists cross the Taba terminal, from the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula to Israel in 2009.
Egypt court jails Israeli for two years: court sources
Reuters 12 Feb 2013
An Egyptian court sentenced an Israeli man to two years in prison for crossing illegally into the Sinai Peninsula,...