CAIRO, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday warned of the dangers of the ongoing Israeli war in the Gaza Strip and escalating violations in the West Bank. During a phone conversation, the two leaders stressed the recent develo...
Eyal Zisser, a professor at Tel Aviv University's Middle Eastern and African History Department, told Xinhua that Israel is likely to retain security control over Gaza after the conflict, similar to the approach it adopted in the West Bank. Israel seized both the Gaza Strip and the West Bank...
UNITED NATIONS, May 28 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese envoy on Wednesday called for a durable cease-fire in Gaza and efforts to alleviate the humanitarian catastrophe in the strip.Since May 16, Israel has continued to intensify its military offensive in Gaza, which has completely destroyed the densely ...
Palestine / West Bank and GazaTaking the West Bank and Gaza Strip as a reference point, this paper looks at social protection in developing economies, which are beset by economic stagnation, widespread poverty and unemployment. If the main breadwinner dies, is unable to work or is an older ...
Four adult lions and two cubs were evacuated from cash-strapped, conflict-ridden zoos in Gaza for treatment and better living conditions in the West Bank and Jordan. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed) GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli and Palestinian handlers have transferred a lioness f...
IDPs: 131,000 (includes persons displaced within the Gaza Strip due to the intensification of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict since June 2014 and other Palestinian IDPs in the Gaza Strip and West Bank who fled as long ago as 1967, although confirmed cumulative data do not go back beyond ...
UN agencies warn women and children bearing brunt of conflict in Gaza Women, children and newborns have beendisproportionately affectedby the conflict in the Gaza Strip, both as casualties and in reduced access to health care, U.N. agencies warned. ...
The current conflict between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas is a "wildfire that could completely consume the entire region," U.N. aid chief Martin Griffiths warned during a Paris humanitarian conference for the Gaza Strip, according to a CNBC translation. ...
During a meeting in the Lebanese capital Beirut, Amir-Abdollahian was briefed on the latest situation in the Gaza Strip and West Bank by leaders of Hamas, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, according to a statement published on the Iran...
“He was involved in smuggling weapons from various countries into the Gaza Strip, and recently also took part in smuggling weapons into the West Bank,” the military said. Atrash was killed by a strike from a fighter jet near the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza, according to...