Image:Map of Israel and Gaza In the decades that followed the creation of Israel, it fought several wars and ended up occupying the West Bank and Gaza - territory the UN had not in 1947 designated it should possess. While Israel pulled out of Gaza in 2005, it ...
Cook, at the Council on Foreign Relations, told CBS News that Hamas' objective was "to not just relieve Palestinians of the occupation of the West Bank and Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip, but in fact strike at the heart of Israel." Hamas has become a more potent symbol of armed ...
Israel, Gaza Tensions: Why Egypt Helps Maintain the BlockadeSimmering tensions - due in part to a long-standing blockade ofthe territory - are escalating...By ChickKristen
whatever the cost, they have used rocket attacks for a few different purposes. First and foremost, the attacks are used to pressure Israel to lift or at least ease its blockade of Gaza. Hamas itself claims that its rocket
A narrow strip of scrubland and sand dunes on the Gaza side of the border with Egypt has emerged as a major obstacle in talks aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and freeing scores of hostages.
“It is clear that we need our allies in Israel to do more to live up to the high standards they have set themselves,” he said. At least 15 civilians sheltering from the conflict were killed when Israel shelled the school in Jabalya, northern Gaza. Mr Ban described the shelling as a...
continuinghuman rights violations— including the illegal blockade of the Gaza Strip, the arrest without charge of Palestinian men, women and children, and the shooting of unarmed Palestinians — is outside the scope of this essay. However, suffice it to say that it is generally acknowledged thro...
Abbas’ Palestinian Authority carried on with its “security coordination” with Israel, as Gaza suffered a Draconian siege. There was no question, that after all the failed attempts at breaking the siege and the growing isolation of Gaza, Gazans had to find their own way out of the blockade...
Harris also pledges to strengthen our healthcare system. But in Gaza, as many as 1,000 healthcare workers have been killed, 30 of 36 hospitals have been damaged or destroyed, and fewer than half are even partially functional. People routinely die from the blockade of basic sanitary equipment...
Movement through all three crossings was already heavily restricted before the war, as Israel imposed a blockade of the territory with Egypt 17 years ago. After the current war began, Erez and Kerem Shalom were shut for several weeks. On October 21, Rafah began allowing...