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Palestinian President Abbas to visit Gaza for first time in a decade

PalestinianPresidentMahmudAbbaswillvisitGazaforthefirsttimeinadecade,atopofficialinhisFatahPartysaidonThursday,afterreconciliationtalkswithrivalsHamas.Abbas"wil

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Hamas and Fatah ‘reach reconciliation deal’ in Cairo talks

RivalPalestinianfactionsHamasandFatahhavereachedadealoverpoliticalreconciliation,HamaschiefIsmailHaniyehsaidinastatementonThursday.AHamasofficialtoldReutersthat

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Israeli army strikes Hamas post in Gaza

Israel'sarmyonSundaybatteredaHamaspostinGazawithartilleryafterarocketwasfiredearlierfromthePalestinianenclavebutfailedtoreachIsraeliterritory,thearmysaid.Amilit

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Palestinian gov't walks on thorny road to achieve peace with Hamas

AfterthePalestinianConsensusGovernmentarrivedintheGazaStriponMondaytotakeoveritsministries,analystssaythegovernmentwalksonathornyroadtoachievereconciliationwith

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Palestinian cabinet convenes in Gaza in move to reconcile with Hamas

PalestinianPrimeMinisterRamiHamdallahonTuesdaychairedthefirstmeetingofthePalestiniancabinetinGazaforthreeyearsinamovetowardsreconciliationbetweenthemainstreamFa

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Palestinian consensus government takes over in Gaza

RamiHamdallah,PrimeMinisterofthePalestinianConsensusGovernmentannouncedonMondaythathisgovernmentbeganitsworkintheGazaStripinaccordancetotheEgyptian-brokeredreco

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Palestinian PM in Gaza for major reconciliation effort

ThePalestinianprimeministerledadelegationfromtheWestBanktotheGazaStriponMondayfortalkswithHamasinthemostambitiousattempttoreconciletherivalpoliticalfactionssinc

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Palestinian tycoon to set up company in Gaza for China's B&R Initiative

PalestiniantycoonMunibAl-MasriannouncedSundayaplantocreateacompanydevotedtodevelopingprojectsintheGazaStripinsupportofChina'sBeltandRoadInitiative.Al-Masri,chai

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Hamas agrees to hand over Gaza to Abbas consensus government

TheHamasmovementannouncedinCairoearlyonSundaythatitisreadytohandovertheGazaStriptotheconsensusgovernmentofPalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas.Thegroupsaidinanemail

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Hamas says it is ready to hold first elections since 2006

ThePalestinianmilitantgroupHamassaysitisreadytodissolvethecommitteethatrulesGazaandholdelectionsforthefirsttimesince2006.Italsosaiditwasaimingformoretalkswithri

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Egypt plays unique roles to push Palestinian internal reconciliation

ThecurrentimprovementinthetiesbetweenHamasmovementandEgyptwouldkeepthelatterthesolesponsorforachievingareconciliationthatendsmorethantenyearsofinternalPalestini

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Gaza opens its first proper cinema in three decades - for one night only

MoviefanswereabletoenjoyarealcinemaexperienceinGazaforthefirsttimein30years.OnSaturdayseveralhundredpeopleattendedtheopeningnightofthefirstcinemaintheGazaformor

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Endless feuds between Hamas, Abbas may lead to isolation of Gaza

TheendlessfeudsbetweenIslamicHamasmovement,whichrulestheGazaStrip,and82-year-oldPalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas,whorulespartsoftheWestBank,mayendupwithacomplet

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ABSTRACT | Lessons from Israel's Wars in Gaza

Formorethanadecadenow,IsraelhasclashedwithHamasinGaza,incyclesofviolencedefinedbyperiodsofintensefightingfollowedbyrelativelulls.Thisreportcoversafive-yearperio

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Gazans call on Egypt to reopen Rafah crossing for patients

DozensdemonstratedonMondayatthegateofRafahcrossingpointbetweensouthernGazaStripandEgyptcallingontheEgyptianAuthoritiestoreopentheclosedcrossingforpatientswhonee

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Who is behind Gaza’s renewed electricity crisis?

TheGazaStripisinthemidstofanelectricityshortagethathasleftresidentswithjustafewhoursofpoweraday,turningmanyaspectsofeverydaylifeintheHamas-ruledterritoryupsided

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Egypt sends fuel to Gaza to ease power crisis

EgypthassentfueltruckstotheGazaStriptohelptheregiondealwithanenergycrisis.TherareshipmenttemporarilyeasedcripplingelectricityshortagesintheHamas-ruledenclave,bu