PalestinianPresidentMahmudAbbaswillvisitGazaforthefirsttimeinadecade,atopofficialinhisFatahPartysaidonThursday,afterreconciliationtalkswithrivalsHamas.Abbas"wil
RivalPalestinianfactionsHamasandFatahhavereachedadealoverpoliticalreconciliation,HamaschiefIsmailHaniyehsaidinastatementonThursday.AHamasofficialtoldReutersthat
Israel'sarmyonSundaybatteredaHamaspostinGazawithartilleryafterarocketwasfiredearlierfromthePalestinianenclavebutfailedtoreachIsraeliterritory,thearmysaid.Amilit
AfterthePalestinianConsensusGovernmentarrivedintheGazaStriponMondaytotakeoveritsministries,analystssaythegovernmentwalksonathornyroadtoachievereconciliationwith
PalestinianPrimeMinisterRamiHamdallahonTuesdaychairedthefirstmeetingofthePalestiniancabinetinGazaforthreeyearsinamovetowardsreconciliationbetweenthemainstreamFa
RamiHamdallah,PrimeMinisterofthePalestinianConsensusGovernmentannouncedonMondaythathisgovernmentbeganitsworkintheGazaStripinaccordancetotheEgyptian-brokeredreco
ThePalestinianprimeministerledadelegationfromtheWestBanktotheGazaStriponMondayfortalkswithHamasinthemostambitiousattempttoreconciletherivalpoliticalfactionssinc
PalestiniantycoonMunibAl-MasriannouncedSundayaplantocreateacompanydevotedtodevelopingprojectsintheGazaStripinsupportofChina'sBeltandRoadInitiative.Al-Masri,chai
TheHamasmovementannouncedinCairoearlyonSundaythatitisreadytohandovertheGazaStriptotheconsensusgovernmentofPalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas.Thegroupsaidinanemail
ThePalestinianmilitantgroupHamassaysitisreadytodissolvethecommitteethatrulesGazaandholdelectionsforthefirsttimesince2006.Italsosaiditwasaimingformoretalkswithri
ThecurrentimprovementinthetiesbetweenHamasmovementandEgyptwouldkeepthelatterthesolesponsorforachievingareconciliationthatendsmorethantenyearsofinternalPalestini
MoviefanswereabletoenjoyarealcinemaexperienceinGazaforthefirsttimein30years.OnSaturdayseveralhundredpeopleattendedtheopeningnightofthefirstcinemaintheGazaformor
TheendlessfeudsbetweenIslamicHamasmovement,whichrulestheGazaStrip,and82-year-oldPalestinianPresidentMahmoudAbbas,whorulespartsoftheWestBank,mayendupwithacomplet
Formorethanadecadenow,IsraelhasclashedwithHamasinGaza,incyclesofviolencedefinedbyperiodsofintensefightingfollowedbyrelativelulls.Thisreportcoversafive-yearperio
DozensdemonstratedonMondayatthegateofRafahcrossingpointbetweensouthernGazaStripandEgyptcallingontheEgyptianAuthoritiestoreopentheclosedcrossingforpatientswhonee
TheGazaStripisinthemidstofanelectricityshortagethathasleftresidentswithjustafewhoursofpoweraday,turningmanyaspectsofeverydaylifeintheHamas-ruledterritoryupsided
EgypthassentfueltruckstotheGazaStriptohelptheregiondealwithanenergycrisis.TherareshipmenttemporarilyeasedcripplingelectricityshortagesintheHamas-ruledenclave,bu