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Palestinians fear internal division will ruin Palestinian cause

AstenyearsofinternalpoliticalandgeographicaldivisionhaspassedbetweenPalestine'sGazaStripandtheWestBank,analystsbelievethatthedivisionmayturninto"arealityofpolit

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Gaza’s electricity shortages could trigger further conflict

TheMiddleEastenvoyfortheUnitedNations,NikolayMladenov,saysthepowerstrugglebetweentheFatahandHamasmovementsinPalestinehasworsenedthehumanitariansituationinGaza,a

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Hamas leader announces arrest in shooting of commander

Hamas’newlyelectedsupremeleaderonThursdayannouncedthearrestofthemanbelievedresponsibleforthemysteriousshootingdeathofoneofhisorganization’stopmilitarycommanders

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New-born boy brings Gaza Strip population to 2 million

The population of Gaza Strip hit on Tuesday the record of two million, the Hamas-run interior ministry said in a statement.

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Photographer beautifies walls of refugees' homes in Gaza

A young Palestinian photographer attracted dozens of children at one of the Palestinian refugee camps in Gaza when he decorated the walls of their homes with beautiful photos he took during the past few years to bring them cheerfulness and bliss.

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Massive war-torn homeless Gazans still trapped in misery

​About 65,000 Palestinians are estimated to have been homeless since Israel's large-scale military offensive on Gaza in 2014, the Gaza-based Anti-siege Popular Committee said Wednesday.

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Warm-up between Israel and Turkey may ease Gaza blockade

Islamic Hamas movement, which has been ruling the Gaza Strip since 2007, was apparently unhappy after Israel and Turkey reached a reconciliation agreement earlier this week that won't completely lift an Israeli blockade.

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Local TV series attract Palestinians during Ramadan

​Palestinians, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, have got the chance to watch "The Warrior," a locally-produced drama series that cast light on the decades-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

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Gazans receive Ramadan amid sharp economic recession

​The holy month of Ramadan is a festal season of spirituality and an occasion where family members share the usually delicate Iftar (evening breakfast) meals immediately after sunset. But for many hard-hit Gazans, this Ramadan has the smell of destitution.

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Palestinians "breathe life" in red carpet film festival in Gaza

​Unlike world famous film festivals, Gaza film festival dedicated the 40-meter long red carpet to ordinary visitors, rather than movie stars.

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Hamas: no medical aid to wounded IS elements

​Officials in the Hamas-run ministry of interior denied on Monday earlier Israeli official's remarks that hospitals in the Gaza Strip provide medical aid to elements of the Islamic State (IS) who get wounded by the Egyptian army in the Peninsula of Sinai.

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Gaza health ministry denies treating IS militants injured in Egypt' s Sinai

​The Hamas-run Health Ministry denied on Monday media reports that hospitals in the Gaza Strip are providing medical treatment to Islamic State (IS) militants who are wounded in Sinai of Egypt.

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Palestinians pessimistic about peace deal with Israel in 2016

Palestinians are more pessimistic to reach a permanent peace with Israel in 2016 amid ongoing violent tension since October, an absence of a political horizon and more than eight years of internal split.

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Israeli army wounds 3 Palestinians, detains 10 fishermen in Gaza: officials

​Israeli soldiers on the border with the Gaza Strip wounded three Palestinians on Tuesday, while Israeli naval forces arrested 10 fishermen while they were fishing in Gaza sea, officials said.

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Israeli war jets strike on Hamas facilities in Gaza in response to rocket firing

​Israeli war jets struck early on Monday an Islamic Hamas movement military facility in southern Gaza Strip, with no injuries reported, according to security and medical officials.

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Hundreds of Palestinians burry pregnant mother, child killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

​Hundreds of angry mourners on Sunday buried a pregnant Palestinian mother and her 4-year-old daughter who were killed in pre-dawn Israeli airstrikes on a Hamas training facility in southern of Gaza city.