Jan 21, 2025 · Dr. Zelkovitz says, “Ramallah has had no influence on daily life in the Gaza Strip since 2007, and in recent years it has even gradually reduced payments of allowances to its people who remain ...

The international community regards the Palestinian territories, meaning the West Bank including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, as territories occupied by Israel. Israel has withdrawn its military forces from the Gaza strip, but it continues to be designated the occupying power in the Gaza Strip by the United Nations, the United States and ...

5 days ago · Demonstrators protest calling for the immediate release of the hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas militant group in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. ... the first three Israeli hostages held in Gaza were released and the first 90 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel were released several hours later. On Saturday, another ...

3 days ago · Palestinians wait to be allowed to return to their homes in northern Gaza amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, on January 26, 2025. Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty ...

3 days ago · US President Donald Trump’s proposal to “clean out” the Gaza Strip by moving more than a million Palestinians to neighboring countries has drawn sharp criticism, with opponents condemning it ...

1 day ago · The Trump administration’s envoy to the Middle East made a rare visit to the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, according to a White House official, aiming to reinforce a cease-fire agreement between ...

The Gaza Strip is generally covered on Tuesdays and the West Bank on Thursdays. Today’s update is exceptionally issued on a Wednesday. ... In a press conference on 20 January, the Palestinian Civil Defense (PCD) in Gaza stated, that it incurred severe losses after 470 days of escalation, with 99 personnel killed, 319 injured of whom many have ...

1 day ago · Gaza Strip, territory occupying 140 square miles (363 square km) along the Mediterranean Sea just northeast of the Sinai Peninsula. The Gaza Strip is unusual in being a densely settled area not recognized as a de jure part of any extant country.

After Israel's victory in the 1967 Six-Day War against its Arab neighbors, it gained control of the Gaza Strip and the West Bank. For the next 38 years, it controlled the strip and enabled the...

Oct 30, 2023 · If Israel topples the Hamas terror group’s regime in the Gaza Strip, as it has vowed to do, the Palestinian Authority will not go back to governing the territory unless there’s a...