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  • February 20, 2014

    Israeli forces completely destroy village in the Negev desert

    This morning (27.07.2010), Israeli forces embarked on the total destruction of al-Araqeeb village in the Negev desert. The village was cordoned off and its inhabitants expelled before demolitions began....

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  • February 20, 2014

    Palestinian prisoners protest inhumane Israeli punishment

    The Ministry of Prisoner Affairs for the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has warned of an ‘explosion’ of the situation within Israeli prisons, given the systemic conduct of collective punishment...

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  • February 20, 2014

    White phosphorus burns

    (The Lancet) In January, 2009, an 18-year-old man presented to the emergency department after suffering an attack with an incendiary shell. He had many painful patches of full-thickness burns,...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Warning of plot to assassinate Sheikh Raed Salah in prison

    The Deputy Leader of the Islamic Movement in Israel (“1948-occupied Palestines”) has issued a warning of an Israeli plot to kill the movement’s leader, Shaikh Raed Salah, while the...

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  • February 20, 2014

    British Prime Minister's statement on the Gaza siege is "a step in the right direction"

    The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called the British Prime Minister’s statement about the Gaza Strip “a step in the right direction”. David Cameron described Gaza as a “prison...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Graduation Day in Gaza

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURESThe Islamic University of Gaza (IUG) has held a special graduation ceremony for its male and female students. The Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Jamal Al-Khodary, MP,...

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  • February 20, 2014

    OIC office damaged in Israeli attack

    The branch office of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference in Gaza was damaged during Israel’s attack on the territory on 31 July. Offices belonging to a number of...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Israeli settlers escalate attacks on civilians' property

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURES On Friday, 30 July, a group of Israeli settlers attacked Palestinian fields in the town of Burin in the West Bank. They set the fields on fire...

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  • February 20, 2014

    British parliamentary and aid delegation arrives in Gaza

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURES A British parliamentary delegation accompanied by aid workers begun a visit to the Gaza Strip today. Among the delegation’s members were Lord Raymond Hylton, Yasmin Quraishi MP...

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  • February 20, 2014

    Gaza’s only power plant grinds to a halt

    EXCLUSIVE PICTURESVice-President of the Palestinian Energy Authority in the Gaza Strip, Mr Kanan Obeid, confirmed that the only electricity plant in the sector grounded to a halt today because...

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