Gaza population

Pineapples stuffed with thousands of smuggled cigarettes intercepted by IDF at Gaza crossing

The cigarette-filled pineapples were transported in a truck carrying a shipment purchased by an Israeli company, intended to reach the Kerem Shalom Crossing as part of humanitarian aid.

Pineapple filled with cigarettes intended to be smuggled across the border into Gaza.
A woman walks past a mural depicting football player Lamine Yamal waving a Palestinian flag during the Catalans' title parade, painted by Palestinian artists on the rubble of buildings destroyed during the war, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp in Gaza City on May 13, 2026.

Hamas dissolution of Gaza government is a trick to keep weapons, expert warns

Government Media Office Director Ismail Thawabteh (R) and Hamas spokesperson Hazem Qassem (L) speak at a press conference regarding the resignation of the head of the Government Emergency Committee and the acting head of Government Follow-up.

If Hamas dissolves its Gaza government, who will enforce its disarmament? - analysis

Injured Palestinian Hassan Qlob, 18, who his father says was shot in the head more than two months ago while out seeking food, lies on a bed as he waits for the Rafah crossing to reopen so he can receive treatment abroad, as his father Ibrahim tends to him, after the Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Hamas accepting bribes to put healthy Gazans on emergency medical evacuation list - report


Gazans take to streets to protest electricity crisis

Gaza’s current electricity infrastructure has the ability to provide for only less than half of the strip’s electricity needs.

A Palestinian woman sits outside her house as she escapes the heat during a power cut at Shatti (beach) refugee camp in Gaza City September 15, 2015.

World Vision lays off contractors in Gaza after Israel allegations

In a letter handed to contractors at a meeting in Gaza, the NGO said its bank accounts in Jerusalem had been frozen by Israeli authorities and it was no longer able to transfer money to Gaza.

Palestinian demonstrators take part in a protest in solidarity with Mohammad El Halabi, World Vision's manager of operations in Gaza who was accused by Israel of funnelling millions of dollars in aid money to Hamas, organised by foundations and societies benefiting from World Vision in Gaza City Aug

Lies, damn lies and demographics: Are Jews now a minority between the river and the sea?

Israeli statisticians bemoan "inflated" Palestinian figures, which suggest Arabs outnumber Jews across Israel and the Palestinian territories.

Jewish youth gather outside Damascus gate on 'Jerusalem Day,' May 17, 2015.

PA: Only 40% of Gaza donations have been received

Last week, UN special coordinator for the Middle East peace process Nickolay Mladenov urged donors to step up to the plate to help rebuild Gaza.

A view shows fishing boats at the seaport of Gaza City on a stormy day January 18, 2016.

Gazans protest PA refusal to release Kuwaiti grant money

The landlords of the destroyed homes gathered Sunday morning outside the building of the Ministry of Public Works and Housing.

The demonstration outside the Ministry of Public Work and Housing on Sunday

Gaza man attempts suicide due to Hamas city officials' harassment

Muhammed Abu Asi, a vendor whose sea-side stand provides food and refreshment to Gaza's beach-goers, was rushed to ER after purposefully swallowing poison.

Palestinian boy buries himself in the sand at beach along the Mediterranean Sea in the northern Gaza Strip July 24, 2015.

UN report links Gaza's rising infant mortality rate to Israeli blockade

UNRWA director: "We are very concerned about the impact of the long-term blockade on health facilities, supplies of medicines and bringing equipment in to Gaza."

A boy who was injured by an explosion at a Hamas training camp at a hospital in Beit Lahiya, Gaza

Poll: 63% of Palestinians unhappy with achievements of Hamas-Israel war

The highest number ever recorded -- 50 percent -- of Palestinians in Gaza are considering emigration, poll finds.

A Palestinian boy plays at a house that witnesses said was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the east of Gaza City

Gaza unemployment world's highest as 60% of youth find themselves jobless

While about 43% of PA’s expenditures are spent in Gaza, only 13% of its revenues come from Gaza

A Palestinian boy plays at a house that witnesses said was destroyed during Operation Protective Edge in the east of Gaza City

First soldiers of Gaza war indicted for theft, obstruction of justice

Two soldiers were indicted for theft of NIS 2,420 and obstruction of justice of the investigation into the theft, while a third soldier was indicted for aiding and abetting the theft.

A Palestinian man walks atop the remains of a house that witnesses said was destroyed by Israeli shelling during a 50-day war last summer, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 10