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Items by Mohammed Asad
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Gaza farmers protest Israel restrictions on exports
Palestinian farmers in the Gaza Strip are facing hardships and working at a loss as a result of the terms set out for exports by the Israeli occupation authorities. Holding a protest yesterday, farmers said rules – which include the transport of goods to their intended buyer without lids –...
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It's a date: The harvest season begins in Gaza
Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have started harvesting their date palms...
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Gaza looking for imports as olive harvest slumps
As Palestinian farmers harvest their olive crop this season, they are met with frustration at the low yields...
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'Music helps Palestinians remain steadfast', teacher says
As a musician in his sixties, Khader Al-Bayed, has witnessed numerous stages of Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands, but he's also seen how music has been used as instrument of resistance....
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Israel kills Palestinian, injures 15 others in Gaza
A Palestinian was killed and 15 were wounded by the Israeli occupation forces as protests calling for the end of the siege on Gaza continued....
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Gaza begins vaccination campaign in schools
A campaign to vaccinate secondary school students against the coronavirus was launched in Gaza ...
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UN, Palestine team remove unexploded Israel bomb from Gaza building
It took the UNMAS team and explosives engineers from the Palestinian police force 14 days to retrieve the missile...
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Israel injured 14 peaceful Palestinian protesters in Gaza
Israeli occupation forces opened fire at protesters gathered near the fence separating Gaza from the occupation state...
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Gaza’s women-only beauty oil business
Women in Gaza have manufactured a range of botanical toiletries which are free from radicals and chemical...
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Gaza re-opens Ottoman-era house
"Today we launch 'Our heritage, our identity' exhibition with a host of traditional, cultural and arts activities and events. It comes as part of the reopening of an archaeological house which belongs to the Ghussein family. It is one of the oldest houses in the Old City."...
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Gaza prepares animals for Eid Al-Adha
As the Eid Al-Adha holiday approaches, Palestinians in Gaza are preparing calves and sheep for slaughter...
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Gaza incurs $479m in losses following Israel offensive
The housing sector and infrastructure losses made up 61 per cent out of the overall damages incurred...
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Children in Gaza call on the world to save them
Children at the port of Gaza placed their letters of dreams and aspirations into bottles and threw them into the sea in the hope that they would reach the world...
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Palestinians sit the Tawjihi high school exam
Some 84,598 male and female students in all governorates across Palestine will sit the Tawjihi high school exam today. The Ministry of Education said that the students applying for the exam are distributed among 896 halls, adding that 25,000 staff members are facilitating the exams, including observers, those marking the papers, administrators,...
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Gaza 'engineers' its way out of the siege
On display, a remote control operated robot which can be used to approach the remains of explosives and suspicious objects and help extinguish fires....
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Gaza launches Journalism Square to honour media outlets
The Palestinian Media Forum launched ‘Sahafa Square’ (Journalism Square) in Gaza today in front of the destroyed Al-Jawhara Tower which housed media companies, in honour of journalists whose work has been affected by the Israeli aggression. The initiative was launched in cooperation with the Gaza Municipality, Mayor of Gaza, Yahya...
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Gaza’s economy further crippled by 33-day closure of commercial crossing
The Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, which is the economic lifeline of Gaza, has now been closed for 33 days...
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Gaza rallies in support of Jerusalem, Al-Aqsa
Mass rallies were held in the besieged Gaza Strip today in support of Jerusalem and Al-Aqsa Mosque after the Muslim Holy site witness a week of Israeli offensives and attacks...
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New police cadres graduate in Gaza
Police training was carried out during the graduation ceremony, which included: simulating the execution of police operations, including dealing with "riots" and controlling "outlaws", in addition to infantry demonstrations...
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Gaza stands in solidarity with detained journalists
Solidarity event in Gaza demanding the release of journalist Alaa Al-Rimawi who was detained by Israeli forces from his home in the West Bank...
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Palestinian uses art therapy to overcome trauma of paralysis
Karima Al-Najjar sits in her wheelchair and draws well-known Arab figures using a paper and pencil, it was her way to overcome the trauma she suffered as a result of an accident in her teens....
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Palestinian woman using fungus to end unemployment
'In light of the high unemployment rates in the Gaza Strip, I thought of establishing my own business so that I could benefit from it'...
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Clean water and independence, Gaza’s desalination plant provides hope
The first phase of the project is expected to provide 55 million cups of clean water annually...
