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


Trump's mideast peace team to Hamas: Stop terror in exchange for aid

"Seventy years after the founding of Israel, it would be wise for Hamas to acknowledge that the existence of Israel is a permanent reality."

US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt, Senior Advisor Jared Kushner, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israeli ambassador to the US Ron Dermer during a meeting in Jerusalem June 22 2018.

WATCH: Behind the Smokescreen Part II - Exclusive footage from Gaza

"Hamas knows that it can count on the international community when it launches initiatives such as those 'peaceful protests,' while Israel has no choice but to defend its borders."

A Palestinian poses as he prepares a kite before trying to fly it with incendiaries over the border fence with Israel, in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip on May 4, 2018.

WATCH: Exclusive footage from inside Gaza reveals true face of protests

"Hamas knows that it can count on the international community when it launches initiatives such as those 'peaceful protests' which have claimed too many lives already."

A Palestinian poses as he prepares a kite before trying to fly it with incendiaries over the border fence with Israel, in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip on May 4, 2018.

The Gaza border – Israel’s White Cliffs of Dover

The underlying message of the Gaza protests, missed by most of the media coverage so far, is the wish to trample the border and extinguish hope for a two-state solution.

A Palestinian wears an 'Anonymous' mask and holds a Palestinian flag during protests in Gaza

Palestinian Authority pays wages in the West Bank but not Gaza

The authority's finance ministry in Ramallah said the payment delay in Gaza was because of "technical issues".

A Palestinian vendor sells vegetables at a market in Gaza City

Israelis on Gaza border unmoved by Palestinian protests

Confrontations on each of the last two Fridays have been clearly visible from Nahal Oz, a kibbutz just 800 meters from the frontier.

Farmer Daniel Rahamim in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, near the Gaza Strip border, Israel April 8, 2018

Is Gaza Under Siege?

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What Israel’s policy should be regarding Gaza’s ‘humanitarian’ crisis

To prevent humanitarian crisis, Hamas should be left with policing capabilities, because the most important single cause preventing humanitarian crisis is law and order.

A Palestinian girl drinks from a public tap at the Jabaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip

Israeli mayors to US: Help resolve Gaza electricity, water crisis

The lack of power has crippled the treatment of sewage in Gaza, such that some 90,000 cu.m. of sewage flow daily into the Mediterranean Sea and other waterways.

Palestinian fishermen are reflected in wastewater as they prepare their boat on a beach in the central Gaza Strip June 26, 2014.

COGAT works to thwart disease from sewage pollution

The sewage travels in Gaza through Wadi Hanun, near Beit Hanun and continues into Israel around the area of the Erez Crossing, Bromberg said.

IDF LT. LIOR SHWEITZER (left) prepares the delivery to Gaza of pesticide at a border crossing last week