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[08 Jan 2013] Gazans struggle to cope with cold winter - English

[13 Mar 2013] People in Gaza condemn attacks on Press TV - English

[04 April 2013] Israel shifts anger from West Bank to Gaza - English

[17 April 2013] Gazans rally to mark Prisoners Day - English

The visit by the controversial Egyptian born cleric Yusef al Qaradawi to Gaza drew condemnation by many Palestinian people as well as Palestinian factions. On Thursday a group of Palestinians from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) rallied against his visit.They carried posters and chanted slogans in support of the Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. Follow our Facebook on: https://www.facebook.com/PRESSTV Follow our Twitter on: http://twitter.com/presstv Follow our Tumblr on: http://presstvchannel.tumblr.com

Years of Israeli violations have brought about rising levels of water pollution in the besieged Gaza Strip. And, on top of the pollution, Gaza\\\\\\\'s only water source is diminishing as Israel continues to steal water from the region

A United Nations human rights body has criticized the Tel Aviv regime for torturing Palestinian children, saying the Israeli military frequently uses them as human shields in its operations. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child said on Thursday Palestinian children in the occupied West Bank and blockaded Gaza Strip are normally not allowed to have their birth registered, and are denied access to health care, decent schooling as well as safe drinking water. The UN report also stated that an estimated 7,000 Palestinian children aged 12 to 17, but some as young as nine, have been arrested, interrogated and detained over the past ten years. Press TV has conducted an interview with Paul Larudee, from the Free Palestine Movement, about this issue.

Continued Egyptian crackdown on tunnels between the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula has caused prices of goods to increase. Under the choking Israeli blockade, tunnels are considered as a lifeline for over 1.7 million Gazans. Tunnels are used as pathways to bring in badly needed supplies into Gaza including cement and fuel. Hamas says the recent Egyptian move will increase the suffering in the coastal enclave. People are seen standing in line for hours just to get few liters of fuel for their cars and electrical generators. Egypt\'s campaign on the tunnels began in March with the flooding of underground passages. The Egyptian campaign has intensified over the past two weeks ahead of a wave of opposition protests in Egypt, which is expected to start at the end of June. Ashraf Shannon, Press TV, Gaza

Egypt is tightening security measures along its borders with the Gaza Strip following massive unrest in the country. The new security measures are affecting the daily lives of many Gazans in the coastal enclave. Gaza has been suffering for several years from an Israeli blockade which has caused a lot of difficulty for the people living there. But now the new situation on the Egyptian border is making the economic situation in the coastal enclave much more difficult than before. Due to the tight Israeli blockade, Gaza depends on the tunnels to obtain essential supplies and cheaper fuel. Estimates show 40 percent of the coastal enclave\'s needs come via underground tunnels. Hala al-Safadi, Press TV, Gaza

Israeli forces have arrested a Palestinian boy for allegedly throwing a stone at Israeli soldiers: the boy is only 5-years old. The incident happened in the city of Hebron or al-Khalil in the Occupied West Bank. The Israeli army has said the boy had endangered passers-by. The detention a 5-year old innocent boy is not an isolated case involving the violation of Palestinian rights. There is a long list of such violations including the siege on the Gaza Strip since 2007, arbitrary abduction and arrest of Palestinians; destruction of their homes to name just a few. On this edition of the show we ask: Why the international community is inactive in the face of these violations? What would be the reaction of the US and the EU if a 5-year old has been arrested anywhere else other than Israel?

The temporary reopening of the Rafah crossing is not enough to meet the needs of the Gaza Strip\'s one-point-seven-million-strong population. Thousands of Gazans are currently stranded in the impoverished coastal enclave. Press TV\'s Ashraf Shannon reports from Gaza.

The European Union has decided to bar all 28 member states from using any EU funds for projects in Israel\'s illegal settlements. Also beginning in 2014, all bilateral contracts must include a clause stating that East Jerusalem al-Quds, the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Golan Heights are not a part of Israel. The directive will primarily affect research projects and financial grants. The declaration isn\'t a boycott of the colonies\' private sector, meaning the EU will continue to be Israel\'s number one trading partner, with some €30 billion in annual trade. But many are commending Brussels for finally introducing some accountability for the criminal theft of Palestinian land and resources. Analysts say that with the EU stuck in recession, Brussels is becoming more selective about their financial assistance for Israel. Europe is also fed up with funding Palestinian projects, only to see them destroyed by regular Israeli aggression. Ramin Mazaheri, Press TV, Paris

Palestinians in the Gaza Strip marched after Friday prayers, marking the International Quds Day. Thousands of people thronged the streets of Gaza to join the rally.

[20 August 2013] Egypt closes the Rafah border after 25 policemen are killed in a Sinai blast - English

[5 Sept 2013] Gazans protest al-Aqsa mosque desecration - English

[08 Sept 2013] Concerns growing over Egypt\'s restrictions on Rafah crossing - English

[15 Sept 2013] Egypt military promises to press ahead with Sinai Campaign - English

[6 Oct 2013] Egypt continues destroying Gaza tunnels - English

[06 Oct 2013] Palestinian refugees protest UNRWA aid cut - English

sraeli forces clash with Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The clashes took place in the village of Bi\'lin after Israeli forces murdered a Palestinian there. Israeli authorities say the man was a suspect in last year\'s explosion on a bus in Tel Aviv. They say Israeli forces also detained two other Palestinians in connection with the blast. The explosion had happened during Israel\'s military offensive on the Gaza Strip.

Eleven years has passed since the end of Israeli siege on the ccurch of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The 39-day siege was ended after a deal between the Palestinian Authority and Israel to deport 39 Palestinians. Twenty-six Palestinians were deported to Gaza Strip and thirteen others were deported to European countries. Today, the deportees in Gaza have reiterated their call for return. They also call for an investigation into the deportation deal.

26 Palestinians have been released from Israeli prisons. However, thousands of Palestinians remain in Israeli detention centers. 21 of the prisoners are from the West Bank and the other five are from the Gaza Strip. They are the second group of prisoners that have been released since August. Israel approved the prisoner release under the terms of the renewed US-brokered talks with the Palestinians. Tel Aviv agreed to release 104 Palestinian prisoners in stages following the start of negotiations on July 30.

26 Palestinian prisoners who were imprisoned prior to the signing of the so-called Oslo Peace accord were released late Tuesday night.Only five of them are from the Gaza Strip. Hundreds of people mainly family members waited to welcome them as they were making their way through the Israeli controlled Erez crossing in northern Gaza.

Mountains of garbage have accumulated across the streets of Gaza for days as the waste collection vehicles in the coastal Strip stopped working due to severe fuel shortage. Local municipalities have started to use donkeys in order to collect waste from cities and villages across the region.

Human Rights Activists and members of the international aid convoy known as \"Miles of Smiles Convoy\" have organized a press conference focusing on the Israeli blockade of Gaza strip. They gathered in front of the Israeli controlled Erez crossing to highlight the many miseries of people of Gaza.

As human rights abuses by israel are on the rise, Tel Aviv is set to join the UN Human rights Council. The irony has not been missed, as currently Israel is threatening to expel 70 thousand Bedouins from the Negev Desert who have lived on the land for at least a thousand year. Many see Israel being part of the UN Human Rights Council as problematic. This as Tel Aviv continues its siege on the Gaza Strip and Gazans have very little energy sources, clean water or proper sewage system.

Members of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine hold a rally in front of the Erez crossing in northern Gaza to express their solidarity with many palestianian who are in Israeli jails and detention centers. Erez is Israel\'s only pedestrian crossing with the Gaza Strip.

It has been over five weeks since Gaza\\\'s power plant stopped working. This has seriously affected all aspects of life in the tiny and impoverished coastal strip in many ways including water supply, sewage treatment and medical care. Amjad Shawa the director of Palestinian Non-Governmental Organizations Network (PNGO) made an urgent appeal to the international community to help alleviate the suffering in the blockaded coastal territory.