Palestinian health officials in the Gaza Strip say a total of 20 people, including nine children, have been killed in fighting with Israel
Ahmed Eissa, a father of two living in the Gaza Strip, was already struggling to make ends meet on USD 7 a day, dealing with frequent electricity cuts and worried that another war might break out. Then the coronavirus found its way into the impoverished Palestinian territory, just as Israel was tightening its blockade in a standoff with Gaza's militant Hamas rulers, and a strict lockdown has confined everyone to their homes. Now Eissa doesn't know how he will feed his family. I don't have savings and I don't have a job, so no one would lend me money," he said. "I won't beg from anyone." The restrictions imposed by Hamas are aimed at averting what many fear would be an even bigger catastrophe: a wide-scale outbreak in a population of 2 million people confined to a territory where the health care system has been devastated by years of war and isolation. The lockdown was triggered by the discovery earlier this week of the first locally spread cases, after months in which infections w
The lockdown will cover all Gaza's districts starting from Monday night, including the closure of all official and educational institutions
The chairman pointed out that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has been deteriorating, noting that 80 per cent of the people live under the poverty line
The Palestinian resistance has the right to respond to Israeli attacks as well as "its aggression against our people," said the statement
The military said its targets included a compound used by Hamas' naval force and underground infrastructure and observation posts
Israeli aircraft attacks two military facilities for Hamas, the Islamic group ruling Gaza
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Palestinians burned mounds of tyres and threw stones at Israeli soldiers over the border fence, who responded with tear gas and live fire
Thousands of Palestinians, including women and children, arrived by buses at six different areas in the eastern part of the Gaza Strip to join the march