all credit goes to: TIME magazine A video about the blockades along the Gaza strip. Blockades, along the Gaza strip, prevent goods from coming in. However, that doesn't stop some people; A series of intricate tunnels have been created to transport goods from Egypt to the strip.

... weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for ... wounded at least seven people, including one seriously, came despite an announcement by Gaza's Hamas rulers that the territory' ... homes. Thirteen Israelis also were killed. Most of the damage in Gaza has not been repaired due to an Israeli blockade that has prevented ...

In the Gaza Strip, the main service provider is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, or UNRWA. This week, the agency announced it is on the brink of financial collapse.  That could mean serious problems for the more than 1 million people who receive food, health and other services from the agency. FSRN's Rami Almeghari has more.

An open letter from a Palestinian resident of Gaza to the President of the United States of America, Mr. Barak Hussein Obama: Dear Mr. President, You will ... of messages you receive from Presidents, Kings, Princes, Sheiks, and Prime Ministers. Who is a Palestinian academic from GAZA, after all, to have the guts and write an open letter to the President of the United States of America? What has ...

Israeli jets have carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring seven Palestinians. On Sunday, Palestinian medical workers ... by Israeli planes included a caravan in the northern Gaza Strip and smuggling tunnels in the south under the border with Egypt ... Times reported. In addition, the Press TV correspondent in Gaza reported that Israeli gunboats were approaching the coast of ...

From Rubin Reports Important Step? Hamas Declares New Ceasefire; Launching Bid for Massive Aid for Gaza Strip Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:04 AM PST By Barry Rubin Israel’s operation into the Gaza Strip last January and the embargo on aid has had an effect. Hamas is now announcing that it will stop attacks

Handicapped Palestinians rally in Gaza for more protection GAZA, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- Tens of handicapped ... Commissioner for Human Rights' office in Gaza City to mark the international day of the disabled ...  "The closure prevents the disabled in Gaza from their simplest rights like treatment and supportive tools ... Shawa added.    In the Gaza Strip, 70,000 people of the coastal ...

... uncovered women there. “They have a much more moderate way of life, and we cannot deal with that.” Well, which is it in Gaza? Wright provides the obligational presentation of the more outrageous clauses in the Hamas Charter ... applies to the occupied territories. During the 1948 war, Palestinian refugees did flee to the Gaza Strip. When the armistice lines were drawn, Gaza was under ...

... , causing no damage or injuries. The border between Israel and Gaza has been relatively quiet since last winter's assault that killed ... attacks focused almost entirely on striking the smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border. Some 270 rockets have been launched ... adviser Ahmed Yusuf says his movement, which rules the Gaza Strip, is serious about their unilateral cease-fire, but called ...

Fishing has historically been an important source of income and sustenance for the residents of the Gaza strip. Yet Israel has systematically been narrowing the amount of space that Gazans can use to fish--first to six miles from shore, and then down to three. Dramatically restricted in their ability to feed their families, the Gazans spoke to Maggie Schmitt about their struggle.