Hamas closing Gaza's mobile phone company over 'tax dodge'

Last Updated: Friday, June 26, 2015, 18:51

Hamas authorities ordered today the closure of the offices of Jawwal, the only mobile phone company operating in the Gaza Strip, accusing it of tax dodging.

Israel to let more building materials into Gaza

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:17

Israel is to allow the entry of more building materials into the Gaza Strip, the defence ministry said on Sunday, and a UN refugee agency said they should be delivered soon.

Israel to let more building materials into Gaza

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 19:42

Israel is to allow the entry of more building materials into the Gaza Strip, officials on both sides said Sunday.

Israeli fire kills Palestinian: Gaza official

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:35

A Palestinian health official says Israeli fire has killed a man and wounded another in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli troops kill Palestinian man in northern Gaza

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 00:30

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian man on Friday and wounded another in a cross-border confrontation with protesters in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army and Palestinian hospital officials said.

Israel kills Gaza militant blamed for rockets during Sharon funeral

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 22, 2014, 12:32

Israel killed two Gaza gunmen in an air strike on Wednesday, blaming one of them for firing rockets across the border during former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon`s funeral last week.

Israel carries out air raids on Gaza Strip

Last Updated: Sunday, January 19, 2014, 15:22

The Israeli Army launched two air raids on the Gaza Strip overnight in retaliation against a rocket attack on southern Israel, it said on Sunday.

Five Palestinians wounded in Israeli Gaza raid

Last Updated: Thursday, January 16, 2014, 12:27

Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip against training camps used by the armed wing of the territory`s Hamas rulers left four children and a woman wounded overnight, Palestinian medical sources said on Thursday.

Israel war hero Ariel Sharon buried after military state funeral

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 14, 2014, 09:58

Hailed as an indomitable commander, Ariel Sharon, Israel`s war hero, was buried on Monday at his family`s Sycamore ranch.

Gaza projectiles hit Israel after Sharon burial: Army

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 23:44

Gaza militants fired two projectiles which struck an area close to the ranch where former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon was laid to rest on Monday.

Israel beefs up security for Sharon`s funeral near Gaza Strip

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 14:19

Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85 after remaining in coma for eight years, will be laid to rest beside his wife Lily at Anemones Hill nearby the family`s northern Negev Sycamore Ranch this evening.