The Palestinian group Islamic Jihad says an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire with Israel has been agreed after air attacks killed at least 34 people in Gaza. The truce was in force from 5:30 am local time (03:30 GMT), the group’s [ More … ]
Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel on Wednesday met with the head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency, Nadav Argaman, in Tel Aviv, Israeli media has reported. Israel has charged the head of Egypt’s intelligence services, [ More … ]
Twenty months have passed since four Palestinian young men from the occupied Gaza Strip were mysteriously abducted after entering Egypt via Rafah crossing. It is worth to mention that the Egyptian authorities have not released [ More … ]
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel and Egypt of systematically preventing rights workers from investigating abuses in the Gaza Strip. On Monday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) published a report excoriating the governments of Israel and [ More … ]
Crowded masses marched on Wednesday in the Rafah governorate in the southern Gaza Strip for the funeral of 15-year-old Yousif Shaaban Abu Athra, who was killed before dawn on Wednesday by an Israeli artillery shell [ More … ]
An 18-year-old Palestinian was killed and two other Palestinians were injured by Israeli shelling in eastern Rafah city in the southern Gaza Strip before dawn on Wednesday. Locals said that Israeli drones were also flying [ More … ]
The Israeli army said that a rocket fired from the besieged Gaza Strip landed in an open area in southern Israel on Monday morning, reporting no injuries or damages as a result of the incident. [ More … ]
Two Palestinians were killed and five were injured during a reported Israeli airstrike on a smuggling tunnel between Egypt and Gaza on Wednesday night, official Palestinian sources said. Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra [ More … ]
A report published by New Arab newspaper stated that Senior Egyptian intelligence officials pressed Hamas to restart its negotiations with Israel for releasing four Israeli captives in Gaza. Last year, Hamas released a video through which [ More … ]
A security delegation from the besieged Gaza Strip headed on Tuesday evening to Egypt via the Rafah crossing to meet with Egyptian officials. Sources said that Hamas security delegation led by Major Tawfiq Abu Naim, head of [ More … ]
Israeli Forces targeted Saturday afternoon a small flying object with a camera after crossing the eastern borders of Gaza, Israeli media sources claimed. The sources said that Israeli forces sighted a suspicious object in the [ More … ]
Mekameleen TV Channel has broadcast a leaked audio phone call for Egypt’s Intelligence Maj.General Wael al-Safty, officially responsible for the Palestinian Portfolio at Egypt’s General Intelligence Service, and Mohamed Dahlan, the former strongman of Fatah [ More … ]
Muslims have celebrated one of the two most important holidays of the Islamic calendar, Eid Al-Adha (Corban Feast). In commemoration of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son on God’s command, Muslims slaughter animals such as [ More … ]
One of the most important Israeli research centers has advised Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to ask the International Coalition against the Islamic State to annex Sinai Peninsula into the areas targeted by the coalition forces, according [ More … ]
Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi of Egypt received King Abdullah II of Jordan in the presidential palace in Cairo, according to Jordan Times. The King was on a brief visit to Egypt to discuss bilateral relations between the [ More … ]
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