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Palestinians Refugee in Jabaliya refugee Camp

A Palestinian family live in poor conditions in a small house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The camp has one of the...

by Sameh Rahmi in Palestinian Territory on 06/02/2012

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Daily life in the northern area of the Gaza Strip

Palestinian Children play in front of their houses in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern area of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Territories. 5th...

by Sameh Rahmi in Palestinian Territory on 05/02/2012

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Graffiti commemorates life of Vittorio Arrigoni - Gaza

Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian reporter who worked with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip from 2008 until his...

by Jeffrey Bright in Palestinian Territory on 04/02/2012

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Shops demolished in the Ras al-Amud neighborhood - Jerusalem
House demolition is a controversial tactic used by the Israeli Defence Forces in Jerusalem, the West Bank, and the Gaza Strip against Palestinians and Israeli settlers. Israel. 7th Febr...
Palestinians Refugee in Jabaliya refugee Camp
A Palestinian family live in poor conditions in a small house in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. The camp has one of the highest population densities in the world....
Daily life in the northern area of the Gaza Strip
Palestinian Children play in front of their houses in the Jabaliya refugee camp in the northern area of the Gaza Strip. Palestinian Territories. 5th February 2012.
Graffiti commemorates life of Vittorio Arrigoni - Gaza
Vittorio Arrigoni, an Italian reporter who worked with the pro-Palestinian International Solidarity Movement in the Gaza Strip from 2008 until his death 2011, is remembered in graffiti ...
Israeli air strike aftermath in the northern Gaza Strip
Palestinians inspect a house and supermarket damaged in an airstrike in the northern Gaza Strip. Israeli military confirmed the strike in a statement. GAza, Palestine. 3rd February 2012
Convoy of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attacked in Gaza Strip
Dozens of Palestinians threw shoes, sticks and stones at the UN General-Secretary's convoy as it crossed into the Gaza Strip, protesting against Palestinians held in Israel's ...
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visits the Gaza Strip
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon speaks during a press conference as he visits the construction site of a housing project in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip, Palestine. 2nd Februa...
Palestinian children warm themselves in destroyed house in Gaza
Palestinian children sit beside a fire to warm themselves in the cold winter in their destroyed house, which was lost during the Israeli offensive on Gaza. Bait Lahiya, Palestinian Terr...
Palestinian Bedouin refugees in El Zaituon -  Palestinian Territory
A reportage of Palestinian Bedouin refugees living inside their tents in the El Zaituon neighbourhood, one of the poorest regions in the Gaza strip, struggling with climate change and s...
UN Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik in Sheikh Jarrah
Raquel Rolnik, the UN Special Rapporteur on adequate housing, during a visit to the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to listen to their problems. Jerusalem, Israel. 30th January 2012
Impoverished Palestinians in the Gaza Strip cook during a winter night
A Palestinian woman bakes bread over firewood inside her tent in one of the poorest regions of the Al-Zaiton neighbourhood during a cold winter night. Gaza City, Palestinian Territory. ...
Daily life in Gaza Strip
A Palestinian refugee children plays in one of the poorest regions in the Al-Zaiton neighbourhood, in the Gaza strip. Palestinian Territories. 29th January 2012
Daily life in Jabaliya Refugee camp - Gaza Strip
Palestinians warm themselves around a fire in their house on a cold winter evening in the Jabaliya Refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian Territory. 23rd January 2012
Heavy rain and cold winds in the northern Gaza Strip
Streets are flooded after heavy rain and cold winds in Beit Lahia in North Gaza Strip. A rain storm has been ongoing in the Gaza Strip for three days and according to the Palestinian me...
A rainbow over the northern Gaza Strip
A rainbow rises over the northern Gaza Strip after a rain shower. Gaza Strip. 22nd January 2012
Nearly 400 balloon launched for child victims of war - Dallas
Palestinian college students hold a balloon launch at the John F. Kennedy memorial in memory of the children killed during the three-week long Gaza War, or Operation Cast Lead, of the I...
Funeral for two Palestinians in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip
Palestinian mourners and relatives react during the funeral of Mohammed Abu Odeh and Ahmad Al Zaanin in Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip. 18th January 2012
Israeli high court upholds controversial citizenship law‎
The Israeli Supreme Court is set to prevent citizenships to Palestinians of the West Bank or Gaza, or Arabs from hostile states such as Syria, Lebanon and Iran that are married to Arabs...
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya visits Sidi Bouzid - Tunisia
Ismail Haniyeh, Hamas prime minister of Gaza strip visits Sidi Bouzid, where the arab spring has been said to have begun . Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. 7th January 2012
Gaza government to support 100 cases of IVF
The Palestinian government in Gaza has decided to spend $50,000 to support 100 cases of IVF in the Gaza Strip, with each case receiving $500 from the government. Palestine. 4th January ...