Palestinian girls show off their dresses as they attend a mass wedding ceremony in Khan Younis in southern Gaza on July 31, 2008. Some 200 couples were married in Khan Younis in a group wedding organized by the Islamic Society, a group affiliated to Hamas. The newly wedded brides held a separate closed-door celebration for their weddings.(UPI photo /Ismael Mohamad)
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Israel attacks Gaza by air, land
AMMAN -- Israeli military forces on Friday killed six Gazans in air strikes and a ground incursion into the Hamas-controlled strip, a day after Israeli leaders vowed to strike at Hamas following an attack by Gaza militants who killed two Israelis at a border oil depot.
Gaza's great lake: New crisis ahead
GAZA – The problem of sewage management in Gaza is not a new issue; it dates back to the Israeli occupation of the coastal territory in 1967. At that time, Israel built the sewage treatment facilities which are still in operation today. The plant was built to serve a population of 380,000 people. Since then the population of Gaza has grown to 1.5 million.
Gazan fishermen driven into destitution
The Gaza Strip enjoys some 30-miles of Mediterranean coastline and it was famed for its sardines and shrimp. Yet Israel's unrelenting restrictions on some 3,000 Gazans involved in the fishing business have driven them, and their more than 10,000 dependents, into virtual destitution.
Six killed by Israeli fire in Gaza
Six Palestinians, including a teenage boy and three Hamas militants, were killed by Israeli fire in the Gaza Strip Thursday as troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of a four-month offensive.
Five killed in Israeli strike on Gaza
Five Palestinians, including a 13-year-old boy, were killed in an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip Thursday as ground troops mounted a fresh incursion as part of an ongoing four-month offensive.
Five Hamas militants killed in Israeli offensive
A Palestinian teenager and five militants from the governing movement Hamas were killed as Israel pounded the Gaza Strip with fresh airstrikes and launched a new ground operation Wednesday.
Poverty a threat to new Palestinian school year
"I don't have the money to send my children to school," broods father-of-four Mohammed Abu Mur in depressed south Gaza. A Palestinian civil servant, he has not been paid for six months.
Gazans search for 'safe' beaches to quell summer heat
The crowds of Palestinians that normally swarm the beach this time of year are nowhere to be seen at the beautiful sand beaches near the northern Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahya.
Israel continues air assault on Gaza
Israel pressed on with its air assault on Gaza on Friday in a bid to retrieve a soldier abducted nearly three weeks ago and stop rocket attacks but troops withdrew from the center of the territory.
