Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Israel has used combat unmanned aerial vehicles in the missile war in the Gaza Strip, a human rights group said. The Palestinian Center for Human Rights said the Israel Air Force was directing combat UAV operations throughout the Gaza Strip. The center said the UAVs were firing air-to-ground rockets […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas, amid rising unrest, has ordered the closure of all banks in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas police were stationed outside banks throughout the Gaza Strip since June 4. The sources said the deployment was meant to prevent raids by unpaid Hamas civil servants on the financial […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime has begun arresting critics of its new ally, Qatar. Hamas security forces have sought to stop criticism of Qatar and its leading figures. Palestinian sources said the Hamas regime arrested a former Palestinian Authority minister after he criticized Qatar’s Sheik Yusef Qaradawi, deemed the leading Sunni […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas has ordered security agencies to quell Western fashion in the Gaza Strip. Officials said the Interior Ministry has outlined standards of dress for young Muslims that rule out Western styles or haircuts. They said the ministry has recruited both the police and security forces for the campaign. “They […]
Special to WorldTribune.com RAMALLAH — The Palestinian Authority, despite appeals from Western donors, continues its crackdown on the media in the West Bank. PA security forces have been arresting Palestinian journalists on charges of insulting chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Opposition sources said the arrests were conducted by the Preventive Security Apparatus and General Intelligence Security. “PCHR […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — Hamas, pressed by the rise in the Salafist opposition, has cracked down on young men with long hair. A Palestinian human rights group said Hamas police have been detaining young men from the Gaza Strip who do not confirm with the Islamist dress code. The Palestinian Center for Human […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Hamas regime again suspects the Fatah movement of fomenting unrest in the Gaza Strip. Palestinian sources said Hamas security agencies have intensified monitoring of the opposition Fatah movement amid the fuel crisis in the Gaza Strip. They said the Hamas Interior Ministry suspected that Fatah operatives were trying […]
Special to WorldTribune.com GAZA CITY — The Gaza Strip has been struck by a sharp drop in fuel smuggling from Egypt. Officials said Egyptian security forces have blocked shipments of fuel through the Sinai Peninsula toward the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in 2012. They said this has reduced fuel supplies to about 50 percent of consumption […]