Three Israeli navy ships are encircling the French boat “Dignity” and blocking it from continuing its sail to the Gaza Strip on a humanitarian mission, press reports said on Tuesday.

The Israeli government is holding official contacts with its Irish counterpart in a bid to convince the Rachel Corrie aid ship to unload its shipment of relief material to Gaza

John Holmes, the UN under-secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, has denounced the Israeli attack on the Freedom Flotilla that was heading to break the Israeli siege on Gaza.

MP Jamal Al-Khudari, the head of the popular committee against the siege, has called on the world community and the free world to provide protection for the solidarity activists aboard

Three foreign solidarity activists were injured when the Israeli occupation forces (IOF) used blind force to quell a peaceful anti-wall march in Beit Jala town, Bethlehem district.

European vessels loaded with relief material to the Gaza Strip would first head to Greece and Turkey in mid May to group with other boats boarded by solidarity activists en

The second phase of upgrading the Gaza harbor has kicked off, minister of public works and housing Dr. Yousef Mansi announced on Monday.

The second phase of upgrading the Gaza harbor has kicked off, minister of public works and housing Dr. Yousef Mansi announced on Monday.

Hamdy Shaath, the head of the government committee to break the siege, said he expected the international aid convoy Lifeline-3 to reach Gaza Strip by Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.