More than 1,800 children from Gaza traveled to medical treatment outside the Strip without their parents
October 10, 2019. The World Health Organization published a new report on access to healthcare in the Palestinian territory. According to the report, in 2018, 39% of patient permit requests from Gaza were delayed or denied. Read More »

District court upholds state’s position, preventing Palestine Cup final
September 23, 2019. Israel denying the Gaza cup holder from traveling to the West Bank for a final rematch, under dubious claim that the vast majority of the team pose threat to security Read More »

Gisha petitions district court on behalf of Rafah football club blocked from reaching Palestine Cup final by Israel
September 18, 2019. Following submission of our petition, Israel updates that it will allow 11 members of the team out, but only five of them players.   Read More »

Gisha executive director speaks at UN Conference in Ankara
September 12, 2019. Gisha’s executive director, Tania Hary, participated yesterday in the 2019 International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East organized by the UN in Ankara, Turkey. Among other things, she spoke about the vast potential of young people in Gaza. Read More »

Five years since the disappearance of Avera Mengistu and Hisham Al-Sayed
September 5, 2019. Five years ago, on September 7, 2014, Avera Mengistu, an Israeli citizen, crossed the northern section of the fence separating Israel and Gaza, headed toward the Gaza shore. He has not been seen since. On April 20, 2015, another Israeli citizen, Hisham Al-Sayed, entered Gaza through an opening in the fence in the eastern Gaza Strip. His fate has also been unknown since. Read More »

Unemployment in Gaza in Q2 of 2019 is 46.7%
September 4, 2019. Gaza’s unemployment rate rose 0.4% in the second quarter of 2019, and now stands at 46.7%. Women’s employment plummeted by 14%. Read More »

Gaza power plant resumes operation of third turbine after fuel supply restored
September 2, 2019. The Gaza power plant resumed operation of a third turbine after about 10 trucks of fuel entered the Strip today. Last week, Israel ordered that only half the supply could enter. Read More »

Following Israel’s reduction of fuel transfer to the Strip: Electricity supply to Gaza residents down to around nine hours per day
August 29, 2019. Since Monday, Gaza’s power plant has only been producing about 45 megawatts. Electricity supply to residents down to 4-5 hours, followed by 12-hour outages. Read More »

Israel cuts supply of fuel to Gaza’s power plant by half “until further notice”
August 26, 2019. The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories acknowledges that the decision will “lead to a significant decline in the supply of electricity to residents of the Strip.” Read More »

Rise in crossings of Palestinians from Gaza to Israel. What does it mean?
August 22, 2019. Over the past few months, the number of crossings of Palestinians from Gaza into Israel via Erez Crossing has increased. Does this signal that the closure is being lifted as part of talks between Israel and Hamas? Not necessarily. Read More »

Gisha’s statement on denial of entry to Congresspeople
August 15, 2019.  Israel is trying to prevent “provocative” criticism of its policies, but the truth of the occupation cannot be hidden, not even behind walls or checkpoints. Read More »

International Youth Day
August 12, 2019. Today is International Youth Day. Children, teenagers and young adults in Gaza are full of potential. They deserve freedom of movement, without which they cannot realize their dreams and ambitions. Read More »

Israel returned 66 boats it seized from Gaza fishermen; according to Gaza Agriculture Ministry, 26 more boats have yet to be returned
August 7, 2019. In early May 2019, in response to a High Court petition (Hebrew) filed by Gisha, Adalah, and Al Mezan, Israel committed before the court to return some 65 boats it had seized from fishermen in the Gaza Strip. Read More »

Number of people employed in the Gaza Strip dropped by 6% in the first quarter of 2019
August 1, 2019. The unemployment rate in Gaza in the first quarter of 2019 was 46.3 percent. What appears to be a drop in unemployment is actually an artificial decrease resulting from changes to the methodology used by the PCBS. Read More »