Rafah Crossing has been closed for five months; longest period in the last decade
August 8, 2017. There are approximately thirty thousand people on the waiting list to exit from Gaza to Egypt. Read More »

New directive at Erez Crossing: Palestinians cannot exit with food, toiletries or electronic devices
August 2, 2017. Intake coordinators at Gisha received an email detailing new guidelines for passage through Erez Crossing. The instructions have not been published anywhere official and will encumber those passing, with no clear purpose. Read More »

Exits through Erez Crossing drop by 55% in the first half of 2017
July 19, 2017. The number of exits by Palestinians through Erez Crossing during the first half of 2017 dropped by 55 percent compared to the same period in 2016. The monthly average was only 6,302 exits in the first half of 2017, compared to a monthly average of more than 14,000 exits in the first half of 2016. Read More »

Gaza’s power plant has resumed operations. Only four consecutive hours of electricity available to residents
July 16, 2017. After hitting an all-time-low last week, Gaza’s sole power plant resumed operations on Friday. Electricity supply to the Strip is currently 140 MW. Read More »

Gaza power plant shut down. Electricity supply plunges to 70 MW
July 13, 2017. Residents of Gaza now receive between two to three hours of electricity followed by 24 hours without power. Read More »

Gaza telecommunications services interrupted for thousands after generator breaks down
July 12, 2017. Service cut off for about ten thousand telephone customers and 8,000 internet customers, after breakdown of generator used by Palestinian communications company, Paltel. Israel impedes the entry of generators and spare parts ordered by the company. Read More »

Electricity in Gaza at an all-time low: Only 90 MW available to residents, one-fifth of demand
July 9, 2017. On top of reductions to the volume of electricity sold to Gaza by Israel, the supply lines from Egypt are out of commission following an attack in the Rafah area. Entrance of fuel from Egypt, intended for Gaza’s power plant, has stopped. Read More »

Unemployment in Gaza in early 2017: Over 40%
July 4, 2017. Unemployment rose again by half a percent in the first quarter of 2017, reaching 41.1%, compared with 40.6% in the final quarter of 2016. Unemployment in Gaza has been higher than 40% since early 2014. Read More »

Gaza’s fishing zone has been reduced, again
June 29, 2017. Israel has reduced Gaza’s fishing zone, which was expanded to nine nautical miles for a period of less than two months, back to six nautical miles. Read More »

Electricity supply sold to Gaza by Israel has been reduced; Gaza’s power plant is operating on fuel from Egypt
June 28, 2017. Electricity is supplied to residents in cycles of between four and six hours of power, followed by 12 hours of cuts. Read More »

At the initiative of Gisha, civil society organizations demand of the attorney general: advise the Security Cabinet to rescind its decision to reduce electricity supply to Gaza
June 14, 2017. At the initiative of Gisha, a coalition of 16 civil society organizations sent an urgent letter yesterday to the attorney general, demanding that he advise the Cabinet to immediately rescind its decision to reduce the electricity supply sold and provided by Israel to the Gaza Strip. Read More »

Gisha’s research director, Salah Mohsen: Any further reduction in Gaza’s electricity will bring Gaza to the brink of a humanitarian crisis
June 13, 2017. Gisha’s research director and Gaza field coordinator were interviewed by Israeli and international media outlets about the electricity crisis in the Strip. Read More »

Gisha in an urgent letter to Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman: Reducing Israel’s electricity supply to Gaza is a red line that must not be crossed
June 11, 2017. Gisha sent an urgent letter this morning to Minister of Defense Avigdor Lieberman, warning against an impending humanitarian crisis in Gaza should Israel decrease current electricity supply to the Strip. The letter was sent following an announcement made by the Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, Maj. Gen. Yoav Mordechai, threatening to reduce the supply of electricity sold and provided to the Strip by Israel. Read More »

Ahead of Ramadan: Travel from Gaza to al-Aqsa Mosque for Friday prayers to be reinstated in limited capacity
May 25, 2017. Ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, due to begin this Saturday, Israel has announced it will allow limited travel to al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem for Friday prayers, for the first time this year. Exits for Friday prayers were discontinued last December. Read More »