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The only crossing for commercial goods between Israel and Gaza has been closed five times since the end of February.

The Gaza Kitchen reveals the strength of Gaza’s culture, traditions and heritage.

Farmers in the West Bank village of Salem have only been allowed access their olive groves for four days this year.

Recently released documents reveal that Israel deliberately allowed much less food than was previously thought to have been imported into Gaza.

Palestinians are cautious about the future of freedom of movement between the Gaza Strip and Egypt.

On 26 November, Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon threatened to cut Israeli electricity, water and ties to Gaza’s infrastructure serving the 1.6 million residents of the Gaza Strip.

Though The Electronic Intifada correspondent Rami Almeghari’s family has finally accessed medical treatment for his ailing wife, unlike other less lucky families in Gaza, the obstacles they have encountered are absurd.

Year by year, the warnings of Gaza’s health crisis grow more dire, with the latest warning from Gaza’s Ministry of Health stating the Strip is at emergency levels of medical supplies.

Egypt’s border with the Hamas-run Gaza Strip was reopened to Palestinian travelers Wednesday after a series of squabbles over operational procedures had temporarily brought cross-border traffic to a halt.