November 10, 2013
4:53 pm

Isra Almodallal, 23, the first woman to be appointed as a spokesperson for Hamas, the conservative Islamist group that rules the Gaza Strip, speaks during an interview at Hamas information ministry in Gaza City (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Hamas’s first spokeswoman to promote ‘more human’ image

With their influence waning, Gaza rulers appoint 23-year-old Isra Almodallal in a bid to appeal to broader audiences

By Ibrahim Barzak

October 2, 2013
11:04 pm

This photograph released by the Gaza Strip Interior Ministry purports to show a gallows prepared for the execution of Hani Abu Aliyan, a 28-year-old convicted of killing two people, in the Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. (photo credit: AP/Gaza Interior Ministry)

Hamas executes Gaza man convicted of murder

Hani Abu Aliyan, 28, hanged by the neck until dead in presence of victim’s family

By Ibrahim Barzak

August 20, 2013
11:32 am

In this Monday, July 22, 2013 photo, a man walks through remains of St. Hilarion’s monastery in the Jabaliya refugee camp, northern Gaza Strip. St. Hilarion’s monastery, a reminder of the time in late antiquity when Christianity was the dominant faith in what is now the Gaza Strip, is one of many archaeological treasures scattered across this coastal territory. (photo credit: AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)

Gaza’s ancient ruins endangered by modern sprawl

Construction in one of the most crowded places on earth imperils sites spanning 4,500 years, from Bronze Age ramparts to Byzantine mosaics

By Daniela Berretta and Ibrahim Barzak

August 3, 2013
7:45 am

Hamas security forces stand guard at the closed gate of the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip in May, 2013. (photo credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Hamas frets as relations with Egypt go south

With Morsi out and the new government enforcing a strict border clampdown, Gaza finds itself more isolated than ever

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh

July 24, 2013
11:36 pm

Palestinians wait with their luggage to cross into Egypt at the Rafah border crossing in the southern Gaza Strip, July 2013. (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egyptian border restrictions on Gaza toughest yet

Sealing of border and smuggling tunnels leads some to think Cairo trying to topply Hamas rulers

By Mohammed Daraghmeh and Ibrahim Barzak

July 6, 2013
4:56 am

Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh gives a speech during a Friday prayer in the Bureij refugee camp, central Gaza Strip, on Friday, July 5 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egyptian turmoil strikes a blow to Gaza’s Hamas rulers

Lone statement by Ismail Haniyeh says group is ‘monitoring developments’; meanwhile Fatah rivals rejoice in Muslim Brotherhood’s fall

By Ibrahim Barzak

June 28, 2013
11:06 am

A Palestinian employee fills a container with Israeli diesel at gas station in Gaza City, Thursday, June 27, 2013 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

Egypt’s security clampdown disrupts Gaza smuggling

Cairo fears influx of disruptive elements ahead of Sunday’s massive protests against President Morsi

By Ibrahim Barzak

June 23, 2013
7:22 am

Gazan singer triumphs on ‘Arab Idol’

Mohammed Assaf, a 23-year-old wedding singer from Khan Younis who almost didn’t compete, wins the Arab world’s biggest talent competition

By Ibrahim Barzak and Mohammed Daraghmeh

April 2, 2013
9:58 pm

Illustrative photo of Palestinian children attending a class at the UNRWA elementary school in the Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, in April (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

Women’s group slams Gaza law on gender segregation

Hamas-run parliament issues decree banning mixed-sex schools from age 9

By Ibrahim Barzak

February 12, 2013
4:09 am

A Palestinian woman points at a voters list in Gaza City, Monday, Feb. 11 (photo credit: AP/Hatem Moussa)

Voter registration paves way for Palestinian elections

Fatah official calls registry update, the first in 7 years, a ‘positive step’ towards reconciliation with Hamas

By Ibrahim Barzak

January 24, 2013
11:45 pm

Palestinian students hold rifle-shaped wooden sticks during a graduation ceremony for the first group of schoolchildren's military training organized by the Hamas education ministry in Gaza City, Thursday, January 24 (photo credit: AP/Adel Hana)

3,000 Gaza teens graduate Hamas terror school

Islamist PM hails first products of high school course as ‘generation that will liberate the land’

By Ibrahim Barzak

November 19, 2012
9:24 am

A member of the Abdel Aal family is rescued after his family house collapsed after an Israeli forces strike in the Tufah neighborhood, Gaza City, on Sunday, November 18, 2012 (photo credit: AP Photo/Majed Hamdan)

Palestinian civilian death toll climbs after overnight airstrikes on Gaza

Pillar of Defense body count now stands at 84, half of them civilians; three Israeli fatalities after five days of rocket fire

By Ibrahim Barzak

November 17, 2012
11:57 pm

Gazans rallying during a funeral on Saturday. (photo credit: AP/Bernat Armangue)

Gazans rally around Hamas in face of Israeli strikes

Palestinians speak of intense pride as terror group shoots rockets at southern towns

By Karin Laub and Ibrahim Barzak

October 23, 2012
2:06 am

A Palestinian worker walks behind posters of the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, left, and Gaza's Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh, right, in preparation for the upcoming visit to Gaza at Palestine stadium in Gaza City, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. (photo credit: Adel Hana/AP)

Qatari visit hands Hamas major victory

The first head of state to visit Gaza will deliver more than $250 million in aid

By Ibrahim Barzak

September 3, 2012
10:16 pm

A Palestinian next to an elections billboard in Gaza. (photo credit: Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

Jobless Gaza man dies after setting himself on fire

Self-immolation highlights growing despair among young adults in Strip

By Diaa Hadid and Ibrahim Barzak

Writer: Ibrahim Barzak

Hamas’s first spokeswoman to promote ‘more human’ image

With their influence waning, Gaza rulers appoint 23-year-old Isra Almodallal in a bid to appeal to broader audiences

Hamas executes Gaza man convicted of murder

Hani Abu Aliyan, 28, hanged by the neck until dead in presence of victim’s family

Gaza’s ancient ruins endangered by modern sprawl

Construction in one of the most crowded places on earth imperils sites spanning 4,500 years, from Bronze Age ramparts to Byzantine mosaics

Hamas frets as relations with Egypt go south

With Morsi out and the new government enforcing a strict border clampdown, Gaza finds itself more isolated than ever

Egyptian border restrictions on Gaza toughest yet

Sealing of border and smuggling tunnels leads some to think Cairo trying to topply Hamas rulers

Egyptian turmoil strikes a blow to Gaza’s Hamas rulers

Lone statement by Ismail Haniyeh says group is ‘monitoring developments’; meanwhile Fatah rivals rejoice in Muslim Brotherhood’s fall

Egypt’s security clampdown disrupts Gaza smuggling

Cairo fears influx of disruptive elements ahead of Sunday’s massive protests against President Morsi

Gazan singer triumphs on ‘Arab Idol’

Mohammed Assaf, a 23-year-old wedding singer from Khan Younis who almost didn’t compete, wins the Arab world’s biggest talent competition

Women’s group slams Gaza law on gender segregation

Hamas-run parliament issues decree banning mixed-sex schools from age 9

Voter registration paves way for Palestinian elections

Fatah official calls registry update, the first in 7 years, a ‘positive step’ towards reconciliation with Hamas

3,000 Gaza teens graduate Hamas terror school

Islamist PM hails first products of high school course as ‘generation that will liberate the land’

Palestinian civilian death toll climbs after overnight airstrikes on Gaza

Pillar of Defense body count now stands at 84, half of them civilians; three Israeli fatalities after five days of rocket fire

Gazans rally around Hamas in face of Israeli strikes

Palestinians speak of intense pride as terror group shoots rockets at southern towns

Qatari visit hands Hamas major victory

The first head of state to visit Gaza will deliver more than $250 million in aid

Jobless Gaza man dies after setting himself on fire

Self-immolation highlights growing despair among young adults in Strip

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