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Smoke rises after an attack of Israeli aircraft in southern Gaza City on July 9, 2014. (EPA/Mohammed Saber)


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In this handout photo, the head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh reads a copy of the Al-Quds newspaper at his office in Gaza City in this May 7, 2014. (Reuters/Mohammed Al-Ostaz/Gaza Prime Minister Office (PMO)/Handout via Reuters)


Hamas ends ban on West Bank newspaper

Hamas ends ban on West Bank newspaper

Gaza City, AP—Gaza’s Hamas rulers on Wednesday permitted a veteran West Bank newspaper to be distributed in the coastal territory for the first time in six years, taking a new step toward implementing a reconciliation deal with the rival West Bank government....
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A Palestinian cleans a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip, 19 February 2013 after Egyptian authorities pumped wastewater into the tunnels running under the border in a campaign to stop smuggling into the Gaza Strip. Source: EPA


Gaza’s fried chicken smugglers

Gaza’s fried chicken smugglers

London, Asharq Al-Awsat—Fast-food takes on an entirely different meaning in the Gaza Strip, where some Gazans are willing to wait up to four hours for a delivery of KFC. Unlike the West Bank, the 25-mile long coastal strip does not have any trademark fast-food...