Gazans want electricity, not Hamas military parades - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Hazem Balousha

Hazem Balousha

Nov 20, 2013

Palestinian Hamas militants stand next to M-75 home made rocket as they take part in a military parade marking the first anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel, in Gaza City November 14, 2013. Eight days of Israeli air strikes on Gaza and cross-border Palestinian rocket attacks in November last year ended in an Egyptian-brokered truce agreement calling on Israel to ease restrictions on the territory. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CONFLICT MILITARY) - RTX15DKU — Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a military parade marking the first anniversary of the eight-day conflict with Israel, in Gaza City, Nov. 14, 2013. — REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Women, children killed in Gaza as death toll rises

Asmaa al-Ghoul

Palestinians ride a boat at a neighborhood flooded with rainwater in the northern Gaza Strip December 17, 2013. Four days of torrential rains in Gaza Strip killed two people and forced the evacuation of more than 5,000 residents from flooded homes, some accessible only by boat, officials said. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem (GAZA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY) - RTX16MGK

Palestinian factions race to post snowstorm work on Facebook

Asmaa al-Ghoul

Sewage flood pushes Gaza crisis to new heights

Rasha Abou Jalal

Rasha Abou Jalal

In Gaza City, reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Lebanon's Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah gestures as he makes a rare public appearance to addresses his supporters during a rally to mark "Quds (Jerusalem) Day" in Beirut's southern suburbs July 25, 2014. REUTERS/Sharif Karim (LEBANON - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST ANNIVERSARY) - RTR404VX

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