AP PHOTOS: Weddings cut through gloomy mood in Gaza Strip GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Like dozens of other couples who got married this summer in the isolated Gaza Strip, for Saed and Falasteen Abu Aser, their wedding was an elaborately planned celebration, complete with a procession…

Gaza's Hamas hands out land hoping to avoid financial crisis KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Earth movers dig into sand dunes on land where once Jewish settlements stood — prime real estate that the Gaza Strip's ruling Hamas group hopes will ease its worsening financial crisis.…

'Romeo and Juliet' takes on local twist in Gaza performance GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" has opened to audiences in the Gaza Strip, albeit with a distinctly Palestinian twist. Instead of the forbidden love story of Renaissance-era European aristocracy,…

Gaza sewage poisons coastline, threatens Israel SHATI REFUGEE CAMP, Gaza Strip (AP) — Each day, millions of gallons of raw sewage pour into the Gaza Strip's Mediterranean beachfront, spewing out of a metal pipe and turning miles of once-scenic coastline into a stagnant…

In Gaza, Kids With Cancer Have 'Virtually No Care.' One Group Hopes To Help If children in the Gaza Strip need to get treatment for cancer, they face a bureaucratic morass — and a trek outside Gaza. One nonprofit hopes to fix that by building a pediatric cancer center there.

Gaza, West Bank teams face off for first match in years GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Divided politically and geographically, Palestinians made strides toward unity with the first football match between a West Bank club and a Gaza Strip team in 15 years on Thursday. Gaza's Shijaiyah…

“The question is just when”: Max Blumenthal on war in the Gaza Strip’s past — and its future Author of "The 51 Day War: Ruin and Resistance in Gaza" tells Salon what he saw in the rubble of a land under seige

Man Says He Was 'Duped' Into Selling Banksy's Gaza Strip Street Art For $200 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A 33-year-old Gaza man says he has been duped into selling a valuable work by British graffiti artist Banksy for less than $200 to a local artist. The popular street artist is believed to have sneaked into Gaza ear...

Man Says He Was 'Duped' Into Selling Banksy's Gaza Strip Street Art For $175 GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A 33-year-old Gaza man says he has been duped into selling a valuable work by British graffiti artist Banksy for less than $200 to a...

From Gaza to Jerusalem: A Rare Journey Abu Bakr Bashir is the Wall Street Journal's producer in the Gaza Strip, but he had never been to Jerusalem. WSJ's Nicholas Casey documented his first visit.