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AMNESTY: Israel carried out indiscriminate attacks during the Gaza war Jul 02 09 Red Cross: 'Gazans still living in despair, unable to rebuild their ho... Jul 01 09 Red Cross: '1.5 Million Palestinians living in despair in Gaza' Jun 29 09 Latest News ArticlesIsraeli sub crosses the Egyptian Suez Peninsula. 11:01 Sat 04 Jul Bahraini officials arrive in Israel to take five Bahraini nationals back home 10:24 Sat 04 Jul Israel cuts off water to Arab Druze towns on hottest day of year 01:49 Sat 04 Jul Israel pledges to compensate UN for shelling its facilities in Gaza 23:53 Fri 03 Jul Three children diagnosed with swine-flu 23:31 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers attack the Nil'in weekly Protest 17:26 Fri 03 Jul Three Injured during the weekly Bil'in protest 16:13 Fri 03 Jul Israeli Housing Minister Concerned over increasing Arab population 11:32 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers wound a Palestinian woman at a roadblock in the Jordan valley 08:04 Fri 03 Jul Soldiers break into the Al Aqsa Mosque yard, kidnap three Palestinians 05:37 Fri 03 Jul Full StoryUNRWA head: “Gaza Strip facing catastrophe” Saturday November 22, 2008 12:32 by Saed Bannoura - IMEMC & Agencies
AbuZayd added that the situation in the Gaza Strip this month is the worst since the early days of the Palestinian Intifada which started late September of 2000. She said that border crossing have been sealed for the longest period ever, and that the UNRWA have nothing left in their warehouses to deliver to the impoverished coastal region. “We don’t have anything left in our warehouse”, she said, “This situation will lead to a catastrophe, a disaster”. AbuZayd also said that despite the declared truce in Gaza, Israel did not allow the UNRWA to bring food into the Gaza Strip, and that the UNRWA does not have any food to deliver. Speaking in Amman – Jordan, AbuZayd said that the “food basket” provided by the UNRWA usually covers 60% of the daily needs of the residents and includes milk powered and sugar. She added that an increasing number of Palestinians are suffering from malnutrition and that this issue is mainly affecting the children and impeding their growth. The UNRWA currently provides aid for approximately 820.000 Palestinian refugees while the World Food Program, part of the UN, provides aid to 200.000 Palestinians. Israel claims that the recent closure came after Palestinian fighters resumed the firing of homemade shells into adjacent Israel areas. Palestinian armed groups in Gaza say that the shells were fired in retaliation to the Israeli offensive and invasion on November fourth. During last week’s, Israeli soldiers killed four Palestinians and wounded at least six others. Israel also barred European Union-funded fuel for entering the Gaza Strip. The fuel was meant to be used in operating the Gaza Power Plant which provides at least one-third of the Gaza Strip with electricity. |
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