Informes

Power Capacity in the Gaza Strip Electrical capacity in the Gaza Strip remains insufficient and power cuts will ensue in the coming weeks coinciding with the summer peak demand. Most Gaza residents will suffer disruption to their lives as result of…

This report covers the period of 01/01/2006 to 31/12/2006 of a two-year planning and appeal process. In a world of global challenges, continued poverty, inequity, and increasing vulnerability to disasters and disease, the International Federation with its global network, works…

Overview- Key Issues Government Workers' Strikes Escalate During April further strikes, including amongst PA doctors, nurses, teachers and local municipal workers, continue to impact the provision of essential services. The strikes have continued in response to the non-regular payment of salaries. Health…

Overview It is now one month since effluent from an emergency filtration basin at the waste water treatment plant in Beit Lahia flooded the nearby Bedouin village of Um Al Nasser on 27 March killing five people and injuring 25…

Introduction Living conditions for Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) slumped during the second half of 2006. The de facto sanctions regime on Palestinian residents of the oPt, which has been in place since early in the year,…

Jerusalem, 20 April 2007. Mr. John Kjaer, head of the European Commission Technical Assistance Office for the West Bank and Gaza Strip (ECTAO), and Mr. Filippo Grandi, the Deputy Commissioner- General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency…

In Israel and the occupied and autonomous territories, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) works towards ensuring the faithful application of International Humanitarian Law (IHL), and above all the Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the protection of civilians…

The United Nations(1) is submitting the 37th bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 4 - 17 April 2007.(2) 1. Overall Progress: Rafah crossing was open for 50%…

Of note this week Gaza Strip -Household refuse is mounting up in the streets of the Gaza Strip as a result of one-day strikes in each of the four main Gaza municipalities (Gaza City, Jabalia Al Nazleh, Beit Lahia and Rafah)…

Of note this week An exceptionally high number of random or 'flying' IDF checkpoints (237) were observed this week, in particular throughout the northern West Bank. In the Qalqilya governorate, flying checkpoints were observed at eight locations on a daily…