Informes

UNRWA has launched its global #SOS4Gaza campaign to mark the start of Ramadan. #SOS4Gaza features seven children from Beach Camp, a refugee camp in Gaza city, putting messages expressing their hopes and dreams in bottles, which…

Introduction Food insecurity is defined as a situation in which a state or household does not have access to the proper amount of “sufficient, safe, [and]nutritious food [required] to maintain a healthy and active life.”1 It is…

On 15 June at the opening of the UNRWA Advisory Commission (Adcom) in Amman, the UNRWA Commissioner General Mr. Pierre Krähenbühl powerfully underlined the growing frustration and vulnerability of Palestine refugees in the Middle East by…

Highlights: § On 26 May, a rocket was launched from Gaza, hitting an inhabited area of Ashkelon, resulting in no casualties. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) responded with 10 airstrikes on several Islamic Jihad military sites…

The German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier visited Gaza on 1 June to meet with refugee families and to get a first-hand impression of the current situation in the Gaza Strip. As detailed in a press release…

On 31 May, UNRWA restarted poverty assessment home visits in Gaza after a year-long interruption, during which the Agency engaged in intensive efforts to improve the quality, fairness and speed of the process, which serves to…

Overview This month’s Bulletin highlights Israel’s ongoing plans to “relocate” some 7,000 Palestinian Bedouin in the central West Bank, and another 450 in the southern Hebron governorate, combined with continuing practices that create a coercive environment for…

The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) has announced a new SEK 40 million (US$ 4.8 million) contribution to the UNRWA Emergency Appeal for the occupied Palestinian territory. The Emergency Appeal addresses the humanitarian needs of Palestine…

FSS 2015 1st Quarter Highlights SEFSec new methodology agreed by the FSAU PCBS and WFP signed the LoA for SEFSec 2014 In-depth Agricultural Damages Assessment in Gaza Winter storms needs and response EFSA Agric component survey report finalised Operational coordination Sector performance evaluation…

IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation started a project involving distribution of free bread to the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. The Gazans are living in very hard conditions due to the blockade imposed by Israel. Therefore IHH has…