Informes

After nearly a month of bombardment, Gaza's food supplies are running low and an entire year's harvest is at risk. In many markets, fresh food and vegetables are scarce. Cucumbers, peppers and tomatoes are now double or…

Highlights The Logistics Cluster is now active and has opened up three new staging areas in Ashqelon, Jerusalem and in Hebron. The staging areas will be used to carry out cargo consolidation and palletisation before shipment to…

HIGHLIGHTS The number of IDPs in UNRWA shelters has declined from a peak of almost 273,000 on the evening of 4 August to 171,240 displaced this morning (7 August). UNRWA will designate 25 emergency shelters in the…

Highlights • The Egyptian proposal for a 72-hour cease-fire which entered into force yesterday at 08:00 is holding, with no reports of violations or casualties. • Rescue teams continue to retrieve bodies from the rubble. The cumulative death…

Mr. President, Mr. Secretary-General, Distinguished delegates, On behalf of the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Valerie Amos, I thank you Mr. President for this opportunity to brief the General Assembly on the humanitarian situation in the…

Highlights WFP and UNRWA have begun a large scale effort to bring fresh bread to people in shelters, aiming to bring 10 mt of bread from Jerusalem to Gaza each day. This relieves the significant pressure on…

Highlights At the request of the Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Humanitarian Coordinator and partners, the Logistics Cluster has been activated. The first meeting was held Wednesday, 30 July. The cluster will be available to facilitate the entry…

Highlights A 72-hour cease-fire has started. This is allowing people to reach their homes an aid organisations to move more safely within Gaza Strip. The conflict has increased the numbers of people in need of food assistance now…

Update 18:00hrs The ceasefire is holding. IDPs are leaving the UNRWA shelters, at least temporarily. Details to follow in tomorrow’s update. **HIGHLIGHTS ** A 72 hour humanitarian ceasefire starts as of 5 August 2014 08:00hrs. The number of Palestinians killed…

By Rania Elhilou Today was the first day I was able to leave my home and get back to work after nearly one month sheltering with my family inside my Gaza City apartment. I hardly recognized my…