Informes

Ref: 96/2005 In the context of the ever-deteriorating internal security situation, three UNRWA staff members were kidnapped by an armed group in Khan Yunis, but Palestinian security services were able to free them after one hour. This incident was preceded…

What are Israel's plans for withdrawing from the Gaza Strip? Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his Likud Party-led government are proceeding with plans to unilaterally withdraw all troops and Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank.…

GAZA, Aug 9 (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has suspended field operations in the Gaza Strip fearing for the safety of its staff following a spate of kidnappings of foreigners, a spokesman said on…

Of note this week: Three UN aid workers were kidnapped in Khan Younis, the Gaza Strip, by a group of armed gunmen. They were released after 90 minutes and following clashes between the armed kidnappers and PA…

This morning, at 11:50am, a militant group kidnapped three United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) staff members, one British national, one Swiss national and one Palestinian, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip. Following negotiations,…

GAZA, Aug 8 (Reuters) - Palestinian Chief Justice Zuhair al-Surani said on Monday he was withdrawing his resignation after President Mahmoud Abbas promised to take measures to end assaults against judges and courts in Gaza and the West Bank. Surani…

On Monday, August 8, 2005, IDF officers distributed two letters to the secretaries of all settlements slated for evacuation. The first letter, signed by IDF GOC Southern Command Maj. Gen. Dan Harel, informs residents that all border crossings into the Gaza…

GAZA, Palestine, August 8, 2005 (IPC) - A report prepared by the State Information Service (SIS) revealed that Israeli forces have killed four Palestinians and wounded 33 others as well as committing 362 violations of the ceasefire declared after…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delays, denial of access and arbitrary…

SG/SM/10032 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General is saddened by the news of the deaths of four innocent civilians, including two girls not yet twenty, who lost their lives yesterday in…