Informes

Gaza: On 28 January 2004, at 07:00am, Israeli Army using tanks and bulldozers invaded Al-Zeitoun area. The consequences of this invasion resulted in casualties and the denial of access to PRCS ambulances. 9 deaths & 5 injuries (including one PRCS medic)…

Rehabilitation center clients reap long-term benefits from USAID's Emergency Medical Assistance Program. 17-year-old Eman Abu Suba has been disabled since birth due to a birth defect called osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bones) and Rami Abu Taier is a 23-year-old triplegic. Both…

Located in the northern part of Hebron, in the basement of the Shaheen Mosque, is Al-Amal Society for the Deaf. In this private school, 14 teachers provide education for 85 children from the Hebron area, both boys and girls. In…

I have announced a further Australian contribution of $3 million in humanitarian assistance to refugees in the Palestinian territories. The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) will receive $2 million and $1 million will be allocated to the International…

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and European Union (EU) officials discussed in Brussels today the urgent need to support the Middle East peace process and assist the Palestinian Authority. Responding to press questions following a meeting with Brian Cowen, the Foreign…

The medical humanitarian organisation, Médecins du Monde, is working in the Gaza Strip alongside the emergency services of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS). Our team witnessed that a PRCS ambulance carrying out rescue operations was targeted by shots from…

IDF operations in Rafah, January 2004 The Israeli Defence Forces have carried out a campaign of demolition and land leveling in Rafah, in the southern Gaza strip. During its three most recent incursions, between 16 and 22…

by Robyn Long Rafah, Gaza, January, 2004 - Every day, all 180 children at the Um Al Hanoon Preschool in Rafah, Gaza eagerly await their mid-morning break, which consists of playtime and a snack of fortified biscuits and banana, strawberry,…

1. Incursion in Abu Ubeida Street in south western part of Nablus 22 January: At 0545 IDF entered the Abu Ubaida Street in the south western part of Nablus with APCs and armoured jeeps, surrounding houses in…

GAZA, Jan 25 (KUNA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, (UNRWA) handed on Sunday 37 newly-built houses to 42 Palestinian families made homeless by the Israeli military over the last…