Rapports

Highlights Hostilities have continued at the lower level of intensity of recent days, but continue to result in additional Palestinian fatalities and property damage across the Gaza Strip. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) continues to climb,…

Update 16.30hrs With the resumption of hostilities, 238,097 IDPs are currently seeking a safe space in 90 UNRWA schools. A new shelter was opened in the Middle Area (Maghazi). HIGHLIGHTS The 72-hour ceasefire expired on 8 August at 08:00hrs.…

Highlights Hostilities resumed, resulting in five Palestinian fatalities and significant damage to property across the Gaza Strip. The number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) climbed again, with at least 60,000 returning to UNRWA and government shelters, renewing concerns…

GAZA, 8th August 2014 (WAM) - A delegation from the UAE Red Crescent Authority (RCA), headed by Deputy Secretary general for International Aid, arrive in Gaza on Thursday to review the relief programme being implemented there. The…

UPDATE 16.30hrs Palestinians flee homes as truce ends. Over 220,000 IDPs in 89 UNRWA shelters (up by almost 50,000 on 7 August 2014, 08.00hrs). HIGHLIGHTS The temporary ceasefire in the Gaza Strip expired this morning 08:00 hrs, as no…

Curtailed Sewage Treatment, Food and Water Supply, Hospital Operations (Jerusalem, August 9, 2014) – The apparent Israeli shellfire that knocked out the Gaza Strip’s only electrical power plant on July 29, 2014, has worsened the humanitarian crisis…

Highlights The 72-hour cease-fire has not been extended. People have massively returned to shelters in search of safe places. Numbers of people hosted in shelters has increased again but figures are fluctuating. Emergency food commodities are more expensive and…

Providing emergency bedding in Gaza By Ed Nyce Aug. 8, 2014 AKRON, Pa. – Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) through one of its long-time partners in Gaza, Al Najd Development Forum, provided emergency bedding supplies to about 2,000 displaced people,…

Amman The Government of Qatar has pledged $1 million to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) emergency assistance programme in the Gaza Strip. It has also chartered a cargo of food…

East Jerusalem The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) accepted a generous contribution of US$ 4.5 million from the Government of Japan. "This important gesture again illustrates Japan’s long-lasting commitment to international humanitarian efforts,” Mr. Krähenbühl noted, "There…