Rapports

700'000 Palestiniens de la bande de Gaza en Egypte Terre des hommes - aide à l'enfance (Tdh) charge son délégué au Caire d'une mission à Rafah, pour clarifier les besoins des Palestiniens qui ont quitté la bande de Gaza…

Interview The crossing into Egypt of hundreds of thousands of Gazans desperate to stock up on basic supplies is a dramatic illustration of their deprivation over the last seven months according to the ICRC's Head of Operations for the Middle…

KEY OBSERVATIONS From 18-21 January, no food, medicine or fuel entered the Gaza Strip Power cuts, which were frequent prior to 19 January, were extended in duration to 12 hours per day everywhere in Gaza except Rafah The electricity shortage led to…

Gaza, 24 January 2008 - There is a serious food crisis in the Gaza Strip resulting from a progressive seven-month economic blockade. WFP access to Gaza is being hindered by new Israeli security restrictions coupled with border closures which have limited…

KEY OBSERVATIONS Herders depend on rainwater for three reasons: - Drinking water for domestic use and flocks - Growth of vegetation on grazing land - Growth of crops for domestic nutrition and animal fodder. This winter the eastern Mediterranean region, especially the occupied Palestinian territory…

Islamic Relief Worldwide has today launched a campaign to raise £5 million to help the beleaguered population of the Gaza Strip. Since September 2007 Gaza has been declared an 'enemy entity' by the Israeli government with Palestinians being cut off…

A/HRC/7/17 HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL Seventh session Item 7 of the provisional agenda Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, John Dugard Summary This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the occupation of the Palestinian…

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) World Food Programme (WFP) World Health Organization (WHO) Israel responded to the Hamas takeover of…

Executive summary In the wake of the June 2007 events and the tightened closure regime imposed on the Gaza Strip, WFP and Al Sahel carried out a survey on the humanitarian situation with a view to assessing the impact…

Introduction Palestinian living conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) deteriorated further during the second half of 2007. Following Hamas's takeover of Gaza in mid-June, after several months of clashes with the rival Fatah movement, the Government of Israel (GoI) imposed…