Rapports

Cooking gas crisis Abed (left) who works at Al- Sumna Bakery in Gaza City says his bakery will have to close down in two days' time as they will run out of cooking gas. "There is no gas at…

October Overview October's events highlight the impact of access restrictions, including restrictions on the use of space, on the ability of Palestinians throughout large areas of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) to meet their basic humanitarian needs. In the Gaza Strip,…

GLIDE n=B0 CE-2009-000002-EGY The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies.…

Jerusalem, 25 Aug 09 - Following a resolution adopted by consensus at the 22nd session of UN-HABITAT Governing Council in April 2009 on the Special Human Settlements Programme for the Palestinian People, UN-HABITAT this week started to scale up…

MAJOR ISSUES - Gaza: 26 months into the blockade, OCHA reports on its impact: 120,000 jobs lost and 40% unemployment; and three out of four are "food insecure", up from 56% in early 2008. Due to lack of reconstruction material,…

This report documents the humanitarian impact of the blockade imposed by Israel since June 2007 on the 1.5 million people living in the Gaza Strip. It focuses on the effects of the import and export restrictions and the travel…

Headlines - According to reports, 5 mortars were directed by Palestinian armed groups from Gaza (as compared with 6 mortars and 1 rocket in the week ending 25 July). No Israeli casualties were reported. There were reports of 3…

The reporting period witnessed the most violent military assault in the recent history of the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). Between 27 December 2008 and 17 January 2009 Israeli forces engaged in an intense military operation in the Gaza Strip…

By Steve Weaver, ACT/Church World Service JERUSALEM -- When talking to people in Gaza about the difficult humanitarian, economic and infrastructure conditions under which they live, one quickly realizes that the 22-day assault that ended early this year was only…

A group of 101 Palestinian refugees, who remained stranded for many years in an overcrowded makeshift camp in the Iraqi desert, will receive temporary shelter in Slovakia, following an agreement between the Slovak Government, UNHCR and IOM. The Palestinian refugees…