Rapports

The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip is significant and cannot be understated. It follows what the UN had described as an 18 month long "human dignity crisis" in the Gaza Strip, entailing a massive destruction of livelihoods and…

The United States Government, through the US Agency for International Development, continues to deliver humanitarian supplies to the people in Gaza. During the week of December 29, USAID has provided badly needed medical and food supplies to health care facilities in…

The following information is based on reports from the UN Country Team and humanitarian partners in the occupied Palestinian territory, as well as information received from countries involved in the humanitarian response. Highlights - The humanitarian situation in Gaza is deteriorating.…

Excerpts from Secretar y Genera l Ban Ki Moon 's statement to the Security Council (31 December 2009) "... conditions for 1.5 million people in Gaza today are nothing short of terrifying. The people of Gaza are living under heavy…

Gaza's electrical system on verge of collapse - Long power outages in hospitals, water wells - Prevention of supply violates Supreme Court order Thursday, January 1, 2009: Ten Israeli human rights groups issued an urgent appeal to Israel's Defense Minister today demanding that Israel's…

Introduction On 27 December, Israeli forces launched a massive military operation in the Gaza Strip codenamed "Cast Lead", the stated aims of which were to end the firing of rockets into Southern Israel. In the first three days of the operation, hundreds…

Introduction Living conditions for many Palestinians in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) continued to deteriorate during the second half of 2008. As the protracted socioeconomic crisis which began in late-2000 entered its ninth year, Gazans faced unprecedented levels of hardship and…

WINNIPEG, Man. - Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) is committing an additional $15,000 for emergency food assistance in Gaza following Israel's aerial bombardment of the impoverished region. Earlier this month MCC approved an emergency cash grant of $10,000 to help the Amira…

CARE International in the West Bank and Gaza, with support from the Civic Engagement Project (CEP) funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), will provide Gazan families displaced by the recent conflict with basic household supplies such…

British aid agency Islamic Relief has delivered five trucks of urgent medical supplies to hospitals in Gaza including the main Al Shifa hospital in Gaza City. The trucks contained essential equipment such as syringes, disposable surgical gloves, oral tubes…