Rapports

AMMAN, December 18 (Petra) - HRH Prince Rashid, chairman of the Jordanian Hashemite Charity Organization (JHCO) board of the trustees, on Sunday saw off a 13-truck aid convoy carrying 185 tonnes of food items, medications, blankets and carpets for…

General situation The killing of four people, including three children aged six to nine, on 11 December by unidentified gunmen in Gaza City has exacerbated tension in the streets and heightened the general impression of lawlessness in the Gaza Strip.…

Amman - The UAE Red Crescent Society (RCS) signed yesterday two agreements with United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) whereby UAE RCS will fund two…

The recent economic crisis has hit Palestinian refugees hardest of all, said Hilary Benn, International Development Secretary today, as he called for additional efforts to bring the poverty and suffering of Palestinian refugees to an end. The latest UN…

General situation The daily life of Palestinians living in Gaza continues to be affected by armed violence among various Palestinian groups, compounded by ever-increasing lawlessness. The ceasefire between the Israeli military and Palestinian armed groups announced on 26 November resulted…

Of note this week - Significantly reduced Palestinian casualties compared to high numbers reported in previous weeks. Five Palestinians - including three children - were killed throughout the oPt and 20 Palestinians injured. Four Israelis and one international were also…

Press Release No 8/2006 Greeted by community representatives, the Head of the Middle East Section at the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in Ottawa Ms Lise Filietrault arrived in Ein el-Tal camp on 6 December for a hand-over ceremony of…

1. Executive summary The purpose of this assessment was twofold. The first objective was to get a sense of the impact on household economic security of the financial restrictions imposed on the Palestinian Authority (PA) after the…

By Karen AbuZayd, UNRWA Commissioner-General It is with a heavy heart that I present to you this Flash Appeal for Beit Hanoun. The optimistic predictions of late last year, following the disengagement of Israeli troops and settlers from the Gaza…

General situation Since 1 November the residents of the city of Beit Hanoun in the northern part of the Gaza Strip have been suffering the consequences of the intensive military operations launched by the Israeli army. Hospitals in the…