Reports

The United Nations (1) is submitting the 24th bi-weekly report on the implementation of the 15 November Agreement on Movement and Access (AMA), covering the period 4 - 17 October 2006 inclusive.(2) 1. Overall Progress: The passage of people to and…

This report monitors the protection of civilians (Palestinian and Israeli casualties and Palestinian shelter, property and natural resources), the movement of goods and persons in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and humanitarian access throughout the occupied…

General situation The Gaza Strip remained tense over the past week. Inter-Palestinian clashes in the northern Strip and Israeli military operations in the north and south continued to affect the Palestinian population, while rockets launched into Israel injured four civilians. The…

General Situation The past week saw a rise in the number of violent incidents, both in terms of Israeli military incursions and internal Palestinian clashes. A number of incursions by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) into both the northern Gaza…

Latest Report on ICRC activities in the field General Situation Occasional clashes between opposing Palestinian groups continued in the Gaza Strip throughout most of the week, but did not reach the level of tension seen on 1 October. There were nevertheless a…

The humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza Strip continued to deteriorate in 2006. The primary causes of this deterioration were Israeli access and security restrictions and the military incursions together with the Palestinian Authority (PA) fiscal crisis (freezing…

This report provides an update on the number of obstacles that form part of the Government of Israel's system of internal closures within the West Bank. The closure system is a primary cause of the humanitarian crisis in the West…

General situation The past week was marked by growing tension inside the Gaza Strip, as the economic situation continued to deteriorate and civil servant salaries remained unpaid. The people living in southern Gaza were particularly affected by the incursions and…

Of note this week - 8 Palestinians killed, 46 injured. 10 Israelis injured. - 60 Palestinians arrested in the West Bank, 16 in the Gaza Strip. - PA employees including teachers and health care workers continued a strike against the nonpayment of…

General situation Although the situation has calmed down somewhat in the Gaza Strip, civilians continue to be killed or injured during military operations and internal clashes. The economic situation is getting steadily worse and salaries have still not been paid…