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Written by Salah Tayeh, Head of Programmes for Islamic Relief Palestine The conflict in Gaza escalated severely last July. This time last year, we felt that Gaza had been plunged into the worst humanitarian disaster we had…
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GAZA, July 7 (KUNA) With generous contributions from Kuwaiti charitable donors, a number of Palestinian charities distributed relief aid to over two thousand needy Palestinian families in Gaza Strip on Tuesday. The aid targeted the poor…
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A year after Operation Protective Edge was launched, data collected by Gisha shows an alarming gap between the rhetoric about mobilizing for Gaza’s reconstruction and the harsh reality on the ground July 6, 2015: A year has…
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Highlights Rockets launched from the Gaza Strip toward Israel, and subsequent Israeli Air Force airstrikes in response, were reported on the nights of 4, 7 and 24 June with no casualties or damages on either side. The UN…
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KEY FACTS In June 2007, following the takeover of Gaza by Hamas, Israel imposed a land, sea and air blockade on the Gaza Strip. The blockade has reduced Gaza’s GDP by 50% (The World Bank, May 2015). The unemployment…
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KEY FACTS The blockade imposed since June 2007 has reduced Gaza’s GDP by 50% (The World Bank, May 2015). The unemployment rate in Gaza during 2014 stood at 43% on average: the highest in the world. Youth unemployment…
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AL QUDS, 29th June, 2015 (WAM) -- The Emirati Charity Works Authority office in Palestine has launched the Zayed Humanitarian Work Day, which includes establishing Ramadan banquets in Al-Aqsa Mosque and the distribution of thousands of…
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During 10 days of the holy month of Ramadan, UNRWA is distributing Suhoor food parcels to almost 2,000 poor refugee families in 12 food distribution centres in all areas of the Gaza Strip. This distribution has…
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Within the scope of Ramadan, IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation began distributing food packages and warm iftar food for the needy in Gaza. Due to the Israeli blockade, the Palestinian people are living under tough economic conditions. IHH…
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Gaza, 22nd June, 2015 (WAM) – The Khalifa bin Zayed Foundation has distributed thousands of food baskets to poor families in Palestine as part of its Ramadan food aid programme in the Gaza Strip. The Foundation said…
