Reports

More than 200 Palestinian girls attend the Al-Fayha School in H2-area. The school was built around 80 years ago and has a big yard. However, until recently there was no place for the girls to sit down during their…

Six mornings a week, the Tareq Ibn Ziyad area in Hebron is crowded with children on their way to school. Around 800 of them, boys aged five to fifteen, attend the Tareq Ibn Ziyad School. Like many other schools…

During this reporting period, the Israeli Army has continued to violate International Humanitarian Law and the Fundamental Human Rights, by restricting freedom of movement to Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulances and its medical teams. Delays…

WOM/1446 Commission on the Status of Women Forty-eighth Session 14th Meeting (PM) By a recorded vote of 39 in favour to 1 against (United States), with 1 abstention (Canada), the forty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women this afternoon…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY As requested by the Minister for Agriculture of the Palestinian Authority (PA), FAO in cooperation with the World Food Programme (WFP) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) undertook an assessment of the food and nutrition…

The stagnation of the Middle East peace process, military occupation and economic collapse all constitute a serious humanitarian crisis for Palestinians and Israelis living in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Ongoing violence and escalating poverty continue to have a detrimental affect…

WOM/1444 Commission on the Status of Women Forty-eighth Session 12th Meeting (PM) The Commission on the Status of Women this afternoon heard the introduction of five draft resolutions to be considered for action during the final meeting of its forty-eighth session on…

Rafah, March 8, 2004 - The living conditions of Palestinian women - including their access to health, education, food and employment - have been deeply affected by movement restrictions, military incursions and house demolitions, particularly in Rafah, where almost 10,000…

Israeli raids into the Gaza refugee camps of Bureij and Nusseirat began shortly before dawn this morning. As dozens of Israeli armoured vehicles - backed by Apache helicopters - moved into the camps under cover of darkness, Palestinians gathered…

Gaza: On 7 March 2004, at 03:40 am, the Israeli Army using tanks re-invaded Al-Nuseyrat and Al-Breej Refugee Camps and retreated at 10:20 a.m. the same day. The consequences of this invasion resulted in many casualties. 14 deaths and 81 injuries…