Reports

The ICRC has distributed relief to 259 families (over 1,800 people) whose homes were destroyed or damaged during the Israeli military operation in Rafah over the weekend. The homes of 249 families were completely demolished while 10 others were…

SG/SM/8942 Following is a statement issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the deadly attack on a United States diplomatic convoy in Gaza today. He views with alarm this apparently deliberate attack on diplomats. The Secretary-General sends…

Azmout Azmout receives its water from the Alon Moreh settlement, which in turn is supplied by the Mekorot Company. During the past month, Israeli military bulldozers have continued their land-leveling operations, which have caused the destruction of the main water…

Overview: The humanitarian situation deteriorated seriously in the last month. The total death rate rose significantly as a result of IDF incursions into densely populated areas and Palestinian attacks and suicide bombs against Israeli civilians. The freezing of political negotiations…

Rafah: On 9 October 2003, at approximately 10:30pm, the Israeli Army invaded Tal As-sulttan and the Rafah border area with Egypt. Israeli Army tanks and bulldozers supported by fighter helicopters entered from Zu'rob Circle through Al-Qasas region in Yabna…

SC/7896 Security Council 4842nd Meeting (Night) Vote Is 10 in Favour to 1 Against (United States), With 4 Abstentions (Bulgaria, Cameroon, Germany, United Kingdom) Due to a negative vote of the United States, a permanent member, the Security Council this evening failed…

Israel Says Palestinian Authority Refused to Dismantle Terrorist Groups, Leaving Few Options to Protect Israeli People SC/7895 Security Council 4841st Meeting (AM) In a day-long Security Council meeting today, 44 speakers raised concerns regarding the security barrier being built by…

AI Index: MDE 15/091/2003 (Public) Amnesty International condemns in the strongest terms the large-scale destruction by the Israeli army of Palestinian homes in a refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, which made homeless hundreds of people,…

The Israeli demolition of refugee shelters in Rafah camp on the southern Gaza Strip last week has left 1,240 people homeless, United Nations relief workers said today. Teams working for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)…

QABR ESSIT, Damascus - UNRWA today opened the doors of a new Japanese funded community centre in Qabr Essit, for the first time providing an Agency supervised kindergarten in the camp and a one-stop place where residents - many…