Reports

The Federal Foreign Office has launched the following measures to provide emergency humanitarian aid to the tune of 330,000 euro to improve the difficult humanitarian situation of the Palestinians in the West Bank and in the Gaza Strip: procurement of…

Philadelphia Responding to the escalating crisis in the Middle East, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker organization based in Philadelphia, has started a Palestine-Israel Crisis Fund to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinians affected by the recent military incursions…

ROME - The United Nations World Food Programme has airlifted nearly 40 tons of high-energy biscuits for displaced Palestinians caught up in the fighting in the West Bank. The plane load of biscuits arrived in Tel-Aviv from Italy today. The…

In the third week of the invasion of Palestinian towns and villages, Oxfam International remains deeply concerned at the gross violations of international humanitarian law, particularly violence against civilians and humanitarian workers, and the denial of access to meet immediate…

Geneva, 18 April 2002 'The Emergency situation continues to evolve in the Occupied Palestinian Territories' Augusta Victoria Hospital and the Village Health Clinics have continued to render services as anticipated through the existing ACT appeal MEPL-12. The Hospital and the Clinics…

Jerusalem/West Bank (IOCC) - As part of its ongoing emergency response to the crisis in the West Bank, International Orthodox Christian Charities (IOCC) participated in two recent humanitarian convoys that brought much-needed aid to victims of the violence. On Monday,…

Plan of Action Holds Israel Responsible for Reparations to Palestinians (Received from a UN Information Officer.) NICOSIA, 18 April -- At the close of its one-day session, the United Nations Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Meeting in Solidarity with the Palestinian People today…

International search and rescue teams from Switzerland and Norway are arriving today and tomorrow to assist in the Jenin Camp recovery efforts. The teams are specialized in urban search and recovery, rescue, and unexploded ordinance. They are bringing with them the…

Ramallah - 1:00 pm Apr 17, 2002 PRCS- HQ After the third day of limited emergency medical relief operations in the Jenin Refugee camp, it has become evident that the scope of the disaster requires specialized search and recovery teams. The…

After the third day of limited emergency medical relief operations in the Jenin Refugee camp, it has become evident that the scope of the disaster requires specialized search and recovery teams. The Israeli army has failed for the third…