Reports

HIGHLIGHTS The reporting period was marked by extreme weather as the rainy winter season arrived in Gaza. On 27 November, UNRWA declared an Emergency in Gaza City after severe flooding over a 48 hour period. No casualties…

Jerusalem, 3 December 2014 The United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. James W. Rawley, today expressed serious concern over the Israeli authorities’ resumption of punitive demolitions in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This practice targets…

London Muslim Charity Helping the Needy and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) have signed an agreement to provide psychosocial support to conflict-affected families and much-needed support to…

HIGHLIGHTS ●700,000 liters of fuel per month urgently needed to prevent collapse of essential services in Gaza. ●Winterization interventions are ongoing in the Gaza Strip directly targeting 60,000 beneficiaries. ●Tensions in East Jerusalem on the rise in the context…

HIGHLIGHTS ●Up to 118,000 displaced people in Gaza in need of transitional shelter solutions. ●Concern over the condition of patients waiting to leave or return to Gaza, as the closure of Rafah Crossing with Egypt continues. ●Decline in Israeli…

While war rages in Syria, large numbers of refugees put pressure on neighboring countries like Lebanon. Palestinian refugees fleeing Syria are among the weakest. Um Mohammed, a Syrian-Palestinian who fled from Yarmouk refugee camp in Syria, is…

Gaza The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) in Gaza, has declared an Emergency in Gaza City, following extreme weather and severe flooding over the past 48 hours. No casualties or injuries have been reported, however…

HIGHLIGHTS UNRWA’s most critical intervention remains cash assistance for shelter repair, transitional shelter support and reconstruction of Palestine refugees’ homes. As of 25 November, 15,726 families benefited from cash support to undertake self-help shelter repairs and, if…

A Qatar Charity delegation has carried out a field visit to inspect housing that is currently being restored and rehabilitated in Bethlehem, Palestine. This West Bank project is part of the third and final year…

GENEVA (25 November 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the Occupied Palestinian Territory and on the right to adequate housing today called on the Government of Israel to end its punitive demolition of Palestinian…