Reports

GAZA, 8 November 2012 (IRIN) - Ayman Subhi, like the other 1.6 million residents of the Gaza Strip, is often a victim of international developments beyond his control. When he graduated from college two years ago, he…

GA/SPD/519 Sixty-seventh General Assembly Fourth Committee 17th Meeting (PM) Speakers Commend Efforts by UNRWA; Israel Says Mandate ‘Undeniably Political’, Designed ‘to Keep Refugee Issue Alive’ The rapidly growing number of refugees was complicating the task of finding a solution to the Arab-Israeli…

General Overall, 919 truckloads (26,142 tons) were unloaded at the crossings. Due to the Muslim Eid Al-Adha holiday, the Kerem Shalom crossing was closed on Sunday and Monday (October 28 th -29 th ). On Monday (during the holiday),…

Since the beginning of the Second Intifida, in September 2000, the Israeli occupation forces demolished 12,000 Palestinian houses, partially or completely, across the Gaza Strip, displacing approximately 124,000 people, including 60,000 children. Ahmad Abdallah Youssef al Afifi…

(Toubas- 1/11/2012): PRCS provided relief services and aid to Palestinians in Khirbet Ibzik (Toubas Governorate, Northern Aghwar) after Israeli occupation forces demolished several tents and barns in the area owned by 15 Palestinian families. According to Mr.…

Context As a result of the political and economic context in the occupied Palestinian territory, an increasing number of households have low, irregular or no income and are financially dependent on the Palestinian Authority's (PA) cash support…

Key issues Violence between Palestinian armed groups in Gaza and Israel continues: Seven civilians were injured and civilian structures were damaged. Demolitions of Palestinian-owned structures by Israeli authorities in the West Bank continued, affecting the livelihoods of approximately…

General Overall, 1,108 truckloads (32,800 tons) were unloaded at the crossings. Due to security risks in the south, the Kerem Shalom crossing was closed on Wednesday (October 24th). 23 truckloads of goods were exported this past week from the…

The trucks were delivered through Kerem Shalom Crossing under the coordination of the Coordination and Liaison Administration in Gaza.

Key issues The recent escalation in hostilities between armed groups in Gaza and Israel has continued in this reporting period, resulting in the death of one Palestinian civilian (by a Palestinian rocket), the deaths of seven members…