The lack of donations has forced UNRWA to cut the size of the rations package it gives to 120,000 refugee families in Gaza, while in the West Bank, 1,600 emergency staff are to be laid off and payment for refugee hospitalization is being stopped.
Urgent humanitarian operations, including the re-housing of refugees made homeless by Israel’s military, will also have to be cancelled just as demolition operations are escalating. Supplies of food, tents and cash cannot continue unless donations are forthcoming.
Urgent humanitarian operations, including the re-housing of refugees made homeless by Israel’s military, will also have to be cancelled just as demolition operations are escalating. Supplies of food, tents and cash cannot continue unless donations are forthcoming.
Since September 2000, UNRWA has distributed over two million family food parcels, doubled the number of patients it treats in its clinics and provided work for thousands of Palestinian breadwinners – all in an effort to alleviate the worst effects of the violence, curfews and closures on the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
“The uncertainty on the political front in the West Bank and Gaza means that this is no time to allow humanitarian efforts to stall,” Mr. Hansen said. “The international community must not allow the occupied territory to slip from its sight. Tensions are too high and the need too great.”
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“The uncertainty on the political front in the West Bank and Gaza means that this is no time to allow humanitarian efforts to stall,” Mr. Hansen said. “The international community must not allow the occupied territory to slip from its sight. Tensions are too high and the need too great.”
U.N. News Centre: http://www.un.org/News
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