Skip to main content

Gaza Situation - Report 32

24 hour reports by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)

Due to the dramatic escalation in violence over the past few days and the massive assault on Gaza, UNRWA has declared an emergency in all five areas of the Gaza Strip. It is closely monitoring the situation and stands ready to mount an emergency response should that become necessary. The priority for the Agency has now shifted to emergency operations, providing assistance to those who have been displaced and sought shelter in UNRWA schools, while attempting to continue regular operations. Urgent funding needs persist and are increasing

Key parts:

With the resumption of hostilities, 238,097 IDPs are currently seeking a safe space in 90 UNRWA schools. A new shelter was opened in the Middle Area (Maghazi).”

With the resumption of hostilities, there is a widespread feeling amongst Palestinians that, should they be lucky enough to survive the war, there is nothing to look forward to, that there is no future in Gaza. As the UN Secretary-General has pointed out on several occasions, the root causes of the conflict must be addressed. Gaza cannot return to the status quo of the blockade, where people are deprived of any semblance of a normal life. The Israeli blockade on Gaza has locked in 1.8 million people in what is one of the world’s most densely populated areas, without the possibility to export, with imports tightly constrained, access to fishing areas and agricultural land severely restricted, and movement of people virtually banned.

As of 8 August 16:30 hrs, over 220,000 Palestinians took refuge in UNRWA’s 89 shelters. With the resumption of hostilities, the number of IDPs in UNRWA and government shelters is expected to climb further as Palestinians continue fleeing their homes in search for a safe place to stay.”

Almost 30,000 IDPs are currently sheltered in 28 government schools, with UN agencies, including UNRWA, providing support such as food, non food items and water.”

As there is almost no electricity, the Agency is also providing generators and fuel to local bakeries to prevent a collapse of the market.”

With prolonged displacement in schools and no end in sight to hostilities, UNRWA’s health department is deploying health teams in each shelter, including a doctor, a nurse, and a health educator. The teams will monitor nine health issues of concern, which include acute bloody diarrhea, watery diarrhea, typhoid fever, mumps, measles, scabies, impetigo, acute flaccid paralysis and viral meningitis.

The resumption of hostilities also impeded UNMAS from clearing UNRWA installations of unexploded ordnances (UXO). Throughout 8 August, teams could not deploy to installations. There are 74 UNRWA installations to be inspected and 17 have been cleared so far. Continued military activity might require some installations to be revisited again, thus delaying damage assessment by UNRWA engineers. UNRWA cannot assess damage to shelters until there is a permanent ceasefire.”

Rescue and medical teams continued recovering bodies. The cumulative death toll among Palestinians stands at 1,939, with 17 new fatalities reported. As of 8 August 2014, and according to information provided by the Ministry of Health, the cumulative number of injured has reached 9,842.

Sanitation is among the crucial services UNRWA provides to Palestine refugees in Gaza. UNRWA employs almost 730 sanitation laborers, including more than 450 Palestinians under the Agency’s Job Creation Programme. They are responsible for cleaning the streets and alleyways in 8 refugee camps, removing hundreds of tonnes of garbage per day and maintaining a healthy living environment in the camps. Khalil Balata, living in the Beach refugee camp in Gaza, is one of them. Khalil and his family had to evacuate their home due to heavy bombings in their area. He is committed to fulfilling his duties as best as possible, even during these difficult times. Khalil believes that, despite the grave situation and danger facing him on the streets during the conflict, and his family's fear for his life and their own, he has to continue working. 'Keeping the camps clean is important. Otherwise there is potential for disease to spread in the area. As sanitation laborers we do all we can to keep the area clean and our people safe from health issues,' said Khalil.

One of Khalil’s colleagues is Mohammed Saeed Aaraisha who lives with his family of ten in Beach refugee camp as well. Mohammed's house sustained damages due to the bombing of a neighboring home. His children were injured. Mohammed continues to work as much as security allows, despite the imminent danger. 'I leave my family ever day to go to work despite the situation. I remind myself that my people need me too. I can't leave them in such a time of crisis.'

Throughout the war, UNRWA has distributed food to the current caseload of over 830,000 people.

Reportedly, there were 71 rockets and 11 mortar shells fired towards Israel. There were also reports that 107 air-to-ground missiles were fired into Gaza in addition to 5 navy shells. 25 tank shells were fired into populated areas. Reportedly, 14 houses were bombarded.

UNRWA estimates that 97 installations have been damaged since 8 July 2014. Data on damage to UNRWA installations is based on preliminary information and subject to change based on further verification.”

Full Report:

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Oct. 7 Reports Implode: Beheaded Babies, NY Times Scandal, & More

Glenn Greenwald    

Israel’s Descent Into Madness & the Holocaust Comparison

BreakThrough News   Rania Khalek was joined by Tarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany and associate professor at Koc University in Istanbul, to discuss Israel’s descent into genocidal fascism. Prof. Amar addresses whether it’s useful to make Holocaust and Nazi comparisons and the real reason behind the West’s unshakeable loyalty attitude when it comes to Israel’s barbarism.   

Zionist and US imperialist criminals are about to grab the natural gas off shore Gaza

globinfo freexchange   As the genocide against Palestinians of Gaza is about to be completed with an act of unprecedented brutality by the Zionists and butcher Netanyahu through the bombardment of about 1.4 million civilians in Rafah, it seems that they have already set their next primary goal. Which, in short, is to grab the natural gas resources off shore Gaza, together with their US imperialist buddies whose contribution to the genocide has been undoubtedly critical.     As already reported , in 2007, Hamas came to power and Israel launched an offensive on Gaza Strip, leaving behind 1,400 dead Palestinians, but taking with it the gas fields. Within a year, Israel announced the discovery of the Leviathan natural gas field, which did include Gaza's riches, valued at 453 billion dollars. But Gazans have been denied around 47 billion dollars in revenue. As for Tel Aviv, it's gunning to become a new hub. At that moment in time, that is 2022, Russian oil and gas were sanctioned.

Neocon Queen Victoria Nuland Ends Her Reign: Exposing a Catastrophic Career

Glenn Greenwald    

Το σκάσιμο της φούσκας Μητσοτάκη με νέα επίσημη χρεοκοπία και οριστικό τέλος της μεταπολίτευσης

του system failure   Τα αποτελέσματα των εκλογών της 25ης Ιουνίου ήταν λίγο-πολύ αναμενόμενα όσον αφορά τις πρώτες θέσεις με βάση και τα αποτελέσματα της πρώτης κάλπης του Μαίου. Αν συμπεριλάβουμε και το ποσοστό της αναμενόμενης αποχής, δεν μας έδωσαν κάποια ιδιαίτερη έκπληξη. Αυτό όμως που φαίνεται να αιφνιδίασε ακόμα και το συστημικό κατεστημένο, είναι η είσοδος των δύο υπερσυντηρητικών, ακροδεξιών κομμάτων Νίκη και Σπαρτιάτες, με το τελευταίο να έχει ξεκάθαρες διασυνδέσεις με τον πρώην Χρυσαυγίτη, Ηλία Κασιδιάρη. Παρά τη μεγάλη νίκη Μητσοτάκη, οι μιντιακοί ινστρούχτορες της καθεστωτικής προπαγάνδας εμφανίστηκαν σε γενικές γραμμές "μουδιασμένοι" και αυτό οφείλεται στο γεγονός ότι το συστημικό κατεστημένο (δηλαδή τα μεγάλα οικονομικά συμφέροντα που ελέγχουν και το σύνολο των μεγάλων ΜΜΕ πανελλαδικής εμβέλειας), πέτυχε μόνο έναν από τους τέσσερις μεγάλους στόχους που είχε θέσει εξ'αρχής. Μιλώντας με ποδοσφαιρικούς όρους, ουσιαστικά έχασε με σκορ 3-1.   Ο μεγάλος στόχος πο

Τυχαία γεγονότα στην τριτοκοσμική μπανανία των Βαλκανίων

failed evolution   1) Συμβαίνει το μεγαλύτερο σιδηροδρομικό δυστύχημα στην ιστορία της χώρας. 2) Γίνεται αστραπιαία επιχείρηση μοντάζ των συνομιλιών του σταθμάρχη από μηχανισμό του καθεστώτος, πριν ακόμα φτάσει στα χέρια των αρχών, προκειμένου να αποδοθεί η τραγωδία αποκλειστικά σε ανθρώπινο λάθος και να βγουν από το κάδρο οι πολιτικές ευθύνες ανώτατων κυβερνητικών αξιωματούχων. 3) Αναπαράγεται το παραποιημένο υλικό αστραπιαία από ναυαρχίδα της καθεστωτικής προπαγάνδας. 4) Τοποθετείται επικεφαλής στην επιτροπή-παρωδία πρωτοπαλίκαρο του καθεστώτος Μητσοτάκη που εργάζονταν παλιά στην ίδια αυτή ναυαρχίδα. 5) Η επιτροπή κλείνει άρον-άρον την υπόθεση αποκλείοντας ουσιώδεις μάρτυρες που είχαν προειδοποιήσει επανειλημμένα τον αρμόδιο υπουργό για τον κίνδυνο μεγάλου δυστυχήματος. Σταματάει έτσι και η όποια σε βάθος διερεύνηση για την τσιμεντοποίηση του χώρου και την απόπειρα συγκάλυψης της τραγωδίας.  

The Shadowy, Intelligence-Linked Group Driving the US Towards War With Iran

"United Against Nuclear Iran does not miss an opportunity to try to bring the United States closer to a military conflict with Iran. And on the other side of the equation, they also have worked very hard to oppose efforts to de-escalate the U.S.-Iran relationship."   by Alan Macleod   Part 7 - A Lesson From History   The history of Iran has been intimately intertwined with the United States since at least 1953 when Washington orchestrated a successful coup against Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. Mosaddegh had refused U.S. demands to stamp out Communist influences in his country and had nationalized the nation’s oil. The U.S. installed Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi as a puppet ruler. An unpopular and authoritarian ruler, the Shah was overthrown in the Revolution of 1979. Since then, it has become a target for regime change, and its nuclear program is something of an obsession in the West. Often orchestrated by UANI officials while they were in government, the U.S. has carried

How the CIA oversees the Ukraine proxy war on Russia

Geopolitical Economy Report   Several reports in mainstream US media outlets show how the CIA has helped to direct the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, and played a role in causing the conflict in the first place. Ben Norton examines the evidence.   Related: Confirmed: US imperialists wanted to drag Russia into a war with Ukraine since at least 2019

Israel Carries Out Most Sadistic Massacre, Opens Fire On Gaza Aid Convoy

Richard Medhurst  

The real reason behind TikTok ban

Glenn Greenwald /  Richard Medhurst