#GazaUnderAttack | There’s a shortage of clean water especially at UN-run schools in Gaza

PressTV | Published on Aug 31, 2014 Palestinian health officials say there’s a shortage of clean water especially at UN-run schools where nearly 22-thousand refugees are sheltering. They say various diseases are spreading among the refugee population due to the lack of water and hygiene. UN agencies are warning that the humanitarian situation is getting […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Water shortages add to miseries of life in Gaza

Spokesman for UNRWA says there are water shortages not only in shelters for displaced but across entire enclave. Middle East Online | By Mai Yaghi – GAZA CITY | Aug 17, 2014   Feriel al-Zaaneen hasn’t had a shower in more than a month. Like thousands of Palestinians, she doesn’t have enough water to wash, […]

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#GazaUnderAttack | Authority: $34.4 million worth of damages to Gaza water sector

Ma’an News Agency | Published Thursday 14/08/2014 22:03   GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Palestinian Water Authority said on Thursday that the water distribution network in Gaza had suffered $34.4 million worth of damage as a result of the Israeli offensive over the last five weeks, including dozens of destroyed facilities. The immense scale of […]

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ACRI’s Annual Report 2012 – Human Rights in Israel and Occupied Palestine

Source: ACRI Website ACRI’s 2012 Situation Report examines the current state of human rights in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: house demolitions continue in Palestinian and Bedouin village; asylum seekers are persecuted relentlessly; the occupation of the West Bank and the regime of discrimination are bolstered by doublespeak and efforts to silence opposition; […]

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Over 90 students poisoned in Jenin

[ PIC 10/09/2012 – 06:15 PM ] JENIN, (PIC)– Scores of students in the secondary school of Sanur town, near Jenin in the northern West Bank, were transferred to hospital for treatment after being poisoned, Palestinian medical sources reported. Dr. Saleh Zakarna, the Director of Jenin’s Health, pointed out that the number of cases affected […]

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#GazaCrisis | Fuel Crisis Impacts Water and Sanitation Services in Gaza

 Tuesday May 29, 2012 11:30 by William Temple – IMEMC & Agencies The fuel crisis in Gaza–now in its fifth month–is causing extended power outages that severely disrupt the lives, health and livelihood of the region’s 1.6 million residents. It also severely affects Gaza’s fuel-dependent fishing industry, already crippled by access restrictions to fishing waters […]

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