Israel's 'security barrier', Ramallah District, West Bank.

"The barrier will isolate communities from each other within the West Bank, compounding acute unemployment and poverty levels. In many cases UNRWA schools and clinics, as well as its Qalqilya hospital, will be separated from refugee populations. Gaining access to UNRWA's humanitarian services will be made much more difficult."

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A farmer sprays his crop under the shadow of the Israeli 'security barrier' near Qalqilya, West Bank.

"In June 2002, the Israeli authorities began construction of the first phase of a 350-kilometre ‘security barrier’ to physically separate the West Bank from Israel. The Palestinian town of Qalqilya, containing UNRWA's hospital, 3,900 refugee families and a total population of 45,000 will be almost hermetically sealed by walls and fences on all sides."

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Flour sacks arrive at UNRWA's food distribution centre, Beach Camp, Gaza Strip.

UNRWA has been providing food aid for around 1 million people in the West Bank and Gaza for the much of the last three years. However reductions in donations to the Agency's Emergency Appeal from donor nations means that UNRWA now provides only 30 per cent of the nutritional needs of vulnerable refugees in Gaza.

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