UNRWA emergency appeal 2007 – Thirty-third progress report (July-December)

UNRWA

EMERGENCY APPEAL 2007

Thirty-second progress report:  January-June 2007

Introduction

Palestinian living conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) deteriorated further during the second half of 2007. Following Hamas’s takeover of Gaza in mid-June, after several months of clashes with the rival Fatah movement, the Government of Israel (GoI) imposed a series of punitive measures, which caused major hardship for the 1.4 million residents. These included the closure of major crossing points, restrictions on the entry of ‘non-humanitarian’ goods and a de facto ban on exports, and reductions in power supplies.  Following continued firing of rockets and mortars into Israel from Gaza, the GoI declared Gaza ‘a hostile entity’ in September and enforced further reductions in supplies, including fuel.

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