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| UNRWA's food aid to 650,000 Palestinians refugees to stop April 24 |
| 2008-04-24 |
| (KUNA) -- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) announced Wednesday that as of April 24 provision of UNRWA's food assistance to 650,000 refugees in Gaza would stop. In addition, UNOCHA said that 12 municipalities and solid waste management councils have stopped all their operations, affecting at least 500,000 Gazans. Government hospitals have between 33 and 170 hours of fuel supply and others managed by NGOs have fuel for less than one week, said the UNOCHA. Vaccines for 50,000 babies would be spoiled if power cuts exceeded eight hours and it would take six months to replace, said the statement, adding, UNRWA vehicle fleet in Gaza are going to be grounded as of Thursday which would prevent normal operation in about 214 schools and 19 health centers. There is currently no fuel available in the Gaza Strip and there were power cuts of three hours per-day in almost all of Gaza, stated UNOCHA. For months the fuel crisis has hampered vital humanitarian work, but the complete absence of fuel would dramatically worsen the situation in Gaza. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 "...food assistance to 650,000 refugees in Gaza would stop. In addition, UNOCHA said that... solid waste management councils have stopped all their operations.." makes sense; if you don't eat, you don't crap. maybe the Isrealis should start shipping sh!t instead of fuel so the solid waste plants can stay in operation. |
| Posted by: USN,Ret. 2008-04-24 14:31 |
| #7 Israel, which maintains a punishing blockade on the impoverished territory, claimed the Islamist Hamas movement was preventing distribution of one million litres of fuel (260,000 gallons) delivered about a week ago to the Nahal Oz terminal on the Gaza border. UNRWA said the stored fuel was not destined for UN agencies in Gaza, which buy their own supplies but also have to import them through Nahal Oz. Israel suggested that the United Nations complain to Hamas, which runs Gaza. "They should take it up with Hamas and demand they get fuel from the million litres stored on the Palestinian side of the border," foreign ministry spokesman Arye Mekel said. "We did try today to transfer fuel directly to UNRWA but a farmers' demonstration supported by Hamas prevented us from doing so," he told AFP. "Hamas has prevented the use of this fuel stocked for humanitarian purposes such as ambulances, generators, hospitals and water pumps," Mekel added. "Hamas is creating an artificial and dishonest crisis." An Israeli military spokesman said it was impossible to deliver any more fuel until existing supplies are picked up. "We have no room -- the tanks are full," he said. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-24 13:27 |
| #6 And the food aid will start again on April 27th. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-04-24 13:15 |
| #5 Fingers crossed. |
| Posted by: DK70 the Scantily Clad7177 2008-04-24 12:38 |
| #4 Eat your guns, ya fucks. |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-04-24 11:44 |
| #3 Just to break their balls, make em say "please". And "thank you". Or no soup. Tell them that, in the real world, nobody pays for my dinner but me. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-24 09:35 |
| #2 And we should care because? Because George II is going to use your tax dollars to pay for it, RiC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2008-04-24 07:11 |
| #1 And we should care because? |
| Posted by: Rambler in California 2008-04-24 01:04 |