30 july 2017
22 Palestinian citizens, including children, suffered injuries when Israeli border soldiers stormed al-Eizariya town, east of Occupied Jerusalem, and attacked local residents.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided three children aged between 7 and 13 with medical assistance after they suffered rubber bullet injuries, adding that 19 other citizens also suffered from inhaling tear gas.
It also said that the soldiers deliberately fired rubber bullets and tear gas at its paramedics.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli troops intensively fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades at young men in Eizariya and also used rubber bullets against them.
No arrests have been reported during the Israeli military force’s presence in the town.
In a separate incident, Israeli policemen on the same day arrested a Jerusalemite young man called Rami al-Fakhouri in the Old City. The reason for his detention is still unknown.
In Qalqilya, local sources reported that Israeli soldiers detained several young men after storming a school in Azzun town.
The sources did not state if the young men were released later.
The Red Crescent said its ambulance crews provided three children aged between 7 and 13 with medical assistance after they suffered rubber bullet injuries, adding that 19 other citizens also suffered from inhaling tear gas.
It also said that the soldiers deliberately fired rubber bullets and tear gas at its paramedics.
Local sources affirmed that Israeli troops intensively fired volleys of tear gas and stun grenades at young men in Eizariya and also used rubber bullets against them.
No arrests have been reported during the Israeli military force’s presence in the town.
In a separate incident, Israeli policemen on the same day arrested a Jerusalemite young man called Rami al-Fakhouri in the Old City. The reason for his detention is still unknown.
In Qalqilya, local sources reported that Israeli soldiers detained several young men after storming a school in Azzun town.
The sources did not state if the young men were released later.
29 july 2017
The 6-year-old Palestinian child Mohamed Ahmed Sayes died on Saturday after being denied treatment abroad, Health Ministry revealed.
Spokesman for the Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra said that the child was lying in Intensive Care Unit for a whole week waiting for being allowed to travel for treatment.
However, the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah did not respond for the request quickly enough, according to him.
23 Palestinians, including babies, died in Gaza Strip after permits to grant Gazans treatment abroad were denied by the PA.
Spokesman for the Ministry Ashraf al-Qudra said that the child was lying in Intensive Care Unit for a whole week waiting for being allowed to travel for treatment.
However, the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah did not respond for the request quickly enough, according to him.
23 Palestinians, including babies, died in Gaza Strip after permits to grant Gazans treatment abroad were denied by the PA.
28 july 2017
"Come and kiss me." "Dad, dig me a grave; I'm dying." "What time is it?" With these words, Bahaa Radi, 14, died after being denied treatment.
Radi, who was from al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, died from leukemia on 20th July as his health deteriorated after the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health refused to transfer him to a hospital in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories to get the necessary treatment.
Several months ago, the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health decided to halt hundreds of urgent medical referrals for Gazan patients and to deprive Gaza hospitals of their share of medicines, which led to the death of dozens of patients.
Fading smile
All that is remained of the memory of Bahaa, who was once an energetic smiling child, is a large photo of him and a number of medical reports from hospitals in Gaza and Jerusalem.
Mu'in Radi, Bahaa's father, said that his son was diagnosed with leukemia last May, and since Gaza hospitals were unable to provide him with the necessary treatment, he was transferred to a hospital in Jerusalem for chemotherapy.
Fatima al-Mughrabi, Bahaa's grandmother, who accompanied him in his treatment journey, said: "He stayed for 18 days in the intensive care unit where he was given chemo doses. He was tired and nervous but still had hope. He told me, I wish I was able to pray at al-Aqsa Mosque."
Few days later, Bahaa and his grandmother returned to Gaza after being told that he needed an urgent bone marrow transplant.
Bahaa's father affirmed that his son was in a lot of pain in his last days at al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza, adding that the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health refused to issue him an urgent medical referral to undergo the surgery at Tel Hashomer hospital in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories for no apparent reason.
Indifference
Although Bahaa's health condition was classified as very serious, this did not help him to get a permit to be able to travel for treatment.
His father said, "When the internal division took place, Bahaa was 3 years old, and when he reached the age of 14, he paid the price for something that was not his fault."
Mu'in Radi wondered about his child's guilt which made the Palestinian Authority prevent him from having a surgery that was likely to save his life by 85%.
Radi, who was from al-Nuseirat refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, died from leukemia on 20th July as his health deteriorated after the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health refused to transfer him to a hospital in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories to get the necessary treatment.
Several months ago, the Ramallah-based Ministry of Health decided to halt hundreds of urgent medical referrals for Gazan patients and to deprive Gaza hospitals of their share of medicines, which led to the death of dozens of patients.
Fading smile
All that is remained of the memory of Bahaa, who was once an energetic smiling child, is a large photo of him and a number of medical reports from hospitals in Gaza and Jerusalem.
Mu'in Radi, Bahaa's father, said that his son was diagnosed with leukemia last May, and since Gaza hospitals were unable to provide him with the necessary treatment, he was transferred to a hospital in Jerusalem for chemotherapy.
Fatima al-Mughrabi, Bahaa's grandmother, who accompanied him in his treatment journey, said: "He stayed for 18 days in the intensive care unit where he was given chemo doses. He was tired and nervous but still had hope. He told me, I wish I was able to pray at al-Aqsa Mosque."
Few days later, Bahaa and his grandmother returned to Gaza after being told that he needed an urgent bone marrow transplant.
Bahaa's father affirmed that his son was in a lot of pain in his last days at al-Rantisi Hospital in Gaza, adding that the Palestinian Authority's Ministry of Health refused to issue him an urgent medical referral to undergo the surgery at Tel Hashomer hospital in the 1948 occupied Palestinian territories for no apparent reason.
Indifference
Although Bahaa's health condition was classified as very serious, this did not help him to get a permit to be able to travel for treatment.
His father said, "When the internal division took place, Bahaa was 3 years old, and when he reached the age of 14, he paid the price for something that was not his fault."
Mu'in Radi wondered about his child's guilt which made the Palestinian Authority prevent him from having a surgery that was likely to save his life by 85%.
23 july 2017
Israeli soldiers shot and abducted, on Sunday evening, two Palestinians with live fire, during clashes near the Annexation Wall in Jayyous town, east of Qalqilia, and at the al-Hamra roadblock, in the West Bank’s Northern plains, and injured seventeen others with rubber-coated steel bullets and gas bombs.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers shot Mahmoud Mohammad Qaddoumi, 15, with live fire, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him, before abducting and taking him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said its medics provided treatment to three Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and fourteen others who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRC added that the soldiers also shot one Palestinian with live fire, near the al-Hamra military roadblock, in the Northern Plains.
It also stated that the soldiers detained its medics and the wounded Palestinian, and later abducted the wounded man after refusing to allow the medics to take him to a hospital.
The WAFA Palestinian News Agency has reported that the soldiers shot Mahmoud Mohammad Qaddoumi, 15, with live fire, and prevented Palestinian medics from approaching him, before abducting and taking him to an unknown destination.
The Palestinian Red Crescent (PRC) said its medics provided treatment to three Palestinians, who were shot with rubber-coated steel bullets, and fourteen others who suffered the effects of teargas inhalation.
The PRC added that the soldiers also shot one Palestinian with live fire, near the al-Hamra military roadblock, in the Northern Plains.
It also stated that the soldiers detained its medics and the wounded Palestinian, and later abducted the wounded man after refusing to allow the medics to take him to a hospital.
21 july 2017
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced, Thursday morning, the death of the 20th patient case in Gaza, due to the ban on travel abroad for treatment.
Spokesperson for the Ministry, Ashraf al-Qedra, said in a statement that the patient Baha Radee,aged 14, died today because he could not receive treatment abroad, as the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority banned the medical vouchers.
Al-Qedra explained that the Radee was waiting for a medical voucher for more than 18 days, but in vain, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency reports.
The health ministry warned of the increase in the number of dead patients and children because the Palestinian Authority suspended issuing medical voucher to patients in the sector.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said that it documented a reduction of 75% in medical vouchers to Gaza patients for treatment, last month.
The reduction of foreign medical vouchers to the Gaza Strip was part of a punitive set of measures imposed by the Authority, on Gaza.
Spokesperson for the Ministry, Ashraf al-Qedra, said in a statement that the patient Baha Radee,aged 14, died today because he could not receive treatment abroad, as the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority banned the medical vouchers.
Al-Qedra explained that the Radee was waiting for a medical voucher for more than 18 days, but in vain, Al Ray Palestinian Media Agency reports.
The health ministry warned of the increase in the number of dead patients and children because the Palestinian Authority suspended issuing medical voucher to patients in the sector.
Earlier this month, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) said that it documented a reduction of 75% in medical vouchers to Gaza patients for treatment, last month.
The reduction of foreign medical vouchers to the Gaza Strip was part of a punitive set of measures imposed by the Authority, on Gaza.
20 july 2017
Israeli soldiers invaded, on Thursday at dawn, several areas in the southern West Bank governorate of Hebron, and Jenin governorate, in northern West Bank, searched many homes and workshops, and abducted six Palestinians.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted a child, identified as Yousef Mustafa Hajahja, 14 years of age, from the Old City.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Ethna town, west of Hebron, and abducted Sami Ja’bari and Ahmad Abdul-Rasool.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ibrahim al-Husseini, was abducted from his home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, while the soldiers also illegally confiscated mobile phones and computers from his home.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, also searched homes, before abducting Saddam Majed Zein, 33, and Abdul-Karim Nayef Zein, 28.
The Israeli army said its soldiers managed to locate weapons and combat materials, during searches in Yatta and Bani Neim towns, and in Hebron city.
The army claimed locating a lathe machine, used for manufacturing homemade weapons, and ammunition, in Doura town, north of Hebron, in addition to locating M1 rifle, in Bani Neim town east of Hebron.
The soldiers also said they located two instruction manuals, used to manufacture M16 rifles.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, searched homes, and a blacksmith’s workshop, and abducted a young man, identified as Homam Adnan ar-Raja.
The Hebron office of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said the soldiers invaded many neighborhoods in the city, searched and ransacked homes, and abducted a child, identified as Yousef Mustafa Hajahja, 14 years of age, from the Old City.
The soldiers also invaded homes in Ethna town, west of Hebron, and abducted Sami Ja’bari and Ahmad Abdul-Rasool.
Another Palestinian, identified as Ibrahim al-Husseini, was abducted from his home in the al-Fawwar refugee camp, south of Hebron, while the soldiers also illegally confiscated mobile phones and computers from his home.
In addition, the soldiers invaded Yatta town, south of Hebron, also searched homes, before abducting Saddam Majed Zein, 33, and Abdul-Karim Nayef Zein, 28.
The Israeli army said its soldiers managed to locate weapons and combat materials, during searches in Yatta and Bani Neim towns, and in Hebron city.
The army claimed locating a lathe machine, used for manufacturing homemade weapons, and ammunition, in Doura town, north of Hebron, in addition to locating M1 rifle, in Bani Neim town east of Hebron.
The soldiers also said they located two instruction manuals, used to manufacture M16 rifles.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Qabatia town, south of Jenin, searched homes, and a blacksmith’s workshop, and abducted a young man, identified as Homam Adnan ar-Raja.
19 july 2017
Gaza's Ministry of Health announced on Wednesday the death of a new infant due to the Palestinian Authority's (PA) procrastination in issuing him a medical referral to be able to travel abroad for treatment.
The Ministry said in a statement that the infant Nafez Khas, who was in a critical condition, died four days after his birth to be the 19th victim of the PA's decision to halt Gaza patients' medical referrals.
A human rights center said that the number of the cases allowed to be transferred abroad for treatment was reduced by 75% last month, warning that the lives of thousands of Gazan patients are at risk because of this move.
The Ministry said in a statement that the infant Nafez Khas, who was in a critical condition, died four days after his birth to be the 19th victim of the PA's decision to halt Gaza patients' medical referrals.
A human rights center said that the number of the cases allowed to be transferred abroad for treatment was reduced by 75% last month, warning that the lives of thousands of Gazan patients are at risk because of this move.
The Palestinian Commission for Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs has strongly denounced Israel’s judicial and prosecution authorities for imposing long prison terms and severe penalties on Palestinian child detainees.
In a statement on Tuesday, the commission said that the Israeli prosecution requested 25-year prison sentence for 16-year-old Mohamed Obeidat, from Occupied Jerusalem. He has been in detention since May 20, 2016.
It emphasized that such insane prison sentences reflect the extremism of the Israeli justice system and its participation in suppressing the Palestinian people.
In a statement on Tuesday, the commission said that the Israeli prosecution requested 25-year prison sentence for 16-year-old Mohamed Obeidat, from Occupied Jerusalem. He has been in detention since May 20, 2016.
It emphasized that such insane prison sentences reflect the extremism of the Israeli justice system and its participation in suppressing the Palestinian people.
Israeli prison soldiers on Tuesday stormed one of the Negev prison’s sections, assaulted prisoners and ransacked their cells before transferring them to other sections.
According to Asra Media Center, a prison intervention squad raided section 4 of the prison and transferred all its 120 inmates to sections 3 and 10, with no stated reason.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) recently intensified its raids on cells of Palestinian prisoners and transferred many of them to other jails or sections in order to create a state of psychological instability and confusion among them.
In a separate development, the IPS decided to open new sections for Palestinian minors after recent arrests among them caused severe overcrowding in all juvenile sections of Megiddo prison.
According to the Palestinian Commission for Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, the IPS will start to transfer Palestinian children from Megiddo jail to a new section to be opened in Ofer prison.
According to Asra Media Center, a prison intervention squad raided section 4 of the prison and transferred all its 120 inmates to sections 3 and 10, with no stated reason.
The Israeli prison service (IPS) recently intensified its raids on cells of Palestinian prisoners and transferred many of them to other jails or sections in order to create a state of psychological instability and confusion among them.
In a separate development, the IPS decided to open new sections for Palestinian minors after recent arrests among them caused severe overcrowding in all juvenile sections of Megiddo prison.
According to the Palestinian Commission for Detainees’ and Ex-Detainees’ Affairs, the IPS will start to transfer Palestinian children from Megiddo jail to a new section to be opened in Ofer prison.
18 july 2017
Dozens of Israeli soldiers invaded, on Tuesday morning, the Al-Makassed Hospital, in occupied Jerusalem, and surrounded the Intensive Care Unit, to abduct a seriously wounded Palestinian teenage boy.
The soldiers invaded the hospital, and stationed themselves in front of the Intensive Care Unit, to abduct ‘Ala Abu Tayeh, 17, who suffered a life-threatening injury, after the soldiers shot him last night, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem.
Medical sources at Al-Makassed Hospital said dozens of soldiers are deployed around the medical center, in addition to many soldiers who invaded it, and broke into various patient’s rooms, before surrounding the ICU where the seriously wounded teen is receiving treatment for his serious injuries.
The hospital administration strongly condemned the Israeli military invasion into the hospital, including its Intensive Care Unit, especially since this invasion is part of various previous invasions.
It called on international human rights groups to immediately intervene, especially since dozens of soldiers are still surrounding the hospital, in addition to several soldiers who are stationed in front of the ICU, in addition to harassing and inspecting the ID cards of patients, physicians, nurses, workers and visitors.
The soldiers invaded the hospital, and stationed themselves in front of the Intensive Care Unit, to abduct ‘Ala Abu Tayeh, 17, who suffered a life-threatening injury, after the soldiers shot him last night, in Silwan town, south of the Al-Aqsa Mosque, in Jerusalem.
Medical sources at Al-Makassed Hospital said dozens of soldiers are deployed around the medical center, in addition to many soldiers who invaded it, and broke into various patient’s rooms, before surrounding the ICU where the seriously wounded teen is receiving treatment for his serious injuries.
The hospital administration strongly condemned the Israeli military invasion into the hospital, including its Intensive Care Unit, especially since this invasion is part of various previous invasions.
It called on international human rights groups to immediately intervene, especially since dozens of soldiers are still surrounding the hospital, in addition to several soldiers who are stationed in front of the ICU, in addition to harassing and inspecting the ID cards of patients, physicians, nurses, workers and visitors.
17 july 2017
A Palestinian baby breathed his last at al-Shifaa Medical Center in Gaza Strip after the Palestinian Authority (PA) failed to provide him with urgent treatment outside the blockaded enclave.
The Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said six-day-old Ali Fadi died as a result of the PA’s dragging of its feet over incessant appeals to transfer him to another hospital outside Gaza.
On Sunday al-Qidra sounded alarm bells over the fatal cardiovascular disorders endured by the newborn and launched calls for an urgent intervention.
According to al-Qidra, 18 Palestinians died in Gaza after the PA denied them much-needed referrals.
A couple of days, earlier Palestinian citizen Hasan al-Dahshan was pronounced dead in the coastal enclave due to the same reason.
The Palestinian Health Ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra said six-day-old Ali Fadi died as a result of the PA’s dragging of its feet over incessant appeals to transfer him to another hospital outside Gaza.
On Sunday al-Qidra sounded alarm bells over the fatal cardiovascular disorders endured by the newborn and launched calls for an urgent intervention.
According to al-Qidra, 18 Palestinians died in Gaza after the PA denied them much-needed referrals.
A couple of days, earlier Palestinian citizen Hasan al-Dahshan was pronounced dead in the coastal enclave due to the same reason.
15 july 2017
Children playing in the besieged Gaza Strip
The latest victim of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s dramatic reduction in medical referrals for residents of the besieged Gaza Strip was a three-year-old girl, who died on Thursday after the PA failed to respond to an urgent request for treatment in an Israeli hospital.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reportedly told Israeli daily Haaretz that the three-year-old girl had suffered from heart complications whichnecessitated an urgent surgery that, like many other medical treatments, was unavailable in the besieged enclave.
However, as the request went unanswered by the PA, the girl eventually died, due to her illness.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the girl became the 16th resident, including three newborns, in Gaza to have died from recent PA policies that have delayed the approval of medical referrals for treatment in the occupied West Bank and Israel, Haaretz reported, according to Ma’an.
In recent months, the PA Health Ministry has gradually halted and delayed medical referrals for residents in Gaza to receive treatment abroad, which came without explanation and amid a healthcare crisis that has been compounded by life-saving equipment being made inoperable due to the territory’s worsening electricity crisis.
Data collected by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) showed medical referrals issued for Gaza Strip patients reached 2,190 referrals in March, declining to 1,756 in April at a rate of 19.8 percent, to 1,484 at a rate of 32.2 percent, and to a paltry 500 in June at a rate of over 75 percent.
According to the group, of over 2,500 patients suffering from serious diseases who have already been approved by the Higher Medical Committee in June for treatment abroad, just 400 have been approved for financial coverage.
The statement warned that “a number of these patients were admitted to the intensive care unit in Gaza following their health status deterioration,” and that “hundreds of patients have been expecting death in the Gaza Strip hospitals in light of the absence of any opportunity to receive treatment abroad.”
Both the Fateh-led PA, Israel, and Hamas have been slammed by the UN, rights groups, and other Palestinians, in recent weeks, for policies aimed at consolidating political control at the expense of Gaza’s two million residents, who have already suffered the disastrous effects of Israel’s decade-long siege.
The medical sector in Gaza has been particularly hit hard by PA policies and the ongoing decade-long Israeli siege of Gaza.
Over the previous few months, the PA cut its funding to the medical sector in the besieged enclave, which has seen the typical $4 million monthly budget of Gaza’s Health Ministry plummet to just $500,000.
In the past months, the medical shelves in Gaza’s hospitals have been almost emptied, with scores of vital medicines no longer available in the besieged territory.
The PA’s delay of medical referrals has exacerbated everyday life for Palestinians in Gaza, who are now left with no choice but to exit the territory in order to receive treatment.
In 2012, the UN warned that Gaza could become uninhabitable by 2020 if current trends were not altered. In a new report released this month, the UN said that “life for the average Palestinian in Gaza is getting more and more wretched.”
Instead of reversing the devastating trends in Gaza, the “deterioration has accelerated, sped along not least by a devastating round of hostilities in 2014 from which we are only now starting to recover.”
The report also pointed to the deepening electricity crisis in the territory, while “a host of other chronic and acute problems” have become a part of daily life for Gaza’s residents.
“An 11 year-old child has not experienced more than 12 hours of electricity in a single day in his/her lifetime. No one remembers a time in recent memory when drinkable water reliably appeared out of the tap,” the report read.
Opinion/Analysis: 07/13/17 Gaza is Headed for a Deeper Political and Humanitarian Crisis
The latest victim of the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s dramatic reduction in medical referrals for residents of the besieged Gaza Strip was a three-year-old girl, who died on Thursday after the PA failed to respond to an urgent request for treatment in an Israeli hospital.
The Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reportedly told Israeli daily Haaretz that the three-year-old girl had suffered from heart complications whichnecessitated an urgent surgery that, like many other medical treatments, was unavailable in the besieged enclave.
However, as the request went unanswered by the PA, the girl eventually died, due to her illness.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the girl became the 16th resident, including three newborns, in Gaza to have died from recent PA policies that have delayed the approval of medical referrals for treatment in the occupied West Bank and Israel, Haaretz reported, according to Ma’an.
In recent months, the PA Health Ministry has gradually halted and delayed medical referrals for residents in Gaza to receive treatment abroad, which came without explanation and amid a healthcare crisis that has been compounded by life-saving equipment being made inoperable due to the territory’s worsening electricity crisis.
Data collected by the Palestinian Center for Human Rights (PCHR) showed medical referrals issued for Gaza Strip patients reached 2,190 referrals in March, declining to 1,756 in April at a rate of 19.8 percent, to 1,484 at a rate of 32.2 percent, and to a paltry 500 in June at a rate of over 75 percent.
According to the group, of over 2,500 patients suffering from serious diseases who have already been approved by the Higher Medical Committee in June for treatment abroad, just 400 have been approved for financial coverage.
The statement warned that “a number of these patients were admitted to the intensive care unit in Gaza following their health status deterioration,” and that “hundreds of patients have been expecting death in the Gaza Strip hospitals in light of the absence of any opportunity to receive treatment abroad.”
Both the Fateh-led PA, Israel, and Hamas have been slammed by the UN, rights groups, and other Palestinians, in recent weeks, for policies aimed at consolidating political control at the expense of Gaza’s two million residents, who have already suffered the disastrous effects of Israel’s decade-long siege.
The medical sector in Gaza has been particularly hit hard by PA policies and the ongoing decade-long Israeli siege of Gaza.
Over the previous few months, the PA cut its funding to the medical sector in the besieged enclave, which has seen the typical $4 million monthly budget of Gaza’s Health Ministry plummet to just $500,000.
In the past months, the medical shelves in Gaza’s hospitals have been almost emptied, with scores of vital medicines no longer available in the besieged territory.
The PA’s delay of medical referrals has exacerbated everyday life for Palestinians in Gaza, who are now left with no choice but to exit the territory in order to receive treatment.
In 2012, the UN warned that Gaza could become uninhabitable by 2020 if current trends were not altered. In a new report released this month, the UN said that “life for the average Palestinian in Gaza is getting more and more wretched.”
Instead of reversing the devastating trends in Gaza, the “deterioration has accelerated, sped along not least by a devastating round of hostilities in 2014 from which we are only now starting to recover.”
The report also pointed to the deepening electricity crisis in the territory, while “a host of other chronic and acute problems” have become a part of daily life for Gaza’s residents.
“An 11 year-old child has not experienced more than 12 hours of electricity in a single day in his/her lifetime. No one remembers a time in recent memory when drinkable water reliably appeared out of the tap,” the report read.
Opinion/Analysis: 07/13/17 Gaza is Headed for a Deeper Political and Humanitarian Crisis
