Shelter Centre

Source: Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre Since the establishment of the State of Israel, various waves of people have been displaced. Arab villagers were displaced during and after the conflict which accompanied the creation of Israel in 1948, and their descendants are dispersed across the country, while Bedouin communities were displaced in the southern Negev region.

TEL AVIV Tuesday, February 24, 2009 (IRIN) - Some 3,000 African asylum-seekers have to leave Tel Aviv because of an August 2008 ruling by the Israeli Ministry of the Interior.

TEL AVIV Wednesday, February 04, 2009 (IRIN) - Several African asylum-seekers with temporary documents issued by the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have been detained by the Israeli immigration police over the past few months, prompting fear and agitation.

Not without my pet: Animal evacuation during crisis
Ynetnews, Israel
There are many ramifications to the fact that animals are not always evacuated from disaster areas. While we should not forget that during a disaster our first obligation is to save and rescue people, from a humanitarian point of view we must also not ...

Source: Reuters By Alastair Macdonald JENIN, West Bank, April 2 (Reuters) - Braving firebombs from neighbours and risking official wrath, Palestinians in a refugee camp famed for fighting Israeli troops are now ...

Fayyad: Israeli gov't to be measured by commitment to peace
Ynetnews, Israel
This is a transitional issue and one that has been dealt with and dealt with in a hurry. Whether it’s Marwan Barghouthi or other Palestinian prisoners, they should be released, that’s (been) our position all along. If he is released, will he make waves ...

Source: IRIN School-children in the Gaza Strip face psychological trauma and lack facilities after schools were badly damaged or destroyed during Israel's three-week assault on the enclave that began in December.

Source: Reuters By Andrew Hammond JENIN, West Bank, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Israel's three-week assault on the Gaza Strip brought back painful memories for residents of the West Bank town of Jenin. Its refugee camp ...

Date: 24 Jan 2009
Source: UN Children's Fund

Source: IRIN One of the chief concerns for displaced Gazans and aid agencies is to find adequate shelter in temperatures that can drop to minus 7-8 degrees Centigrade at night.

Source: IRIN UNRWA is the lead UN agency working for Palestinian refugees. Its compound and schools, sheltering displaced Gazans, have come under Israeli attack during Israel's Operation Cast Lead, which began on 27 December with aerial bombardments and was combined with a ground assault on 3 January ending on the 18th. John Ging, head of UNRWA in Gaza, spoke with IRIN by phone.

Source: Reuters (Adds Palestinians take refuge in U.N. schools, paragraph 11) By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Residents of a Gaza neighbourhood devastated by fighting between Israeli troops and ...

The Associated Press
Israeli forces shell UN headquarters in Gaza
The Associated Press - Jan 15, 2009
It was not immediately clear if members of President-elect Barack Obama's or Secretary of State-designate Hillary Rodham Clinton transition teams were being ...

US Congress overwhelmingly backs Israeli offensive
Birmingham Star, AL - Jan 11, 2009
Whilst there has been much speculation that Israel launched the Gaza offensive on December 27 to co-incide with the transition in US administrations, ...

Date: 10 Jan 2009
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs

Yesterday (6 January) a UN school in Jabaliya refugee camp which was being used as a shelter, was struck by Israeli shells and about 40 people killed. Today, the Israeli military suspended its military operations for three hours, to allow humanitarian aid to enter the Gaza Strip. In this post we hear the reactions of bloggers in Gaza.

Prof. Said Abdelwahed, who teaches English at Al-Azhar University, writes at Moments of Gaza:

Thousands of the Palestinians took refuge into UNRWA schools. 40 of those have been killed in an air attack today on that school!! It seems even the U.N flag does not have any meaning to Israel? How can it consider itself a part of the international community?!

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Save the Children UK (January 6, 2009) -- Recent attacks on two United Nations shelters set up for families forced from their homes in Gaza have killed additional innocent children and family members," said Annie Foster, ...

We have issued a statement by High Commissioner António Guterres calling for strict adherence to humanitarian principles in the ongoing conflict in Gaza, including respect for the universal right of those...

Israeli Socialists Oppose Gaza Assault — Analysis From Maavak ...
Socialist Alternative, WA - Jan 3, 2009
This extravagant move is being carried out under cover of the election period in Israel and the period of transition between governments in the US. ...

Source: Reuters (Adds Palestinian reaction in paragraphs 4-6) JERUSALEM, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has told Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas that Israel will not allow the return of any ...