Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Foreigners advised to leave Gaza

"Palestinian security officials have advised foreign nationals to leave Gaza due to kidnap threats two days after Jaime Razuri, a photographer, was snatched by unknown armed men.

Security officials said they have advised American and European nationals to leave because of a threat of further abductions.

Another security source said that the advice was in part directed at expatriate employees of UNRWA, the UN relief agency for Palestinian refugees. But UNRWA said it had no plans to withdraw its foreign nationals." More here.

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Gaza violence putting humanitarian operation in jeopardy

United Nations Relief and Works Agency press release on how insecurity is impacting humanitarian efforts. Several incidents are mentioned.

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