| A basis for hope
| 30 January 2009
George Mitchell, President Obama’s special envoy to the Middle East, visited UNRWA’s West Bank Field Office on the 30th of January. Mr. Mitchell was given a briefing of the humanitarian situation in Gaza. |
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| Letters from Gaza (21) …Back to Work
| 29 January 2009
The road was dreary. It was the second day after the ceasefire was announced, and people started to leave their houses. I was in a taxi going to my work in Gaza, and the whole way there I was trying to prepare myself for what I was going to see. |
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| UNRWA schools reopen in Gaza
| 29 January 2009
Only a week after the devastating 22-day conflict ended UNRWA opened its 221 schools in the Gaza Strip and some 200 000 Palestine refugee children went back to school. |
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| Letters from Gaza (20) …Children No More
| 26 January 2009
Finally the war has ended and the children of Gaza can go back to school. But after this war, the children have lost their childhood. |
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| Attacks against the UN in Gaza must be investigated
| 25 January 2009
On the 15th of January the world watched on as towering plumes of acrid black smoke rose above the skyline of Gaza City. At the base of these looming smoke towers was the Field Office compound of UNRWA, which had been hit by a number of IDF shells mid-morning. |
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| In wake of Gaza crisis, Ban urges ‘massive’ effort to resolve Arab-Israeli conflict
| 21 January 2009
Having just returned from Gaza, where he saw first-hand the suffering and destruction wrought by Israel’s three-week military offensive, including the still-smouldering ruins of a shelled United Nations compound, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged a "massive" international effort to resolve the Arab-Israeli conflict. |
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| Ban gets first-hand look at Gaza devastation
| 20 January 2009
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited the war-shattered Gaza Strip on 20 January to demonstrate solidarity with the population and assure them of the full support of the United Nations and the international community. |
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| Syrians join hands with Palestinians through "For the Children of Gaza" campaign
| 20 January 2009
It is mid-January and Damascus is not as cold as usual. Despite the chilly weather experienced during these days, every single person seems to be united by one cause: helping their brothers and sisters, victims of the terrible conflict in Gaza. |
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| Letters from Gaza (19) ...Is the War Really Over?
| 19 January 2009
They say that the war on Gaza has finished. Today was the first day of the ceasefire, the first day that I returned to 'normal' life. |
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| UN already assessing Gaza relief needs on first full day of halt to fighting
| 19 January 2009
The United Nations has already started assessing the devastating damage and relief needs in the Gaza Strip on the first full day of a truce in fighting between Israel and Hamas, with the overall bill possibly reaching billions of dollars. |
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