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Tag: blockade
| A life filled with tragedy, Gaza woman learns she has diabetes and hypertension


| 02 April 2013
 During the three-week conflict in Gaza in 2009, Nimeh Hawwas, a Palestinian refugee from Gaza, lost her son Ashraf, her grandson Ahmad, and her home, which was demolished as a result of the shelling of a neighboring house. |

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| Gaza fishermen struggle to eke out a livelihood


| 19 March 2013
 Held each year on 22 March, International World Water Day draws attention to the importance of freshwater and advocates for the sustainable management of freshwater resources around the world. |

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| Farmer's income stuck on the "other" side of the Barrier


| 13 November 2012
 “75,000 shekels a year", recalled Abu Hatem. "That‘s how much money my family used to make selling 15 tonnes of grapes during the harvest season.” The amount is roughly equivalent to USD 20,000. |

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| UAE Red Crescent provides sheep for Gaza families during Eid el Adha


| 25 October 2012
 The United Arab Emirates Red Crescent (UAERC) has generously donated USD 54,451 towards the distribution of sheep for poor families in Gaza during the Muslim feast of Eid el Adha. |

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| Gaza students graduate, but still face obstacles


| 07 September 2012
 UNRWA training centres in Gaza prepare students with skills that allow them to succeed in their future careers, along with career guidance and job placements. However, the reality of life in Gaza is that opportunities will continue to be denied unless underlying realities are addressed. |

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| First day at UNRWA schools in Gaza


| 05 September 2012
 Unlike children in many other parts of the world, UNRWA students in Gaza attend classes amidst difficult conditions that affect all aspects of their lives – both inside and outside of the classroom. |

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| Gaza in 2020: A liveable place?


| 28 August 2012
 Without remedial action now, Gaza's problems in water and electricity, education and health will only get worse over the coming years, United Nations officials in the occupied Palestinian territory warned today. |

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| OFID contributes USD 500,000 for emergency food aid in Gaza


| 15 August 2012
 The OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) has donated USD 500,000 to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency’s (UNRWA) emergency food distribution programme in Gaza. |

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| Basque Government donates EUR 700,000 to gender and food aid programmes


| 05 July 2012
 The Basque government has donated EUR 700,000 to UNRWA’s activities in Gaza, helping to mitigate the impact of the blockade on the lives of some of the most vulnerable refugees. |

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| Death of exports, death of businesses under blockade in Gaza


| 14 June 2012
 For Mujahed El Sosi, the general director of a furniture company in Gaza, the five years that have passed since the tightening of the Gaza blockade have felt equal to the fifty years of his lifetime. |

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