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Tag: conflict
| Gaza situation report, 25 November


| 25 November 2012
 The fragile calm in Gaza seems to hold, despite the killing of a young Palestinian man near the border fence in Khan Younis on Friday, which has raised fears of another escalation. |

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| Gaza situation report, 22 November


| 22 November 2012
 The Israeli military operation intensified during the last hours before the ceasefire, causing further damage and destruction. Negotiations supported by Egypt and the United States resulted in the announcement of a ceasefire at 21:00 on Wednesday. |

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| A day after the ceasefire: UNRWA returns to work with Gaza traumatised and in crisis


| 22 November 2012
 Just hours after the ceasefire between Hamas and Israel was announced, UNRWA returned to work in the war-scarred Gaza Strip. UNRWA schools, where some 10,000 people displaced by the violence took refuge, are now virtually empty as families returned to their homes to take stock of the damage. |

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| Gaza situation report, 21 November


| 21 November 2012
 For the eighth consecutive day, intensive IAF strikes, heavy tank shelling and Israeli navy fire are causing destruction and devastation. Massive explosions have been heard throughout the Gaza Strip. |

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| Letter from the Commissioner-General


| 21 November 2012
 With the escalating situation in Gaza, ongoing violence in Syria, economic and social unrest in Jordan and the West Bank, and continued hardship for Palestine refugees in Lebanon, UNRWA is once again facing multiple challenges in the region. |

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| Gaza situation report, 20 November


| 20 November 2012
 UNRWA Commissioner-General Filippo Grandi visited Gaza today to see firsthand the immense destruction taking place and to recognise UNRWA staff’s dedicated work despite the violence. |

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| UN workers rebuild shattered food distribution centre in Gaza amid the violence; distributions continue


| 20 November 2012
 Workers at UNRWA have rebuilt a badly-damaged food distribution centre in the Jabalia refugee camp, partially destroyed by an Israeli airstrike. This has allowed distributions to continue to thousands of beneficiaries. |

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| False social media allegations about UNRWA


| 20 November 2012
 UNRWA denies allegations made online by the IDF Spokesperson that Palestinian militants are using UNRWA schools or facilities in Gaza to fire rockets into Israel. |

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| Gaza situation report, 19 November


| 19 November 2012
 The Israeli military operation has entered its sixth calendar day. Israeli Air Force strikes were supported by the Israeli navy during the night. The ongoing airstrikes have again targeted leaders of militant groups, infrastructure, the security apparatus, but increasingly residential buildings as well. |

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| Remarks by Robert Turner at Shifa Hospital in Gaza


| 19 November 2012
 I have come to Shifa Hospital to see, at first hand, the dreadful price this conflict is exacting on the people of Gaza and to express my condolences and sympathies to those who have lost family and friends, and to those who are suffering: the children, the women, the elderly, the sick and the dying. |

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