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PALESTINE
- GAZA SIX MONTHS ON - POVERTY, HUNGER, LOSSES
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Meriam
tries to give her children nutritious food, but can hardly afford it. Half
of
Gaza's population rely on the UN for their staple foods. Many families have had
to sell their personal belongings to keep going.
Video - Gaza: Paying the Price - By
the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)
Civilians
are counting the cost of the 3 week conflict in January 2009, which claimed
more than a thousand lives and dealt a heavy blow to the economy of Gaza, a
territory already shattered by decades of conflict and deprivation. .
Direct Link to ICRC Report: GAZA -
1.5 MILLION PEOPLE TRAPPED IN DESPAIR
June 2009 - http://www.icrc.org/Web/eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/palestine-report-260609/$File/gaza-report-ICRC-eng.pdf
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