Kerem Shalom crossing

A Palestinian laborer works amongst the rubble of destroyed Palestinian houses damaged during the Israeli-Hamas conflict of 2014, in the Al-Shejaeiya neighbourhood in the east of Gaza City, Gaza Strip, 09 September 2015. According to UN reports, there were 2,251 Palestinians killed between June and August of 2014, about half of them civilians. It also counted six civilians in Israel and 67 Israeli soldiers among the victims of the conflict. Photo by Emad Nassar/Flash90
In Gaza, fears of a new war stir old traumas
Still recovering from the last war, some still living in its rubble, Gazans mull the uncertainty of what comes next — ceasefire or more devastation. In recent months, Israel has almost completely blocked any construction materials entering into Gaza.
By +972 Magazine August 8, 2018
Sabri Baker, 53, a fisherman and father of 16 children, walks towards his destroyed boat in Gaza harbor, July 15, 2014. In 2012 his previous boat was confiscated by the Israeli army and was never returned. The boat was destroyed during an Israeli attack on July 11, 2014 (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Why the Gaza port matters
While prospects for a negotiated end to the Israeli blockade of Gaza remain bleak, making use of the existing sea passage to Gaza could offer a way forward for all parties, including Egypt. As negotiations to end the bloodshed in Gaza continue in Cairo, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) said today that some…
By Samer Badawi August 9, 2014
Construction workers in the Gaza Strip (Photo by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
‘Israel wants us to be dependent on aid’: Gaza’s economy under siege
The Israeli and Egyptian blockade on Gaza has led to ever-rising unemployment, construction skidding to a halt and water is becoming scarcer than ever. By Avi Blecherman Last week the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics published its most recent unemployment data in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. The unemployment rate in Gaza jumped…
By +972 Magazine June 4, 2014
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