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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

A Palestinian child with ash on his face sits in one of the newly established camps with metal caravan shelters for displaced people in the village of Khuza’a, eastern Gaza Strip, November 9, 2014. (photo: Activestills.org)

UN aid agency to Gazans: Sorry, but there’s no money

Only $135 million of pledged donor money has been delivered to Gaza, hundreds of millions short of what’s needed, the UN agency says. As a result, it is suspending its aid programs for those most affected by the war. By Yael Marom UNRWA, the UN relief agency charged with providing aid to Palestinian refugees, announced…

By +972 Magazine January 27, 2015