{"id":121773,"date":"2017-08-15T18:36:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T18:36:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=121773"},"modified":"2018-02-09T15:07:23","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T20:07:23","slug":"unrwa-gaza-situation-report-issue-no-204","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-gaza-situation-report-issue-no-204\/","title":{"rendered":"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Situation Report (Issue No. 204)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>15 August 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"middle-content\">\n<div class=\"middle-content-gradiant\">\n<div class=\"body-container container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<section class=\"span12 no-sidebar\">\n<div id=\"unrwa-news-full-page\" class=\"row-fluid regular-order\">\n<div class=\"span9\">\n<div class=\"panel-pane pane-node-content\">\n<div class=\"pane-content\">\n<div class=\"ds-1col node node-article view-mode-full  clearfix\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-images field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\"><a class=\"colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement\" title=\"Children perform a dance during the closing ceremony for the Summer Fun Weeks, held in Gaza city. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/content\/news_articles\/news_article_78766_31971_1502781997.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter\" title=\"Gaza Situation Report 204\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27745%27%20height%3D%27450%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20745%20450%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27745%27%20height%3D%27450%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/full_news_745x450\/public\/content\/news_articles\/news_article_78766_31971_1502781997.jpg?itok=fAJzpGdf\" alt=\"Children perform a dance during the closing ceremony for the Summer Fun Weeks, held in Gaza city. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam\" width=\"745\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6 class=\"image-alt\" style=\"text-align: center\">Children perform a dance during the closing ceremony for the Summer Fun Weeks, held in Gaza city. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<p align=\"right\"><em>25 July \u2013 08 August 2017 | Issue 204<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Please be informed that the Gaza situation report will from now on be issued every two weeks. We thank you for your continued interest in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA operations in Gaza.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"blue\">Highlights<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA recently adopted a new Gender Equality Strategy which will form another key component of the Agency\u2019s work to ensure that Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA services are provided in an equitable and needs-sensitive manner. As part of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gender Equality Strategy 2016-2021 (GES) roll-out, the Headquarter-based Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gender Advisor, presented the Strategy to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Field Office (GFO) Field Management Team, composed of the heads of programmes and departments and their deputies. Covering the period from 2016 to 2021 the GES draws on gender equality work undertaken thus far in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA. In particular, it brings up to date the Agency\u2019s 2007 Gender Equality Policy, which commits the organization to promote gender equality and women\u2019s empowerment, and builds on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/strategy-policy\/integrating-gender-improving-services-impacting-lives-gender-equality\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gender Mainstreaming Strategy\u00a0 2008-2015,<\/a> under which gender mainstreaming efforts were advanced across the Agency in recent years. The current Strategy, which is closely aligned with the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Medium-Term Strategy 2016 &#8211; 2021, aims to make Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s organizational culture, practices and programme implementation more gender-sensitive so that services and assistance are provided in a more equitable manner and Palestine refugees \u2013 whether women, men, boys or girls \u2013 can increasingly fulfil their needs and enjoy their rights.<\/li>\n<li>On 27 July, the graduation ceremony was held for the Student Ambassador Programme, and Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Summer Fun Weeks (SFW) initiative, dedicated to enhance the leadership skills of a select group of talented Palestine refugee students. Hosted in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Training Centre, the leadership of Gaza Field Office gathered alongside a group of senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff to celebrate the success and commitment of the participants. For three weeks, 60 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA students aged between 10 and 14 years engaged in activities aimed to empower them to serve as representatives of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA student body at local events and other forums. Participants will serve as role models inspiring, motivating and encouraging their peers to excel academically and in their communities. Students were nominated by school principals and then interviewed by area committees comprised of Student Ambassador coordinators and SFWs representatives. As part of the programme, the Ambassadors had the opportunity to participate in a wide array of activities such as professional training on leadership, presentation and communications skills as well as sessions on research methodology, etiquette and stress management. To complement the theory with practice, each participant was required to work on a community-based project of their choice.\u00a0 In addition to gaining insights into the work of local human rights and community-based organisations, the participants visited a number of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA installations and met with heads of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA programmes and departments in the Field Office becoming well-versed in the vital services the Agency provides to 1.3 million Palestine refugees in Gaza. From 8 to 27 July, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA organised Summer Fun Weeks for which 186,000 children had registered and which took place over three cycles covering 125 locations across the Gaza Strip, including locations suitably equipped for the participation of children with disabilities. The SFWs not only provided Palestine refugee children with a chance to alleviate the stress and pressures of daily life in Gaza, they also offered about 2,420 short-term job opportunities with Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA to registered refugees, primarily youth, through its Job Creation Programme.<\/li>\n<li>On 31 July, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA celebrated the conclusion of two important projects funded by the European Union (EU) aimed at enhancing the living conditions of Palestine refugees in Gaza: \u2018Supporting Stability in Gaza through the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Emergency Cash for Work (CfW) Programme\u2019 and \u2018Building Resilience and Reducing Tensions in the Gaza Strip\u2019. The closing ceremony, which was held at the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Training Centre (GTC), was attended by the Head of Community Mental Health Programme (CMHP), the Principal of GTC and a number of senior Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff. Through the Building Resilience and Reducing Tensions in the Gaza Strip project, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA was able to provide six-month training for 420 over-aged Palestine refugee students at Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s two technical and vocational training centres. After the training, the participants were provided with apprenticeship opportunities. In addition, the EU grant supported the delivery of human rights training to 262,000 children in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA schools. Finally, the project allowed the CMHP to provide structured psychosocial support sessions to students and families as well as build the capacity of school counsellors. The second project enabled Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA to provide over 5,000 Palestine refugees with CfW opportunities over a period of 12 months, thus reinforcing the self-reliance of Palestine refugees and address high unemployment in Gaza. The EU continues to be the largest multilateral donor to the Agency\u2019s core programmes and services. This latest donation came in addition to the EU\u2019s EUR 82 million annual contribution to the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Programme Budget, and brings its total contribution to the Agency to EUR 138.5 million in 2016 (including contributions to projects and emergency appeals).<\/li>\n<li>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza continues to receive regular visits from donors and partners including the National Committees in Spain, the United States and Italy. National Committees support the Agency through reaching out to the public, local authorities and the private sector in their countries. They engage with individuals through correspondence, social media and special events. For local and regional governments, they prepare proposals tailored to local interest and opportunities based on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s programmes and priorities. The National Committees are independent, non-profit Non-Governmental Organisations. From 30 July to 1 August the Executive Director and Communications Director from the USA National Committee visited Gaza. They had the opportunity to meet Palestine refugee families and visit a number of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA installations to learn about the impact of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA operations which is supported by the National Committee\u2019s efforts. During their visit, they received a briefing on the economic and psychosocial situation in Gaza after more than ten years of blockade and recurrent conflict, now exacerbated by a worsening power crisis which has often reduced electricity provision to less than three hours per day and is putting immense pressure on public infrastructure. In addition, the Deputy Director of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Operations briefed the delegation on Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA operations in Gaza and its services to Palestine refugees.<\/li>\n<li>For two weeks in July, in preparation of the new school year 2017-2018, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Field Office opened registration for technical and vocational training courses. 2,629 applications were received for trade-related courses and 2,352 applications for technical courses at the Agency\u2019s two technical and vocational educating and training centres, in Gaza and Khan Younis, illustrating the high interest in the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA training programme. All applicants will now be assessed using a combination of tests and interviews and those with the highest scores will be selected starting their training in September.\u00a0 The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Training Centre was established in 1953 with a view to providing young refugees with skills-based training and assisting them in finding meaningful employment opportunities, increasing their chances in the local job market and helping develop the local economy.\u00a0 The Agency also maintains a second vocational training centre in Khan Younis, southern Gaza. To date, more than 23,000 students have completed the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme; Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA also introduced an initiative to provide the most vulnerable students in Gaza with TVET opportunities. Courses include plastering, tiling, carpentry, early childhood care, website development, graphic design and photography, and media production.<\/li>\n<li>In July 2017, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA completed four construction projects. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA reconstructed one Distribution Centre in Jabalia, North Gaza, and one Health Centre in Ma\u2019an, Khan Younis, which will serve tens of thousands of Palestine refugees. Further, two new school buildings in Gaza will provide quality primary education to almost 4,000 students on a double-shift basis in both schools. 26 infrastructure projects worth US$ 59.4 million are under implementation while 18 projects worth US$ 23.4 million are awaiting implementation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"blue\">Shelter update<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"blue\">Activities in July 2017:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Completed cases:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The reconstruction of 133 totally destroyed homes was completed.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Repair works for 269 housing units were completed.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disbursement of payments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In total Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA disbursed approximately US$ 7.6 million for shelter assistance:\n<ul>\n<li>For reconstruction: US$ 3,671,968<\/li>\n<li>For repair works: US$ 2,009,429<\/li>\n<li>For TSCA: US$ 1,928,666<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"blue\">Operational Environment<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img width=\"72\" height=\"111\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"12\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Israeli patrol boats opened fire towards Palestinian boats off the coast of the Gaza Strip, forcing them ashore, on seven days during the reporting period. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Civilians, mostly youth, staged protests against the blockade near the perimeter fence in different areas of Gaza. When some of them approached the fence and threw stones towards Israeli observation posts, Israeli forces responded with gunfire and tear gas. Four injuries and one death were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Various other protests were held during the week in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and to demand Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA and other Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ services.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli forces positioned at the fence opened fire towards Palestinian areas on three days during the reporting period. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"blue\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u00a0Response<\/span><\/h3>\n<h5 align=\"center\">Safe and Secure Approaches in Field Environments training: Ensuring staff and beneficiary safety<\/h5>\n<div class=\"media media-element-container media-color_box\"><a class=\"colorbox init-colorbox-processed cboxElement\" title=\"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff members participate in first aid training, organized as part of the SSAFE training initiative in Khan Younis Training Centre in the southern Gaza Strip. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam \" href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/mg_9135.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload media-element file-color-box aligncenter\" title=\"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff members participate in first aid training\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27750%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20750%20500%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27750%27%20height%3D%27500%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/wysiwyg_colorbox\/public\/mg_9135.jpg?itok=nyThzgmh\" alt=\"Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff members participate in first aid training, organized as part of the SSAFE training initiative in Khan Younis Training Centre in the southern Gaza Strip. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam \" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-file-image-alt-text field-type-text field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<h6 class=\"field-item even\" style=\"text-align: center\">Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff members participate in first aid training, organized as part of the SSAFE training initiative in Khan Younis Training Centre in the southern Gaza Strip. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In early 2015, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza Field Office Field Security and Risk Management (FSRM) team formed a training team to teach the core elements of safety and security across Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Gaza staff. The creation of the training team came after an assessment identified the need to strengthen the safety and security knowledge of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff. On 1 February 2017,FSRM began piloting the Safe and Secure Approaches in Field Environments (SSAFE) training \u2013 an internationally recognised training which can be adapted to local conditions and circumstances &#8211; aimed at strengthening the safety and security knowledge of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff to enable them to respond to the challenges encountered in the course of their duties.<\/p>\n<p>Wisam Abu Warda, an FSRM training officer, said: \u201cDuring the pilot training, over 600 frontline staff members such as guards, social workers and engineers\u2026 in Gaza city were trained on different topics including fire-fighting, first aid, incident reporting, and Explosive Remnants of War (ERW). Following the training, we gathered feedback from the trainees so as to improve the training content.\u201d Wisam stressed that \u201cThis training is important for both staff and beneficiaries. It helps staff handle the difficulties they face during their work and provides them with a better understanding of proper and effective incident reporting. This, in turn, enables them to provide quality services to beneficiaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Following the pilot stage, the training was enriched with additional topics such as the definition of FSRM, road safety, weapons awareness, emergency scenarios, radio and satellite communications and kidnapping response. The training targets all Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA front-line staff and the roll-out to additional staff began from this point. To date, 733 staff members have received the training with a further rollout planned in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was interested in learning about how to deal with complicated situations. The training was very insightful and, I believe, it is essential for all Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA staff, but especially those in direct contact with beneficiaries or those coordinating international and donor field visits,\u201d said Azzam Abu-Habib, Assistant Project Coordination Officer, who received the SSAFE training.<\/p>\n<p>In Gaza, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s largest field of operation with over 12,800 staff and some 260 installations, the Field Security and Risk Management (FSRM) team seeks to provide leadership, advice and operational support for security and risk management with the aim to mitigate risks thereby improving staff safety, secure assets and protect premises in order to support sustainable programme delivery. Further, FSRM works with the Infrastructure and Camp Improvement Programme (ICIP) with regard to the design of new installations to ensure safety and security requirements are considered early on. To ensure that existing installations \u2013 not only those newly built &#8211; meet standards, FSRM conducts Facility Safety and Security Surveys (FSSS).<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"blue\">Funding Needs<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is confronted with an increased demand for services resulting from a growth in the number of registered Palestine refugees, the extent of their vulnerability and their deepening poverty. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA is funded almost entirely by voluntary contributions and financial support has been outpaced by the growth in needs. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA encourages all Member States to work collectively to exert all possible efforts to fully fund the Agency\u2019s Programme Budget in 2017. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA emergency programmes and key projects, also operating with large shortfalls, are funded through separate funding portals.<\/p>\n<p><img width=\"289\" height=\"187\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"12\" \/>Following the 2014 conflict, US$ 295 million has been pledged in support of Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s emergency shelter programme, for which an estimated US$ 720 million is required. This leaves a current shortfall of US$ 425 million. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA urgently appeals to donors to generously contribute to its emergency shelter programme to provide displaced Palestine refugees in Gaza with rental subsidies or cash assistance to undertake repair works and reconstruction of their damaged homes.<\/p>\n<p>As presented in Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA\u2019s occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) Emergency Appeal for 2017, the Agency is seeking US$ 402 million to meet the minimum humanitarian needs of Palestine refugees in the oPt.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza portion of the Emergency Appeal amounts to US$ 355 million for 2017, to address protracted, large scale humanitarian needs. More information can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unrwa.org\/resources\/emergency-appeals\/opt-emergency-appeal-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"blue\"><strong>Crossings<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Longstanding restrictions on the movement of people and goods to and from Gaza have undermined the living conditions of 1.9 million Palestinians in Gaza. <a class=\"ext external-processed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gisha.org\/UserFiles\/File\/publications\/Info_Gaza_Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israel prevents all access to and from the Gaza Strip by sea and air<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\"> (link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a>. <a class=\"ext external-processed\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content.aspx?id=1010266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza<span class=\"ext\"><span class=\"element-invisible\"> (link is external)<\/span><\/span><\/a> is restricted to three crossings: Rafah crossing, Erez crossing and Kerem Shalom crossing. Rafah crossing is controlled by the Egyptian authorities and technically allows for the movement of a number of authorized travellers, Palestinian medical and humanitarian cases only. Erez crossing is controlled by Israeli authorities and technically allows for the movement of aid workers and limited numbers of authorized travellers, including Palestinian medical and humanitarian cases. Kerem Shalom crossing, also controlled by Israeli authorities, technically allows for the movement of authorized goods only.<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" width=\"730\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Crossing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><strong>25 July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>26 July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>27 July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>28 July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>29 July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>30 July<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>31 July<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>1 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>2 August <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>3 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>4 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>5 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>6 August<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>7 August <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Rafah<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">closed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open only for entering\u00a0 fuel only..<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Erez<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Open.<\/td>\n<td>Open.<\/td>\n<td>Open for emergency and medical cases<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Open.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open for emergency and medical cases.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Closed.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td nowrap=\"nowrap\">\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Kerem Shalom<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>Open.<\/td>\n<td>Open.<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Closed.<\/td>\n<td>Open.<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">closed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">closed<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p align=\"center\">Open.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>15 August 2017 Children perform a dance during the closing ceremony for the Summer Fun Weeks, held in Gaza city. \u00a9 2017 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA Photo by Tamer Hamam 25 July \u2013 08 August 2017 | Issue 204 Please be informed that the Gaza situation report will from now on be issued every two weeks. 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