The Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin | December 2013

The winter storm that stroke the oPt in December exacerbated already fragile living conditions and livelihoods among large segments of the Palestinian population. Low-lying areas across the Gaza Strip were flooded, resulting in the temporary evacuation of some 10,000 people, alongside damage to around 21,000 homes. Five planning schemes for Palestinian communities in Area C were advanced to the final approval stage; yet, the vast majority of Area C remains off limits for Palestinian development. The olive harvest season witnessed fewer Israeli settler attacks than during the previous season, alongside an increase in the number of olive trees vandalized throughout the year.