The Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin | May 2014

Fishing catch during the sardine season in the Gaza Strip increases by 27 and 120 per cent respectively compared with the equivalent 2013 and 2012 seasons. Since 2012 there were 75 incidents of temporary displacement of entire communities during military exercises in “firing zones”. UN projects in the Gaza Strip worth US$116 million are waiting Israeli approval for an average of 19 months, in the context of import restrictions.