ירחון מעקב הומניטרי | יוני 2009

The blockade of Gaza enters its third year. Gaza imports remain largely restricted to basic food items, while exports entirely banned, except for few exceptional truckloads of flowers that exited Gaza in the first months of 2009. The ongoing ban on construction materials prevents reconstruction of 6,300 houses that were destroyed or sustained damage during the Israeli offensive. The supply of electricity also constrained by the blockade due to the inability to import parts to repair electricity networks. In the West Bank, demolition of Palestinian-owned structures for the lack of requisite permits continue; 11 structures in East Jerusalem and 109 in Area C were demolished this month. Access into some cities further relaxed, however a total of 613 obstacles to movement remain across the West Bank.