UN ReliefWeb Emergencies Update oPt - 1 January 2009

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Occupied Palestinian Territory :

Title - Conflict must end once and for all, Secretary-General says during
emergency Security Council meeting on escalating situation in Gaza,
southern Israel
Source - UN Security Council
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7MV6U2?OpenDocument

Title - Press conference on situation in Gaza 31 Dec 2008
Source - UN Department of Public Information
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7MV55E?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Secretary-General tells Security Council conditions in Gaza
'nothing short
of terrifying'; swift, decisive action needed to end civilian suffering
Source - UN Secretary-General, UN Security Council
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7MV4WP?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Statement of the Bureau of Committee on Palestinian Rights on
situation in Gaza Strip
Source - UN General Assembly
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUTUM?OpenDocument

Title - Israel rebuffs Gaza truce call, mobilises more troops
Source - Reuters
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7MUTRF?OpenDocument

Title - Statement by the European Union on the situation in the Middle East
Source - European Union
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUT43?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: The EC urges Hamas and Israel to immediately halt all attacks
affecting the civilian population and requests Israel to open up the
humanitarian space
Source - European Commission
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUSZV?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Ban intensifies diplomatic push for Gaza ceasefire
Source - UN News Service
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUS9H?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Gaza crisis critical - Supplies of food and fuel perilously
low
Source - Oxfam
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MURQ4?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: LIFE provides emergency humanitarian aid to Gaza civilians and
hospitals
Source - Life for Relief and Development
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MURKY?OpenDocument

Title - Israel/OPT: Immediate access to humanitarian workers and observers
essential
Source - Amnesty
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUREK?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: UNRWA Gaza Flash Appeal - Jan 2009
Source - UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUR9T?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Protection of civilians weekly report 24 - 31 Dec 2008
Source - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUR5L?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: UNRWA launches appeal as the military operation continues in
Gaza
Source - UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUQJA?OpenDocument

Title - OPT/Gaza: Palestine Red Crescent Society launches emergency appeal
Source - IFRC
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUQGE?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Situation in Gaza - Commit to a ceasefire to protect the
children
Source - UN Office of the SRSG for Children and Armed Conflict
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUQBE?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: PCRS Preliminary Emergency Appeal 2009 - Gaza Strip
Source - Palestine Red Crescent Society
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUQA2?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Qatar Charity launches new campaign for nephrology and
cardiology sections at Children Specialized Hospital in Gaza
Source - Qatar Charity
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUQ4E?OpenDocument

Title - Greece to send two planeloads of aid to Gaza
Source - Agence France-Presse
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7MUQ43?OpenDocument

Title - OPT/Gaza Strip: Medical needs remain pressing
Source - ICRC
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUPRQ?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Qatar Charity delivers medical supply to the Palestinian
Ministry of Health Hospitals in Gaza
Source - Qatar Charity
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUPRB?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Gaza Strip humanitarian crisis
Source - Church World Service
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUNCE?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: PRCS opens door for cash contributions for victims of Gaza
Source - Palestine Red Crescent Society
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUMXS?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Behind the Headlines - Hamas increases range of rocket fire
Source - Government of Israel
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/YSAR-7MUMTY?OpenDocument

Title - TPO : Gaza - Caritas appelle à un cessez-le-feu immédiat
Source - Secours Populaire Français
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/STRI-7MUMS7?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Gaza situation updates - 31 Dec 2008
Source - Palestine Red Crescent Society
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUMNV?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: PRCS calls upon the international community to meet its legal
responsibilities toward Gaza Strip
Source - Palestine Red Crescent Society
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MUMFV?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: UN Humanitarian Coordinator on humanitarian access to Gaza
Source - UN Special Coordinator in the Occupied Territories
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MULR6?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: MCC boosts humanitarian aid to Gaza in wake of attacks
Source - Mennonite Central Committee
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MULLN?OpenDocument

Title - OPT/Gaza Strip: Civilians at risk as attacks continue
Source - ICRC
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EDIS-7MULGS?OpenDocument

Title - OPT: Great Jamahiriya aid to Gaza continues
Source - Libyan Jamahiriya Broadcasting Corporation
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/SODA-7MULAY?OpenDocument

Title - Israel/Middle East: Ground war nears in Gaza conflict
Source - Oxford Analytica
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7MUKK6?OpenDocument

Title - oPt/Gaza: la situation des enfants reste très préoccupante
Source - UN Children's Fund
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ASAZ-7MUJQS?OpenDocument

Title - oPt: Statement by the European Union on the situation in the Middle
East
Source - European Union
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MCOT-7MUJBH?OpenDocument

Title - oPt: Save the Children launches $10 million Gaza appeal
Source - Save the Children
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MCOT-7MUJ5A?OpenDocument

Title - oPt: CARE medical shipment permitted into Gaza
Source - CARE
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MCOT-7MUHYT?OpenDocument

Title - MERCY Malaysia to respond to humanitarian needs in Palestine
Source - MERCY Malaysia
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MCOT-7MUHGK?OpenDocument

Title - Factbox - Countries pledge aid to Palestinians in Gaza
Source - Reuters
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/ACIO-7MUHAZ?OpenDocument

Title - On the 4th day of IOF offensive on the Gaza Strip, the number of
Palestinians killed mount to 310, mostly civilians, including 37 children
and 9 women
Source - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights
Date  - 31 Dec 2008
URL Address  -
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/MCOT-7MUGWJ?OpenDocument