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Date Posted: 18:18:26 01/24/04 Sat
Author: Zee Bee
Subject: UN agency condemns Israeli demolition of Palestinian homes

Subject: UN AGENCY CONDEMNS ISRAELI DEMOLITION OF PALESTINIAN HOMES
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2004 23:15:45 +1300
UN AGENCY CONDEMNS ISRAELI DEMOLITION OF PALESTINIAN HOMES, CALLS FOR NEW
FUNDS
New York, Jan 22 2004 10:00AM
Condemning a week of Israeli house demolitions in Gaza, the main United
Nations agency helping Palestine refugees appealed today to the
international community for new funds to build shelters for nearly 600
people left homeless in the town and refugee camp of Rafah, in the south of
the strip.
"Any humanitarian looking at the sheer number of innocent civilians who
have lost their homes can only condemn Israel's house demolition policy as a
hugely disproportionate military response by an occupation army," Peter
Hansen, Commissioner General of UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine
Refugees (UNRWA), said.
"The nearly 15,000 people whose homes and possessions have been ground into
the sand by Israel's bulldozers can hardly be blamed if they have come to
believe that they are the victims of collective punishment," he added,
referring to the total number of those left homeless by Israeli actions in
Gaza since the start of the most recent strife more than three years ago.
"It is a policy that creates only hardship and bitterness, and in the end
can only undermine hope for future reconciliation and peace," Mr. Hansen
said.
The new demolitions by Israeli military bulldozers, which have left 584
people homeless since 16 January, have exacerbated the severe humanitarian
crisis in Rafah, where 9,970 people have now lost their homes since October
2000, UNRWA said. The latest assault saw a 31-year old Palestinian woman
killed and eight others injured.
Before the latest round of demolitions UNRWA estimated that it would cost
$30 million to re-house all the refugees who have lost their homes. The
agency has built 228 replacement shelters in Gaza and has a further 300
under construction.
2004-01-22 00:00:00.000
For more details go to UN News Centre at http://www.un.org/news

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