Looking at the massive plume of thick smoke rising above the Gaza skyline on Thursday, Israelis tasked with coordinating humanitarian aid shipments into the Strip couldn’t believe their eyes. Thousands of sacks of wheat and other foodstuffs sent through the Israeli crossings over the past weeks and stored at the food storage warehouse at UNRWA headquarters were on fire, sending a thick smoke throughout the area that could be seen from miles away. All the work Israel and UNRWA have been doing to avert a humanitarian crisis in Gaza was going up in flames, literally. Continue reading
Daily Archives: January 15, 2009
IDF will try avoid hitting Gaza ambulances
Due to increased pressure by international medical and humanitarian agencies, the IDF has tightened open-fire orders regarding Palestinian ambulances suspected of being involved in terrorist activity, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
As part of the army’s increasing coordination with international humanitarian agencies, IDF soldiers in Gaza have been told to exercise extreme sensitivity to the movement of ambulances in the battle zones. Continue reading
