Thursday, August 28, 2008

UNRWA asks Egypt, Israel to open Gaza crossings


"GAZA, (PIC)-- John Ging, the director of UNRWA operations in the Gaza Strip, has asked Egypt and Israel to respond to humanitarian calls and open the Rafah and Beit Hanoun crossings before ordinary Palestinians.

He said that those crossings are open only for a certain sector of people, and added that all should move to exert pressure for opening those crossings and alleviate the desperation and frustration in Gaza.

The UNRWA official said that around 300 students are trapped in Gaza for the second year running and could not join their universities; which is a violation of their human rights and defies logic.

Ging, who was addressing a ceremony in Gaza organized by his Agency for students who passed the exams, announced that UNRWA would deliver around 6 million dollars to students in its schools to help them meet their school needs.

He underlined that UNRWA was exerting big efforts to alleviate the suffering of the people in the Strip."

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