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Humanitarian aid[edit]
- Further information: Humanitarian aid during the 2008–2009 Israel–Gaza conflict
On 7 January, Israel agreed to a three-hour humanitarian truce, allowing supplies and fuel into Gaza.[1] The UN replied that "any mechanism that facilitates the distribution of assistance is welcomed", but stated that the needs of the Gaza population are so great, that humanitarian assistance need to operate around the clock providing constant supply lines to meet the population humanitarian needs.[2]The International Red Cross, United Nations and aid workers have reported intolerable conditions and a deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza.[3] The Human Rights Council added that "clearly, a three-hour suspension of hostilities allowed by Israel does not allow humanitarian deliveries and services to reach all those who desperately need them".[4] The Red Cross has accused the Israeli military of failing "to meet its obligation under international humanitarian law."[5] U.N. spokesman Chris Gunness said, "We've been coordinating with them (Israeli forces) and yet our staff continue to be hit and killed."[6] He also said that "our personnel is coming under deliberate attack by the Israeli army and our installations have been directly hit."[7]
Hamas was able to decrease the volume of rocket attacks for several months and pressured Islamic Jihad into abiding by the ceasefire,[8], and undertook to imprison anyone, from its own ranks or other groups, caught firing them.[9] While over 1,894 rockets were fired into Israel in the four months and a half months preceding the ceasefire (Feb - Jun 18, 2008), only 37 were fired in the first four months of the ceasefire, prior to the Nov 5 Israeli attack on Hamas gunmen in a Gaza tunnel which Israeli officials alleged was being built to abduct soliders. This represents a 98% decrease in rocket fire as a result of the ceasefire, with none of the remaining attacks being claimed by Hamas.[10][citation needed]
[http://www.intelligence.org.il Intelligence and Terrorism
Information Center]
http://www.terrorism-info.org.il/malam_multimedia/English/eng_n/pdf/ipc_e007.pdf
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- ^ Cite error: The named reference
HumanitarianTrucewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
ocha_report_1_7was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7813671.stm
- ^ "The Grave Violation of Human Rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory" (PDF). United Nations Human Rights Council. 2009-1-9. Retrieved 2009-1-12.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) - ^ "Red Cross Reports Grisly Find in Gaza". Washington Post.
- ^ http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090108/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians
- ^ http://www.thenational.ae/article/20090109/FOREIGN/314157722/1011/SPORT
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
kershnerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Hamas official slams factions for firing rockets into Israel
- ^ Summary of Rocket Fire and Mortar Shelling in 2008. Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. 2009. pp. 5-7. Drop in rocket fire calculated from data provided in report.