Latest OCHA situation report on the Gaza Strip, dated 7 June 2006. To be noted:
- Continued disproportinate balance between imports and exports of goods in and out of Gaza resulting in large export revenue losses.
- Total losses from produce harvested in the greenhouses previously used by settlers now exceed US$9.5 million. (these greenhouses were expected to be a source of revenue for the Strip)
- Continuing closure at Erez crossing (used for Palestinian workers and traders).
- Non payment of Palestinian Authority salaries.
- Internal violence.
- External violence (IDF artillery shelling continues in particular into the north and northeastern areas of the Gaza Strip).
- UN staff members facing problems coming in and out of the Gaza Strip. These Israeli restrictions come at a time when the international community is looking for UN agencies for increased resources and operations in response to the humanitarian situation in the occupied Palestinan territory.
More in the OCHA report.
