The Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin | April 2015

Arab al Jahilin al Jabal. Photo by OCHA
Arab al Jahilin al Jabal. Photo by OCHA

Rafah crossing closed for the whole of April and opened for only five days in 2015, particularly affecting Gaza medical patients. Progress on repairs to damaged medical and health facilities in Gaza hampered by shortage of construction materials and funding. Plans to “relocate” Palestinian herding communities in the central and southern West Bank advance compounded by demolition orders and seizure of vital infrastructure.