The Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin | February 2015

In the Gaza Strip, 58,000 people have so far bought restricted building materials for repairs, but almost none of them are IDPs whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged. Israel eases access restrictions in and out of Gaza, including a rise in the quota of exit permits for Palestinian merchants and approval for the transfer of textiles and furniture to the West Bank. Infrastructure works launched in one of the sites designated for the “relocation” of Bedouins in Area C of the West Bank, alongside the issuance of multiple stop-work orders against donor-funded structures in Bedouin communities at risk.