The Monthly Humanitarian Bulletin | January 2014

Up to 30,000 people whose employment is directly related to construction activities in the Gaza Strip may have lost their jobs since mid-2013 due to the restrictions on the import of construction materials. 160 people displaced due to demolitions in Bedouin communities located in “firing zones” along the Jordan Valley; temporary easing of access restrictions in another “firing zone” in southern Hebron. The Humanitarian Country Team for the oPt began implementing its 2014-2016 Strategic Response Plan (SRP), addressing the most urgent humanitarian and protection needs of 1.9 million vulnerable Palestinians in Gaza, Area C of the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Seam Zone.