The al-Mezan Center for Human Rights rounds up the statistics it can verify for deaths, injuries, and displaced persons among the Palestinians of Gaza as of late Sunday. They estimate nearly 3,000 wounded, of whom 600 are children and 385 women. While human rights organizations are saying 20,000 Gazans have been made homeless and sought refuge in shelters, al-Mezan thinks the number is actually as high as 200,000 displaced. (Gaza's population is 1.5 million).
UN sees Gaza aid, recovery impossible under blockade: Reuters
"The whole question of the recovery of Gaza will depend on lifting the blockade," said Peter Ford, an official of UNRWA, the main U.N. relief agency for Palestinians.
"There is an immediate need for Israel to allow in cash but Israelis are preventing the entry of bank notes and cash and people in Gaza cannot buy anything. It is economic strangulation," he told reporters after a donors meeting initiated by Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates.
Ten Israeli soldiers choose jail over Gaza
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