UN/ GAZA

A United Nations (UN) spokesperson said that the scale of needs is unprecedented in the Gaza Strip following four weeks of hostilities.  UNIFEED-UNTV / RECENT

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:01:37
• Production Date: 7 August 2014
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST - UNRWA
• Subject Topical: PEACE AND SECURITY; REFUGEES; DISPLACED PERSONS
• Geographic Subject: ISRAEL; PALESTINE
• MAMS Id: 1146275

Description

STORY: UN/ GAZA
TRT: 1.37
SOURCE: UNIFEED-UNTV/ RECENT
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS

DATELINE: 7 AUGUST 2014, NEW YORK CITY/ RECENT

Shotlist

1. Wide shot, exterior, UN flag at half-mast
2. Wide shot, press briefing
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“The UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, James Rawley, said today that the scale of needs is unprecedented in the Gaza Strip following four weeks of hostilities. He said that teams are on the ground assessing needs and providing relief and emphasized the need for a sustained halt to the violence.”

RECENT – UNICEF - 16 JULY 2014, GAZA, PALESTINE

4. Various shots, kids walking in rubble
5. Various shots, destruction

RECENT – UNRWA - 30 JULY 2014, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE

6. Various shots, destroyed UN school
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Farhan Haq, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“Mr. Rawley added that, without the full lifting of the blockade of the Gaza Strip, Palestinians in Gaza will continue to be deprived of any sense of a normal life and the massive reconstruction effort now required will be impossible.”

7 AUGUST 2014, NEW YORK CITY

8. Various shots, moment of silence

Storyline

A United Nations (UN) spokesperson said that the scale of needs is unprecedented in the Gaza Strip following four weeks of hostilities.

Speaking for the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Farhan Haq told reporters at a press briefing in New York today (7 Aug) that teams are on the ground assessing needs and providing relief and emphasized the need for a sustained halt to the violence.

Since the conflict began last month, at least 1,380 Palestinian civilians have been killed, including 423 children and 224 women, and more than 9,000 people have been wounded. Three civilians in Israel were killed. Some of the 520,000 Palestinians who were displaced have since returned to their homes.

In the last 48 hours, humanitarian workers have been able to deliver food rations to hundreds of thousands of people. Vital repairs to water and sanitation infrastructure are underway and hundreds of tons of refuse have been removed from Gaza’s refugee camps.

Medical supplies are being re-stocked and more clinics are open. Mine risk education is targeting families in areas with the highest contamination of unexploded ordnance, and emergency psychosocial support is being provided to thousands of children.

Search and rescue workers have been retrieving bodies from under the rubble in areas that were previously inaccessible.

The flag was lowered to half mast at UN headquarters while staff gathered for a moment of silence to honour the eleven UNRWA colleagues killed during the conflict in Gaza, as well as in Syria and other field operations.