Gaza to be Uninhabitable in Less Than Two Years
- Gaza to be Uninhabitable in Less Than Two Years
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The Gaza Strip will be uninhabitable in less than two years if proper actions are not taken to end the years-long Israeli siege on the coastal enclave, warns a Palestinian advocacy group.
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The Popular Committee to Lift the Siege on Gaza said that the international community needs to find practical solutions to the various humanitarian crises that Gaza is grappling with as a direct result of Israeli actions, the Palestinian Information Center reported Thursday.
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Jamal al-Khudari, from the popular committee, said Gazans are enduring a “calamitous” humanitarian situation due to the 12-year-long Israeli blockade. “International warnings as regards the situation in Gaza should be translated into projects on the ground”, he said.
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“By 2020, Gaza will be an uninhabitable zone”, al-Khudari added.”The international community should force Israel to lift its illegal and immoral siege.”
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The Gaza Strip has been under an Israeli blockade since June 2007. Years of blockade, three major invasions and daily airstrikes against critical infrastructure have caused a decline in the standard of living as well as unprecedented levels of unemployment and unrelenting poverty.
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