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Gaza Strip Zikim United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Occupied Palestinian Territory Karmiya DISPLACED WOMEN’SRIGHTS TO HOUSING, LAND AND PROPERTY REALITIES FROM THE GROUND: Women’s Housing, Land and Property Rights in the Gaza Strip Zikim United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs occupied Palestinian territory Karmiya e s n e o il GAZA STRIP Z m g l n i a Yad Mordekhai Scan it! Navigate! h ic A CCESS A N D CLO SUR E with QR reader App with Avenza PDF Maps s t App i u F a 4 34 As-Siafa n d o e DECEMBER 2012 e N 5 h . s a 1 R r A EREZ CROSSING (BEIT HANOUN) Open six days (daytime) a week for the movement of internationalNetiv workersha-Asara and limited number of authorized Palestinians including medical, humanitarian cases and aid workers. 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