THE GAZA STRIP: The Humanitarian Impact of Movement Restrictions on People and Goods
ACCESS TO FISHING AREAS (tonnes) GAZA STRIP KEY FACTS if Gaza is to recover from the damage 20 NM 6 wrought by multiple rounds of hostility and a NM shattered economy, the blockade must be 2015 701 Palestine According to Oslo Until May 2015 lifted. The people deserve help and realisation 6 Population NM of their human rights, not collective Total Area Refugees 2014 2,860 punishment 6 2 1.8 NM km (Special Rapporteur Makarim Wibisono, 19 June 2015) 365 Million 1.24 2013 2,421 Million
3 NM F No Zo E 2012 D ne n 1,938 I 1 try y .5 b nm EREZ CROSSING Daily average of travelers out of Gaza 6 d NM e (3 c nm 26,000 r ) Erez 2008 2,845 fo Crossing n e 12 , NM it 2 m 1 F Beit Lahiya li 0 D 1999 3,650 2 I Beit Hanoun g r y e b Jabalia in b d m e 2 h e c 1 metric tonnes of fish s v r 0 i o 2 Gaza f N fo r e e s c En b City e n it m il e Si im v EXIT OF GOODS FROM THE GAZA STRIP (Truckloads) m L o l g N a n 9 i 0 Nahal Oz ic h 0 9,319 t is 2 (Closed) 1,428 u F y 1,033 a s r Gaza’s exports virtually disappeared and the e a n il u 442 238 234 449 n Karni 6 m a 71 82 110 144 162 189 l J (Closed) manufacturing sector has shrunk by as much as a c e 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ti c u n a Si Until May 60 percent. The economy cannot survive n 5,774 without being connected to the outside world. 3 5,005 (Truckloads) Deir al Balah CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS VIA ISRAEL (Steen Lau Jorgensen, World Bank County Director, oPt. 2015) 39,539 Israel has allowed into Gaza just 8% of the N Z o o E n n 35,662 materials needed for reconstruction e t 1 ry n m 270 418 (Gisha 2015) 33 21 215 254 182 228 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Until May Khan Yunis
RAFAH CROSSING Daily average of travelers out of Gaza I S R A E L 21,495
579 15,681 16,194 E G Y P T 12,138 425 414 Rafah 8,270 361 5,514 Rafah Sufa Crossing Airport 227 1,025 65 143 136 94 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Kerem Shalom Until May 30 Crossing 17 Daily Average is calculated based on calendar days not on the actual days 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 Until May
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Gaza Jericho Agreement
War: Israel launches Access to areas closer than 300m Egypt closes Rafah to movement Israel installs Israeli perimeter closes fence safeIsrael passage bombs between GazaUN-Israeli Airport "Bertini Israel Commitment" unilaterallyHamas wins PalestinianIsrael stops elections theHamas entry takes of overIsrael Gaza closed and KarniIsrael crossing Fishingexcept activities beyond 3 NMIsraeli closes NahalIsrael Ozintercepts Israeli flotilla eases headed importEgypt to reopens RafahIsrael closesCrossing KarniIsrael conveyor closes Sufa War:belt Israeli launchesFishing areas Egyptextended launches to 6NMEgypt military closes RafahWar: CrossingIsrael launches Transferto of goods from Gaza to "Operation Cast Lead" from the fence is prohibited of people, with exceptions surrounding Gaza and West Bank easing access restrictionsdisengages from Gaza Palestinian workersimposes into a blockadeIsraelfor a conveyer belt prohibited Crossing closedGaza from Turkeyrestictions Crossing "Pillar of Defense" campaign to destroyentry of tunnels commercial"Protective goods Edge"West Bank resumed