The crisis in #Gaza
By Lazaro Gamio, Richard Johnson and Adam Taylor; Published: Aug. 1, 2014
▻http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/the-gaza-crisis
Restricted border zones
A 2km area on the outside of the border fence separating Israel and Gaza is a no-go zone for Israeli civilians. Communities contained in a 3km-deep zone on the inside received evacuation warnings. This area covers 44 percent of the Gaza Strip and contains homes of about 250,000 people.
Gaza City’s Shijaiyah neighborhood and the city of Beit Hanoun, which lie inside the 3km zone, have been bombarded heavily.
Refugee camps and shelters
The U.N. Relief and Works Agency is struggling to accommodate the deluge of Palestinians displaced by the buffer zones in shelters, a number of which lie within refugee camps.One Israeli airstrike A U.N.-run school being used as a shelter in the Jabalya Refugee Camp was hit by artillery shells, killing at least 20 people.
Gaza’s demographics
POPULATION GROWTH
in millions of people by governorate
According to the United Nations, by 2020 the population of Gaza will be around 2.1 million. This will add some 400,000 people to an already confined and heavily urbanized region. Electricity, water, sanitation and social services were struggling to keep pace with needs even before the current conflict.