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TEHRAN, March 14 - The United Nations said about $540 million is needed for humanitarian relief in the Palestinian territories in 2018.
TEHRAN,Young Journalists Club (YJC) - Jamie McGoldrick, the top U.N. humanitarian coordinator, said Wednesday that 75 percent of that sum is for Gaza, where "a man-made tragedy is unfolding daily," AFP reported.
Gaza has been under a Zionist and Egyptian blockade since Hamas’s ruling the territory in 2007.
The closure has devastated the economy.
Half the sum is to support emergency projects by UNRWA, the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, after Washington slashed its funding this year, AFP reported.
The rest is to fund food, water, health, sanitation, shelter and education projects.
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