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UN Condemns Israeli Policy of Demolishing Homes

HeadlineJan 26, 2004

The United Nations is condemning Israel’s policy of demolishing Palestinian homes and is warning that it will not be able to serve all of the people made homeless by the demolitions. The UN is estimating that 600 Palestinians have been made homeless in the last 10 days in the Rafah refugee camp in Gaza where Israeli forces have leveled dozens of home. The BBC estimates that since October 2000, 14,000 people in the Gaza Strip have lost their homes.

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