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Humanitarian organisation providing assistance & protection to refugees & displaced people. Tweets on the Middle East and North Africa.
Joined March 2013
Just in: 3 more children confirmed killed from our programmes. Total so far is 11. All killed in their homes with their relatives. #Gaza.
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'There is no safe place in Gaza': A message from our colleague @YousefHammash from #Gaza, where entire neighbourhood of Rimal has been levelled.
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NRC is warning against any attempts by Israel to deport and permanently displace Palestinians from #Gaza which would constitute a serious breach of international law and an atrocity crime. 1/6
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"They are now gone, killed with their families, buried with their dreams and the nightmares that haunted them" - @NRC_Egeland on 11 children killed by #Israeli air strikes in #Gaza who were taking part in @NRC_Norway programme helping them with trauma.
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Over 600 Israelis &300 Palestinians killed, including children. Thousands are injured. The humanitarian situation in Gaza is already deteriorating on the second day of hostilities. 👇 building used to house 80 families and was destroyed in an Israeli airstrike this morning. 1/5
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The Israeli authorities notified the UN to evacuate staff & advised Palestinians living north of Wadi Gaza they should evacuate to southern Gaza in the next 24hrs. More than 1 million Palestinians live in this area. This order must be rescinded to avert a humanitarian calamity.
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It takes 5 hours to get hold of a bag of bread in #Gaza. There are only a few bakeries still functioning as fuel runs low. Aid coming into #Gaza must include fuel for hospitals and bakeries. @YousefHammash
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It’s time for the 12th grade final #exams for students in #Syria, but many cannot take them… #Right2Learn #Syriacrisis
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Lina Iyad Sharir, 15. Hala Hussein al-Rifi, 13. Dima Rami al-Ifranji, 15. Tala Ayman Abu al-Auf, 13. Yara Mohammad al-Kawlak, 9. Rula Mohammad al-Kawlak, 5. Hala Mohammad al-Kawlak, 12. Hana Shukri al-Kawlak, 14.
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"I think the world needs to know that it’s a disaster here." NRC’s @YousefHammash reporting on the dire humanitarian situation in #Gaza.
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#Breaking: Eleven children receiving NRC trauma care killed in their homes by #Israeli air strikes . #Gaza #Palestine #Israel.
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Our Communications Adviser in #Palestine, Shaina Low, speaks to @CBCNews about the need for a humanitarian pause in #Gaza to help get aid to those who need it.
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"NRC calls for humanitarian corridors and pauses to be immediately introduced, to allow the safe passage of humanitarian personnel and relief supplies into Gaza." @NRC_Egeland .
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After a month of hostilities in Gaza, the Shelter Cluster led by @NRC_Norway reports:. - 220,000+ damaged housing units affecting over 1 million.- 40,000+ units destroyed/uninhabitable which means 200,000+ have no home to return to. 50% of Gaza housing is destroyed or damaged.
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WATCH: Our spokesperson in Gaza, @YousefHammash, speaks to @trtworld amid ongoing bombing, which has killed hundreds and displaced thousands in #Gaza.
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Early Wednesday morning, Israeli authorities demolished a house belonging to Salhiya family in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem. The family have no place to go. Children’s physical and psychological wellbeing is now at risk, having witnessed their home turn into rubble in the dark.
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"We were isolated from the rest of the world." . Our colleague @YousefHammash describes what it was like to experience Gaza’s communications blackout. Today we were able to reach all of our Gaza staff, but communication is still unreliable. 📹:Ibrahim Abu Eshiba
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⚠️📍Israeli bombardments have destroyed around 25% of residential housing units in #Gaza in the last 10 days, creating unprecedented and urgent needs for bedding sets, dignity kits and hygiene items for 700,000 IDPs, according to the Shelter Cluster hosted by @NRC_Norway
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Heavy bombardment has continued in southern #Gaza, where Israel has asked Palestinians to go if they were to be safe. Our colleague @YousefHammash brings us the latest updates on the humanitarian disaster unfolding there. There is no safe place in #Gaza.
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"As humanitarians we are sick & tired of building and rebuilding only to see it destroyed again & again.”--@NRC_Egeland speaking from #Gaza
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Watch the terrifying moments our #Gaza colleague @YousefHammash had to flee his home with his 3-year-old daughter and pregnant wife. We call on governments meeting today at UN Security Council to push for immediate ceasefire and end to #Israeli occupation & systemic injustices
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We are horrified by reports of relentless attacks on Gaza’s hospitals. Patients, including babies, and civilians seeking relief are trapped under attack. An urgent ceasefire is needed to avoid further loss of innocent lives
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100 days of hell. How long will it take for the world to understand that this is enough?. Our colleague @YousefHammash describes the despair of life in Gaza.
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#Israel's army destroyed more residential & animal shelters and water tanks in #Humsa, occupied #Palestine, yesterday. "We haven't seen this nr of demolitions since the UN began keeping records 10 years ago," colleague Chris Holt, who witnessed the destruction, told @RTERadio1
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"How can we say we’re in 2017 and we have besiegement like that in the middle ages?" @NRC_Egeland speaks to @AJEnglish about the besiegement in #Ghouta, #Syria.
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Israeli airstrikes targeted 3 Palestinian Islamic Jihad leaders and killed 10 others, including women and children, in #Gaza this morning. International law prohibits extrajudicial killings and the targeting of civilians unless they are directly participating in hostilities.
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In the midst of Syrian winter, survivors of the earthquake have no home to return to. Now more than ever, they need your support. #Syria #earthquakeinturkey #syriaearthquake
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Gaza: A Hell on Earth. Read the joint op-ed from the Norwegian Refugee Council, Save the Children, Norwegian People's Aid & Norwegian Church Aid on the need for stronger action by the international community to address the root causes of the conflict
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2017 has been a year like no other. What will the next year bring? Hear our Secretary General @NRC_Egeland's reflections on this year and the year to come. #HappyNewYear #NewYear #Syria #Yemen #Congo #DRC #CAR
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"We just don't know where to go". A message from @YousefHammash, our Advocacy Officer in #Gaza, reporting on the increasingly desperate conditions for people in the south. We need a ceasefire in Gaza now.
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Our @MdM_France colleague reports from #Humsa, occupied #Palestine, about desolate scenes of destruction left by #Israel's army & bulldozers. European diplomats witnessed yet another breach of international law with no consequences. More people made homeless, sick & traumatised.
All quiet now in Humsa - all diplomats have left - the community salvage what they can - no to protect them. Children traumatised, some are very sick from being exposed to the elements - the world will look back in shame at what it allowed to happen to these people
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A city of 100 hurdles: Like much of Hebron’s H2 area, Palestinian residents of Shuhada street cannot move freely. Israeli authorities forcibly closed a thriving market here, and Palestinian cars are denied entry. Israel has cut the area off from the outside world.
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In today's report from Gaza, our colleague @YousefHammash describes his 4-hour mission to get a litre of fuel needed to pump water for his family. Fuel is quickly running out.
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Press Release: NRC urgently calls for an immediate ceasefire to save lives in Gaza. “Every single escalation of violence in Gaza comes at the cost of ordinary people, who pay the highest price for military actions.". #GazaUnderAttack .
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“I would rather be killed by an #airstrike than see my children die slowly of starvation,” Fatima told us. #Yemen #Together4Yemen
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We are horrified by the attack on Al Ahli hospital in #Gaza. Hundreds of patients were receiving treatment and families with their children sought safety there. 1/2.
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Nearly half of Gaza’s population is children. They have only known siege and occupation. Only a long-term solution can ensure the safety of children and give them a chance of a better future. Israel must end the siege and its occupation. 5/5.
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#Breaking: Images from #Humsa, occupied #Palestine, just now show Israeli army seizing once again International aid - tents for people made homeless a week ago by #Israel
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🚨NRC STATEMENT:. “The Israeli military demand that 1.2 million civilians in northern #Gaza relocate to its south within 24 hours, absent of any guarantees of safety or return, would amount to the war crime of forcible transfer. It must be reversed.".
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Images of the destruction in Humsa Al-Bqai'a, occupied #Palestine, show international aid destroyed & ransacked by #Israel leaving families homeless & displaced. Int'l community needs to stand up for its own taxpayers' money & demand that Israel stops this & pay for damages
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#Breaking: Today, the Israeli High Court revoked an interim injunction freezing a demolition order against the Isfey Al-Fouqa school in Masafer Yatta in the southern West Bank. This means the school is now under imminent risk of being torn down. #stopdemolitions. (1/5)
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Press Release: Libya’s violent crackdown against migrants and refugees intensifies over the weekend. We are calling on the international community to act now to protect migrants and refugees in #Libya .
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12 girls killed in their homes by #Israeli air strikes were being helped by @NRC_Norway to overcome trauma. We were helping them to cope with the very violence that killed them. They were all between 5 and 15 years old
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60 #Palestinian homes built without permits in Al Walaja village are at risk of demolition. #Israel’s restrictive planning regime denies nearly all Palestinian construction under its jurisdiction. End all home demolitions. #SaveAlWalaja
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Our #Lebanon Country Director @Carlo_Gherardi is out with our teams assessing the damage left in #Beirut by the #Beirut_Explosion. We're working with local responders to provide shelter for thousands made homeless. Help us help them by donating here:
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"We call on #Israel to stop this madness: children must be protected" - @NRC_Egeland about 11 children receiving trauma counselling with @NRC_Norway in #Gaza killed by #Israeli bombings .
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11 of the children killed by #Israeli air strikes so far in #Gaza had been going through @NRC_Norway's psycho-social programs helping children deal with trauma — a sign of how children repeatedly are victimized by the violence.
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#Iraq: Education system on brink of collapse .-240,000 with no access to education .-2.5 million children need support.-Teachers unpaid, no new teachers hired .-Education funding less than half of $35m required. Check latest from @NRC_Norway via @AJEnglish
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“People are sleeping on the streets and sidewalks without any means of protection,” said @YousefHammash, an advocacy officer for the Norwegian Refugee Council.
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Our colleague @YousefHammash speaks about personal loss and what it means to be a father in #Gaza today. Southern Gaza is not safe for families seeking shelter there.
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The announcement by the US to allow 20 aid trucks into Gaza is not enough to deal with growing humanitarian needs. We need an urgent scale up of aid and guarantees of safety for people receiving aid and aid workers. We need immediate and sustained humanitarian access.
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@NRC_Norway's Chris Holt, representative of the West Bank Consortium on the ground in Humsa today, witnessed #Israel army's destruction of international aid and forcible transfer of the Palestinian community:
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"The siege of #Gaza needs to be lifted & the occupation of #Palestinians must end if we are to avoid more trauma and death among children and new cycles of destruction every few years” - @NRC_Egeland . #Palestine #Israel #SaveSheikhJarrah #GazaUnderAttackk.
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The situation in #Gaza is horrifying. We have lost contact with our staff in Gaza as communication lines are still down. Israel’s continued bombardment and expanded ground operation in Gaza will raise an already deadly escalation to even more dangerous levels. 1/2.
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#Israel's latest destruction of Palestinian Bedouins' tents is not only a grave breach of int'l law that leaves families like Nizam's homeless on their own land, but also an attack on international aid. Int'l community must get Israel to stop displacing people and pay reparations
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"Until the root causes are addressed, Palestinian children in Gaza will continue to bear the brunt of this violence, paying not only with their emotional health but also with their lives.". Remember their names & how they were killed. 1/7.
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Hundreds of thousands of civilians in northern Gaza are facing appalling humanitarian conditions following Israel’s relentless bombardment and forcible, thus unlawful, transfer order. People have nowhere to go amidst Israel’s tightened siege.
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"We are forgotten!". Our colleague @YousefHammash asks why it has to take a conflict for the world to pay attention to the suffering of Gaza's people. Here is a clip of his interview with @Channel4News
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Our colleague @YousefHammash speaks to @ThisAmerLife about the many agonies of everyday life in #Gaza and the responsibility to support his extended family in displacement- all while helping provide aid to people. Give this incredible account a listen:.
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Over 70,000 people in #Gaza have already been displaced. Many are staying in schools and other public facilities. More families are expected to flee their homes as Israeli airstrikes intensify. on the second day of the escalation. 2/5
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Our thoughts are with the victims of the #earthquake that hit #Türkiye and #Syria this morning. The quake happened at the worst time of night at the worst time of the year. #TurkeyEarthquake #Turkey. (1/3).
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Congratulations to our colleague @YousefHammash for receiving an @FPALondon award for his work on Gaza: Dare to Dream with @Channel4’s @UnreportedWorld Trapped inside Gaza, Yousef pre-recorded this powerful message for the award ceremony. 1/2.
Yousef Hammash is trapped in Gaza but sent the audience this touching video @YousefHammash you will not be forgotten!
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🚨⚠️.Urgent plea by NRC and 11 INGOs to avert an unprecedented humanitarian crisis amid looming Israeli land incursion into #Gaza. Full statement 👇.
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We need more aid to go into #Gaza to meet the unprecedented needs of 2.3 million people. A humanitarian pause must be agreed to ensure aid is safely delivered to families across the Gaza Strip.
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Statements by senior Israeli officials including the Prime Minister aimed at pushing out Palestinians from Gaza are alarming. NRC warns of risks of forcible transfer and deportations of Palestinians which would be a breach of int law and an atrocity crime.
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"It's horror here.". Grim accounts continue to come out of #Gaza. Our colleague @YousefHammash tells @MSNBC about the entire neighbourhoods turned into ash by Israeli airstrikes.
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“Everyone here in Khan Younis is in a survival mode.” @NRC_Norway’s @YousefHammash describes life in southern #Gaza amid Israeli bombardments and a total siege.
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4 the 1st time in history #Refugees compete @ #Rio2016 discover sport talents in camps in #Jordan on #StrongSpirits
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The needs in #Syria are rapidly increasing. Hear the latest updates from our colleagues in the field.
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These were beautiful children traumatised by past violence, by the siege, by the insanity of this conflict. They were making good progress, they were doing better at school. And then they were killed - @NRC_Egeland .#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #GazaUnderAttack
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#Turkey claims it wants to establish a “safe zone” in North East #Syria to return millions of refugees there. What does that look like? . “This is not a safe zone, this is a war zone,” said @NRC_Norway’s @Karl_Schembri speaking to @AJEnglish’s @LizPuranam.
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More than half a million Syrians have fled toward the northern part of #Syria since December last year and as the fighting continues this number keeps rising consistently. @NRC_Norway's @RachelSider speaks to @euronews about the current displacement crisis. ⬇️
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“For civilians in #Syria this means that they are at risk of losing a critical lifeline to basic services”- NRC’s @RachelSider speaks about the humanitarian impact of the #Russia and #China's veto against restoring cross-border aid to millions of Syrians.
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We call for an end to the fighting immediately. The int'l community must ensure all parties respect international law and spare further Palestinian & Israeli civilian casualties. Humanitarian access is required to safely provide timely assistance to those in need. 5/5.
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"Everyone I've spoken to in #Sanaa tells me they don't care who wins, that they don't care who loses. They just want the violence to stop." @suzevanmeegen on the situation in #Yemen
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"Inside the area of eastern #Ghouta in #Syria, there’s an acute #malnutrition among children. It has gone from 2% to 12%, a five-fold increase in the last ten months," NRC Secretary General @NRC_Egeland tells @AJEnglish.
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After almost five years of war in #Yemen, @NRC_Norway's Regional Media Adviser @Karl_Schembri speaks of the humanitarian catastrophe via @AJArabic. @Karl_Schembri: “The people in Yemen are under attack, facing airstrikes. poverty keeps rising. They lost everything"
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The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) Friday reported a distressing surge in Israeli settler violence within the occupied West Bank, resulting in the displacement of some 500 Palestinians from seven communities in the past 20 months. 👇.
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"We really need a change in policy to allow people to live in safety and dignity," says @alex_saieh on the recent mass arrest of migrants and refugees in #Libya. Today more than 7,000 migrants and refugees are held in Libyan detention centers.
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