United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees aims to provide education, health care, microfinance and emergency relief in an area described as having one of the highest unemployment rates in the world, where an overwhelming majority of people live below the poverty line and where armed conflict can flare up at any moment.
Listen to Thomas White, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza on Sunday Extra.
[Editor: Hamas gets a single mention in passing. Not a word about the role Egypt is playing in the blockade and as a mediator.
Great backgrounder on Thomas White from Ben Lynfield on Plus61J Media.]