A top United Nations official in Gaza said Sunday that he expects the threat of a humanitarian crisis to subside as
Israel allows essential supplies into Gaza – at least for the next four days – while continuing its military offensive to gain the release of a kidnapped soldier, Cpl. Gilad Shalit. “People, including me, are very nervous about what will happen if they don’t get the soldier back – or even if they get him back – what else they might do to punish the Palestinian people,” says Chris Nordahl, the deputy director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. Full Story