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Saeb Erekat: We have no electricity, no water, no medical supplies, 450,000 people are without shelter.

On the recordAugust 6, 2014
We have no electricity, no water, no medical supplies, 450,000 people are without shelter.
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Saeb Erekat

Editor's note · Context

Erekat outlines the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza that necessitates a cease-fire.

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