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UNITED NATIONS， April 11 (Xinhua) -- More than 80 percent of Palestinian families borrowed money to get by in 2015， and over 40 percent have decreased their consumption of food， a UN spokesman said here Monday at a daily news briefing.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in the occupied Palestinian territory released the findings of an unprecedented survey of Palestinian families internally displaced in the Gaza Strip， due to the 2014 escalation of hostilities.
According to the survey， "nearly half fear being evicted from their accommodation，" UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
"The situation of women and girls is of particular concern， with many families reporting living in conditions without safety， dignity and privacy， including in tents， makeshift shelters， destroyed houses， or outdoors，" he added.
The late 2015 witnessed an outbreak of violence between Israel and the Palestinians. About 130 Palestinians were killed and thousands injured in the West Bank， east Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip， while about 20 Israelis were killed in a series of shooting， stabbing and cars ramming attacks carried out by Palestinian youths.
Throughout 2015， there were no serious actions to resume the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians， which had been stalled since 2014. The talks lasted for nine months under the U.S. sponsorship， but it failed in early 2014， due to deep differences between the two sides over borders and settlement.
by Will Koulouris
SYDNEY Cheap NBA Basketball Jerseys , July 10 (Xinhua) -- An Australian special forces officer has lashed out at the culture within the Australian Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) on Monday, with claims of an insidious and infectious culture leading to the death of innocent civilians in wartime.
The officer, who remains anonymous but claims to have been deployed to the Middle East on multiple occasions, made the shocking allegations in a statement published by local media. He said there has been an "emergence of an insidious, infectious Cheap Basketball Jerseys , and influential minority that indulges in self-glorification" within the special operations outfits deployed across the world.
"These individuals have participated in questionable combat behavior which often involves the 'flexible' application of Rules of Engagement (ROE), where what was being reported was not consistent with what was actually occurring on the battlefield, which led to the killing of noncombatants," the anonymous soldier said.
The soldier pointed to an incident that occurred back in 2009, where a group of commandos who had killed civilians with grenades Cheap NBA Jerseys Free Shipping , allegedly inadvertently, but then being subsequently charged with manslaughter which led to a culture of silence relating to the death of noncombatants.
This case, the soldier said, opened the door to those within the units to operate with "impunity" and a "lack of accountability," which he alleges created a situation whereby soldiers in these units began to operate with the intent to boost their "body count Cheap NBA Jerseys Wholesale ," while feeling safe from the possibility of prosecution.
The anonymous source said that this led to videos being created of the actions of the day, including killings, that would be played at the end of the rotation, which only further led to the glorification of those who were behaving in this manner.
When asked by Xinhua for comment, a spokesperson was adamant that the ADF operates under "strict rules of engagement Cheap NBA Jerseys From China ," has a strong ethical, and lawful guidelines and "does not condone its people operating outside of these rules and norms, and it takes allegations of misconduct seriously."
"It is a matter of public record that the Inspector General Australian Defence Force (IGADF) is currently conducting a scoping inquiry to determine whether there is any substance to rumors relating to the Special Operations Task Group during deployments in Afghanistan over the period 2005 to 2016," the spokesperson said.
"The Scoping Inquiry commenced in May 2016 as the result of a referral from the Chief of Army," he said.
"While the IGADF scoping inquiry is in progress Cheap NBA Jerseys China , it is inappropriate to comment on the status of any rumors or allegations," the spokesperson added.
This is not the first time that Australia has faced criticism of its reporting policy regarding the actions of its armed services, when a report emerged that Australia does not maintain accurate data on civilian casualties in the Middle East, according to Kellie Tranter, an Australian lawyer who lodged a Freedom of Information Request (FOI) with the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
"I was Cheap NBA Jerseys Discount , to put it mildly, in shock," Tranter said at the time.
"How do we refute allegations that we've killed civilians if we are not tracking and holding that information?"
A UN Special Rapporteur on Counter Terrorism and Human Rights, Ben Emmerson, said at the time that if these claims were indeed true Cheap NBA Jerseys , that Australia is at risk of not fulfilling its international law obligations.
"I find that extremely surprising that there is no central index kept of the number of combatants killed or civilian casualties," Emmerson said in March.
"A blanket refusal to release data on civilian casualties, regardless of the circumstances and regardless of any operational risk which there may or may not be, would not be consistent with any view of a state's responsibilities in international law."
The anonymous soldier called for drastic changes to the current operating methods, and said courage was required to put an end to what he alleges is a "damning culture" within the special operations command of the ADF.
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