Life....but! - Thu, 1 Jan 09

AMMAN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Gaza faces a humanitarian "catastrophe" if  aid is prevented from reaching the territory by blocking crossing points, the head of the main U.N. aid agency for the Palestinians said on Friday.

Karen AbuZayd, commissioner-general of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), said the human toll of this month's sealing of Gaza's goods crossings was the gravest since the early days of a Palestinian uprising eight years ago