The Patriot Ledger · 7 January 1960
CP-1960-005
Gaza Strip Refugee Says Young Merely Wed, Old Die
Only Weather Changes
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12 Quincy Patriot Ledger, Thursday, Jan.
7, 1960 Only Weather Changes: Gaza Strip Refugee Says Young Merely Wed, Old Die Associated Press Foreign Serv 6fi in Palestine in the Arab - Israeli AL SHATI CAMP, Gaza Strip- war of 1948. *There is little else to do, but At the end of each month the marry and die," said Amina Ha- U.N. agency gives Hasan a ration san, an Arab refugee woman ex- totting up to 1,500 calories per plaining the high marriage rate day per person — the minimum among the 240,000 refugees jam- required to keep a man's body op- erating provided he does no work. packed in the Gaza Strip.
Special Baby Rations For 11 years Amina Hasan has The Hasans are expecting a been living in a refugee camp near Gaza along the Egyptian- baby, but this does not worry them. They are pleased, for more Israeli border. Last year she than one reason. Amina will, at turned 18 and, as do most refug
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"Gaza Strip Refugee Says Young Merely Wed, Old Die," The Patriot Ledger, 7 January 1960. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1960-005. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1960-005
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