Humanitarian impact of the wall (8 November 2003) Preliminary analysis by the Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs reveals that the planned new Wall will have severe humanitarian consequences for more than 680,000 Palestinians in the West Bank - well beyond the impact of the current Wall. On October 1, 2003, Israel approved a new plan revealing new information about the Wall's planned route in the southern West Bank. The planned new Wall will be 687 km long. See also: New wall projections: Severe humanitarian consequences for more than 680,000 Palestinians in the West Bank, OCHA (12 November 2003).
Source: Office of the Coordinator of Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations.
