have left the si.te. rn response to the Agency's rePresentat ions, the Israeli authorities have stated that these shelters were denolished as contraventions' bavinq been built on public land outside the camp and thaE arrangements r,lere being made to provide alternative accoNlodation. 8. In the year under revie!l, accordinq to infornation available to the cornmi ssioner-Genera I , 326 refugee fanifles, comprising 2r0?5 Persons, noved tO 194 plots of land in housing projects sponsored by the Israeli authorities' rn addition, three refugee farnilies conprising 14 persons moved co conpleted housinq units. As a pre-condition. this has required the denolilion of 501 sheller rooms of erhich 245 were built by the Agency, 27 assisted by the Agency and 229 roons built without such assistance. In requiring such denolitions the Israeli authorities have mainlained that they have relieved congestion in the canps and tha! naterials from denolished shelters were used by the refugees ln net9 construction. The Aqency opposes such demoliCions and believes they add to the acute housing crisis in the Gaza strip. as the rooms thus denolished are not available to rehouse other poor farni!.ies Iiving in over-cro9ded conditlons' 9. The Israeli authoriti.es have to date allocated a total of 3,714 plots of land in the Gaza Strip for housinq proiects. Houses have been built by 2'816 refuqee fanilies of 17,316 persons on 2,O67 plogs and construction is continuinq on 361 plots. The renaining plots are either still gacant or belong to non-refuqee fami.Iies. In addition, 2'809 refugee fanilies. consisting ot I7,649 persons and 14 non-refugee fanilres' cornprising 65 persons' have rnoved into 2'665 completed housin-q units consisting of 5,872 rooms. 10. Refuqee fanilies are continuing to purchase plots of land at subsidized rates' for constructlnq houses in the projects developed by tbe Israeli authorlti'es in the BeitLahiya.NaslahandTelel.sullanareas.Thelsraeliauthoricieshavealso recently started to expand the al-Anal and Sheikh Radean housing prolects'
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the humanitarian situation of refugees in the Gaza Strip, specifically their housing and living conditions. The Israeli authorities' actions and responses to the Agency's representations are the main focus of the text. The text highlights the demolition of shelters, the allocation of plots of land, and the construction of housing units. The context suggests that the text is related to humanitarian aid and relief, as it discusses the living conditions of refugees and the actions taken by the Israeli authorities and the Agency.

**Category**
Humanitarian aid and relief