Israeli border block leaves warehouses full of medicine and food for Palestinians go to waste

A displacement camp sheltering Palestinians on a beach amid stormy weather in Gaza City on Tuesday. With the ceasefire, some 65,000 children are returning to some kind of learning in shelters in Gaza, with displaced teachers providing them with lessons. Photo: AP/Jehad Alshrafi

A group of Palestinian girls are gathered around a posterboard sheet, showing off a science project that produces fuel from the remnants of used medical syringes.

The project itself took home top marks in the Jordan Young Scientists competition, set up by Ireland’s embassy in the country and modelled off the Irish competition. The school, located in the Marka refugee camp on the outskirts of Amman in Jordan, is one of five run by UNRWA in the area.