Gaza Situation

Here are various examples of how social media and Web 2.0 applications are being used to report on events in Gaza and to provide support to humanitarian efforts there.

Blogs:
- National Public Radio (NPR) recently reported on "Life must go on in Gaza and Sderot," a blog maintained by an Israeli (Hopeman) and a Palestinian (Peaceman) on opposite sides of the border.

Mapping:
- Aid Worker Daily reported on the OpenStreetMap Gaza Wiki project to "update routes within Gaza in an effort to provide better data sets for humanitarian groups."

RSS feed:
- You can subscribe to an RSS feed for all ReliefWeb updates on the situation in Gaza.

Tracking events:
- Change.org's Humanitarian Relief blog reported that Al-Jazeera is using Ushahidi to track attacks, casualties, and other developments on the ground.

Twitter:
- NPR also reported on the use of Twitter by Al-Jazeera and the Irsraeli government.