Palestinian official says Gaza Strip "the biggest prison in history".

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of report by Palestinian Ramattan News Agency website

Ramallah, 9 July: Sa'ib Urayqat, the official in charge of the PLO Negotiations Department, has warned against the deteriorating health, humanitarian and food conditions of the citizens of the Gaza Strip, especially in view of the Israeli military operation that has been continuing against the Gaza Strip for more than two weeks and the closure of the crossings leading to the strip.

Speaking at a press conference he held at the headquarters of Ramattan press agency on Sunday 9 July 2006, Urayqat called on the UN's humanitarian agencies "to launch …