The Humanitarian Situation Update is issued by OCHA Occupied Palestinian Territory twice a week. The Gaza Strip is covered on Tuesdays and the West Bank on Thursdays. The Gaza Humanitarian Response Update is issued every other Tuesday. The next Humanitarian Situation Update will be issued on 16 January.
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Children playing near a flooded area at a site for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Gaza city. Photo: OHCHR
Key Highlights
- The fuel crisis continues to threaten the operation of critical health services, from ventilators in Intensive Care Units to hemodialysis machines.
- Critical water, sanitation and hygiene facilities and activities are at risk of grinding to a halt if no additional fuel is urgently received, warns the WASH Cluster.
- Explosive weapons in 2024 left an average of 15 children a day in Gaza with potentially life-long disabilities, according to Save the Children.
- Less than 450 patients have been medically evacuated outside Gaza since May 2024, out of just over 5,000 evacuated in total since October 2023 and more than 12,000 still in need of urgent, life-saving evacuation, according to the Health Cluster.
- Women and girls in overcrowded and poorly lit shelters face heightened vulnerability to violence, including sexual exploitation and abuse, warns UNFPA.
Humanitarian Developments
- Israeli bombardment from the air, land and sea and detonation of
residential buildings continues to be reported across the Gaza Strip,
resulting in further civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction
of civilian infrastructure. Rocket fire by Palestinian armed groups
towards Israel has also been reported.... READ MORE https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-update-255-gaza-strip
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