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UNRWA Situation Report #28 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (all information valid as of 11 November 2023 at 18:30 local time)

UNRWA

12 Nov 2023

Key Points

The Gaza Strip

• Since 4 November, Israel has opened a "corridor" along the main North-South Road in the Gaza Strip from 10 am to 2 pm. On 9 November, tens of thousands of people - mostly walking - were forced to move from north to south. The UN and NGOs are supporting through presence and providing very basic assistance like water and some food just south of Wadi Gaza. People were forced to walk several kilometres and were exhausted and dehydrated amid unusually high temperatures.

• One UNRWA school and one health centre in the Rimal area of Gaza City were impacted by strikes. UNRWA received confirmed information about an UNRWA office in Gaza that sustained collateral damage due to strikes on 25 October.

• Almost 1.6 million people have been displaced across the Gaza Strip since 7 October. Three additional shelters were opened in Rafah. Nearly 778,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are now sheltering in 154 UNRWA installations across all five governorates of the Gaza Strip, including in the north.

• Over 618,000 IDPs are sheltering in 97 facilities in the Middle, Khan Younis and Rafah areas. Nearly 160,000 IDPs were sheltering in 57 UNRWA schools in the northern and Gaza areas as of 12 October 2023, before the evacuation order was issued by the Israeli Authorities. UNRWA is not able to access these shelters to assist or protect the IDPs and does not have information on their needs and conditions.