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UNRWA Situation Report #35 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information is valid as of 20 November 2023 at 22:30 local time)

UNRWA

22 Nov 2023

Key points

The Gaza Strip

• Four UNRWA colleagues were killed due to strikes in the North, Gaza and Khan Younis areas. In total, 108 colleagues have been killed since the beginning of hostilities. This is the highest number of United Nations aid workers killed in a conflict in the history of the United Nations. At least half have been killed south of Wadi Gaza.

• Two schools in the Middle Area were directly hit by strikes and sustained severe damages. In one school, 15 internally displaced persons were killed, of whom nine were children and four were women. 20 people were injured. The school was hosting about 1,000 internally displaced people who were subsequently evacuated.

• Since the beginning of the conflict, at least 798 internally displaced people sheltering in UNRWA schools have been injured and at least 191 were reportedly killed. The number of killed and injured IDPs is an estimate as UNRWA is still trying to verify casualties from incidents impacting its installations.

• UNRWA received confirmed reports that two schools, one in the North and one in the Middle Area, were completely demolished by explosions.

• As of 20 November, UNRWA was able to verify that 89 incidents1 have impacted 69 UNRWA installations since the beginning of the hostilities.

• Among the installations impacted, 23 have sustained direct hits. In addition, UNRWA received reports of unauthorized entry and military use of its facilities on at least five occasions including entry of tanks onto the premises, use by snipers, and interrogations and arrests within the facilities.

• Almost 1.7 million people (or nearly 80 per cent of the population) have been displaced across the Gaza Strip since 7 October.

• As of 20 November, nearly 945,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) are now sheltering in 156 UNRWA installations across all five governorates of the Gaza Strip, including in the north.

• Nearly 785,000 IDPs are sheltering in 99 facilities in the Middle, Khan Younis and Rafah areas. Nearly 160,000 IDPs were sheltering in 57 UNRWA schools in the north and Gaza areas as of 12 October 2023, before evacuation orders were issued by Israeli Authorities. UNRWA is not able to access these shelters to assist or protect IDPs and does not have information on their needs and conditions.

• UNRWA has been informed that 120,000 litres of fuel will be delivered every two days. This amount of fuel only covers half of the daily critical needs. On 20 November, UNRWA received two trucks of fuel (around 64,000 liters).