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UNRWA Situation Report #119 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - All information from 4-7 July, is valid as of 7 July 2024 at 22:30

UNRWA

9 Jul 2024

Key Points

The Gaza Strip

• According to the UN, up to 1.9 million people (or nine in ten people) across the Gaza Strip are internally displaced, including people who have been repeatedly displaced nine or 10 times.
• Ongoing strikes by Israeli Forces continue, with aerial, land and maritime bombardment across the Gaza Strip. These result in civilian casualties, displacement and the destruction of residential structures and civilian infrastructure. The Israeli Forces' ground offensive continues to expand, with new evacuation orders issued for parts of Khan Younis, impacting a quarter of a million people, deepening the humanitarian crisis and further destabilizing humanitarian aid flows.
• According to Save the Children[1], some women in Gaza are inducing labour to avoid giving birth while on the move, while others fear seeking essential prenatal care due to the threat of bombings. Some pregnant women have died from lack of access to medical care. Over the past nine months, in total an estimated 50,000 babies have been born in Gaza, often in traumatic, unsanitary and undignified conditions without basic services.
• Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that Nasser Hospital, the last tertiary hospital in southern Gaza, risks being overwhelmed with casualties following the closure of the European Gaza Hospital due to Israeli evacuation orders. MSF teams at Nasser Hospital report severe shortages of medical supplies, jeopardizing essential healthcare. Patient numbers at Nasser Hospital are surging daily, surpassing bed capacity in all departments. On 3 July, the pediatric department, designed for 56 beds, had 100 patients. The orthopedic department has also seen patient numbers double in recent days.
• According to NRC, there is a severe cash shortage in Gaza, intensifying hardships. Limited internet access and unequal access to mobile phones hinder cashless banking, exacerbating the situation. Less than 10 per cent of the ATMs and bank branches are operational due to the on-going war and continued damage to infrastructure.
• The deteriorating law and order situation is severely hindering humanitarian actors from collecting aid at the Kerem Shalom Crossing for distribution inside Gaza. This adds to existing operational challenges including insecurity, damaged infrastructure, fuel shortages and restricted access. The latest information on supplies entering Gaza via Kerem Shalom and Rafah can be found below:

Gaza Supplies and Dispatch Tracking | UNRWA

• As of 7 July, the total number of UNRWA colleagues killed since 7 October is 197, an increase of three from the last update.

[1] Women self-inducing labour and facing life-threatening complications in pregnancy after nine months of Gaza conflict - occupied Palestinian territory | ReliefWeb