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UNRWA Situation Report #125 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (All information from 25-29 July 2024, valid as of 29 July 2024 at 22:30)

UNRWA

31 Jul 2024

Key Points

The Gaza Strip

• Ongoing strikes by Israeli Security Forces (ISF) continue, with aerial, land and maritime bombardment across the Gaza Strip. These result in civilian casualties, displacement of people and the destruction of residential structures and public infrastructure.
• Between 22 and 27 July it is estimated that more than 200,000 people have been displaced due to the recent evacuation orders from the Israeli authorities and intensified military operations and hostilities around Khan Younis (in the southwest).
• UNRWA's Commissioner-General posted on his official X account (formerly known as Twitter) that currently only 14 per cent of the areas in Gaza are not under "evacuation orders".
• 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 (some up to 10 times).
• According to the Education Cluster, latest satellite imagery assessments as of 6 July reveal that nearly 85 per cent of school buildings in the Gaza Strip (477 out of 564) have been directly hit or damaged and require either full reconstruction or major rehabilitation work to be functional as schools again.
• According to the Nutrition Cluster , 93 per cent of children aged 6-23 months and 96 per cent of pregnant and lactating women are consuming two or fewer food groups within a single day, with nearly all households forced to skip meals or reduce their own food intake so that their children had food to eat. Over 500,000 children under the age of 5 as well as pregnant and lactating women urgently need lifesaving nutrition support across the Gaza Strip.
• According to WHO, the health system continues to be dismantled, with reduced health service availability. Only 16 out of 36 hospitals (or 44 per cent) are partially functional and 48 out of the 107 (45 per cent) primary health care facilities are functional. UNRWA remains a major actor in the health sector, providing health services across 10 primary health centres and up to 100 medical points across the Gaza Strip.
• As of 30 July, the total number of UNRWA colleagues killed since 7 October is 202.
• Several challenges stand in the way of collecting much needed humanitarian supplies from the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing point in southern Gaza. These include deteriorating law and order, war and insecurity, damaged infrastructure, fuel shortages and access restrictions.
• The latest information on supplies entering Gaza can be found below:

Gaza Supplies and Dispatch Tracking | UNRWA