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UNRWA Situation Report #132 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information from 27-28 August 2024, valid as of 28 August 2024 at 22:30 (local time)

UNRWA

30 Aug 2024

Key Points

The Gaza Strip

• Ongoing strikes by Israeli Security Forces (ISF) continue, with aerial, land and maritime bombardments across the Gaza Strip, resulting in civilian casualties, displacement and the destruction of residential structures and public infrastructure.
• According to MSF, evacuation orders by the Israel military continue to compress people into smaller and smaller areas along the increasingly cramped coastal area of Deir Al-Balah and Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip. Living conditions are continuing to deteriorate. People displaced in Khan Younis are without proper access to food, water and essential services.
• According to the UN, at least 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).
• On 28 August, the World Food Programme (WFP) temporarily suspended staff movement across Gaza following shooting at a WFP vehicle. Despite being clearly marked and receiving multiple clearances by the Israeli authorities to approach, the vehicle was directly hit by gunfire as it was moving towards an Israeli miliary checkpoint.
• 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. According to OCHA, between 1 and 25 August 2024, an average of only 69 humanitarian trucks entered the Gaza Strip per day. This is well below the pre-crisis average of 500 trucks per working day.
• According to several INGOs one of the most significant obstacles to bringing in aid supplies continues to be the delays imposed by the Israeli authorities in approving cargo to enter Gaza. Food and essential medical supplies are at risk of expiring before they can be approved for entry, while fresh produce continues to be denied entry at key crossings, and meat on cold chain trucks is held up pending approval. A substantial amount of aid remains in Egypt, unable to enter Gaza, with very little humanitarian supplies entering following the May 2024 Israeli military offensive in Rafah.
• As of 29 August, the total number of UNRWA team members killed since 7 October is 212.
• The latest information on supplies entering Gaza can be accessed through the below link:
  Gaza Supplies and Dispatch Tracking | UNRWA

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem

The West Bank, including East Jerusalem update is now once a week.

• According to OCHA, between 7 October 2023 and 26 August 2024, 622 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Separately, UNICEF confirmed that over 150 children have been killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, during the period, 7 October 2023 to 22 July 2024.
• A large-scale ISF operation started on 27 August across the northern West Bank, in Jenin, Tubas, Tulkarm and Qalqiliya governorates. As of 28 August, 14 Palestinians were reported killed and at least another 30 were injured. At least eight of those killed were a result of ISF airstrikes, which were reported in El Far'a Camp, Nur Shams Camp and Sir village in the early morning of 28 August. The extensive use of armoured bulldozers and heavy machinery by the ISF was recorded in Jenin Camp and city, Tulkarm city and El Far'a Camp, resulting in the destruction of infrastructure, including water, sewerage, electricity and roads. UNRWA installations in the impacted areas remained closed during this period due to the ongoing security situation.