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UNRWA Situation Report #136 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information from 11 - 12 September 2024, valid as of 12 September 2024 at 22:30 (local time)

UNRWA

13 Sep 2024

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.
• UNRWA Commissioner General posted a statement on his official X account that on 11 September, another UNRWA school sheltering displaced people was hit in Nuseirat. Among the people killed are six UNRWA staff working and providing support to families who have sought refuge in the school. Since the beginning of this war, at least 220 UNRWA staff have been killed in Gaza. The Commissioner General stated that humanitarian staff, premises and operations have been blatantly and unabatedly disregarded since the beginning of the war. The longer impunity prevails, the more international humanitarian law & the Geneva Conventions will become irrelevant.
• Humanitarian pauses across specific areas of the Gaza Strip have enabled the first round of the emergency polio vaccination campaign. The Polio vaccination campaign is being rolled out in phases, focusing on one zone at a time - starting in the Middle Areas, shifting to the south, and finally to the northern governorates. Between 1-12 September, over 560,000 children were reached in the middle, southern and northern areas of the Gaza Strip according to WHO.
• The war in Gaza has caused an enormous surge in traumatic injuries while severely disrupting available rehabilitation services. WHO and partners conducted an analysis based on daily reports from the Emergency Medical Teams, using data from 10 January to 16 May 2024, to estimate the number of major injuries requiring ongoing care and rehabilitation in Gaza. The analysis found that around 25 per cent of all those injured (or 22 500 people) are likely to have acute and ongoing rehabilitation needs, including patients with extreme injuries, amputations, head and spinal cord injuries and burns.
• 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 or more).
• 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 9 September 2024, an average of only 62 humanitarian trucks entered the Gaza Strip per day. This is well below the pre-crisis average of 500 trucks per working day. Similarly, according to the latest INGO humanitarian access update, up to 10 INGOs continue to face delays and denials in allowing vital humanitarian supplies such as hygiene kits, dignity kits, medical supplies and devices, as well as food aid.
• The latest information on supplies entering Gaza can be accessed through the below link:

Gaza Supplies and Dispatch Tracking | UNRWA