News Monitor
The needs in Gaza are immense. Recovery will require a full-scale humanitarian response with all agencies coming together, including UNRWA, to provide lifesaving assistance to two million people.
If implemented, the pause in hostilities between Israel and Hamas will bring vital reprieve. But the NGO warns that a definitive ceasefire is needed as children still face hunger and disease.
oPt: Explosive weapons in Gaza left 15 children a day with potentially lifelong disabilities in 2024
In 2024, at least 5,230 children sustained injuries requiring rehabilitation that is inaccessible due to continued attacks on healthcare, leaving them with a high likelihood of disability.
Each day without a ceasefire risks more childrenâs futures. Even after one, restoring schools and the physical and mental safety children need to be able to resume learning will be a mammoth task.
Nasser hospital, Al-Aqsa hospital and European Gaza hospital are on the verge of closure due to a lack of fuel. This situation is threatening the lives of hundreds of patients, including newborns.
âFor the children of Gaza, the new year has brought more death and suffering from attacks, deprivation, and increasing exposure to the cold,â said UNICEF's Russell. âA ceasefire is long overdue."
The systematic dismantling of the health system and a siege for over 80 days on North Gaza puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk.
The systematic dismantling of the health system and a siege for over 80 days on North Gaza puts the lives of the 75,000 Palestinians remaining in the area at risk.
In the absence of a change to Israeli policy on the entry of food and nutrition supplies to this area, FEWS NET expects non-trauma mortality levels will pass the Famine threshold between January and March 2025.