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The survey found 92% of children were ânot accepting of realityâ, 79% suffered nightmares, and 73% displayed symptoms of aggression, as well as fear, anxiety, withdrawal and difficulty concentrating.
The appeal will target the entire population of Gaza, estimated at 2.1 million people, and 900,000 people in the West Bank. For the West Bank, this reflects an incremental increase compared with 2024.
The appeal will target the entire population of Gaza, estimated at 2.1 million people, and 900,000 people in the West Bank. For the West Bank, this reflects an incremental increase compared with 2024.
More than 90% of Gazaâs population is displaced. As winter approaches, the urgency of establishing robust site-management systems across Gaza cannot be overstated, according to DRC.
As humanitarian aid entering Gaza reaches its lowest level in months, MSF warns that patient care is critically compromised while medical conditions are expected to surge with the onset of winter.
Children living in North Gaza and Gaza governates have been almost completely cut off from supplies of food, water and medicine since 6 October. Famine is either imminent or likely already occurring.
âThe humanitarian and human rights situation for Palestinian civilians across Gaza is catastrophic,â underscored Ilze Brands Kehris, ASG for Human Rights, highlighting the recent IPC alert.
âThe humanitarian and human rights situation for Palestinian civilians across Gaza is catastrophic,â underscored Ilze Brands Kehris, ASG for Human Rights, highlighting the recent IPC alert.
In October alone, Gaza saw 64 school attacks. âSchools should never be on the frontlines of war, and children should never be indiscriminately attacked", says UNICEF Chief, Catherine Russell.
In October alone, Gaza saw 64 school attacks. âSchools should never be on the frontlines of war, and children should never be indiscriminately attacked", says UNICEF Chief, Catherine Russell.
Attacks overnight that reportedly killed 50 children in northern Gaza demand international intervention, as the relentless pattern of mass attacks on civilians continues.
The humanitarian pause necessary to conduct the campaign has been assured; however, the area of the pause has been substantially reduced compared to the first round of vaccination in northern Gaza.
Palestinians with disabilities face unbearable risks, including inescapable death and injuries, amid indiscriminate attacks, which have destroyed infrastructure and annihilated the possibility of aid.
Having a significant number of children miss out on their second vaccine dose will seriously jeopardise efforts to stop the transmission of poliovirus in Gaza.
A new UN assessment estimates that poverty in the State of Palestine will rise to 74.3 percent in 2024, affecting 4.1 million people, including 2.61 million people who are newly impoverished.