Assessments

In the besieged Gaza Strip, almost 40 percent of the population lives below the poverty line and almost half of households are food insecure. UNRWA and WFP assist more than 1.2 million people with some type…

Context In the aftermath of the 2014 Gaza War, a number of rapid assessments were conducted to assess the situation following the ceasefire announced on August 26, 2014. These included Palestinian Authority-led sectoral assessments, the Multi-Cluster Initial…

Background The majority of Gazans who were killed or injured in the 2014 Israel—Gaza war were civilians, and one-fourth of the population were internally displaced. As the Gaza Strip is a small territory, the whole population was…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The barrier needs assessment is one of the core activities of the “Improved Access to Essential Services for Persons with Disabilities in Highly Marginalized Areas of occupied Palestinian territory” project, funded by Foreign Affairs, Development…

Introduction: WV has been working with 925 schools in the West bank through 10 Directorates of Education. WV has a data base for targeted schools which is updated on yearly basis. Moreover, schools are visited on quarterly basis to…

Introduction The Sixty-seventh World Health Assembly requested WHO to report on the health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, to the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly, based on a field assessment. Areas…

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1. Background The humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has recently reached unprecedented scale. On 7 July 2014, the Israeli army launched a large-scale military operation in the Gaza Strip, codenamed “Protective Edge”, with the…

1. Introduction This report assesses the material, human and educational damage sustained by 26 higher education institutions (HEIs) in Gaza during 50 days of conflict between 7th July and 26th August 2014. The severe escalation in hostilities…

Executive Summary On 8 July 2014, Israel initiated a military offensive in the Gaza Strip. Although accounts vary, most estimates put the number of residents of Gaza killed in the 50-day armed conflict at over 2,100, of…

Introduction In July 2014, the Israeli military launched a sustained assault on Gaza. For seven weeks, Gaza was invaded and bombarded from land, sea and air. The human loss was great: at least 2,145 people were killed,…