Reports

Highlights • Although the Israeli military presence has been scaled back in parts of Gaza, hostilities have continued. In the last 24 hours, at least 192 persons have reportedly been killed or their bodies recovered. • A Israeli…

Highlights • The Rafah area was subject to the heaviest shelling and fighting recorded since the start of the emergency, resulting in dozens of fatalities; many of the bodies could not yet be recovered or identified. • The…

Highlights • A 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire scheduled to enter into effect at 08:00 this morning collapsed after two hours. • Following the collapse of the ceasefire, hostilities resumed with reports of large numbers of Palestinian fatalities and injuries…

Key figure/ Highlights New thousands of IPDs from eastern areas of Rafah moved to the western part of the city, where many moved to UNRWA shelters and others with hosted communities are in need for emergency food,…

Highlights • 110 Palestinian fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours, including 18 killed in the devastated Ash Shuja’iyeh neighbourhood. • Up to one quarter of Gaza’s population may have been forcibly displaced since the start of…

KUWAIT, July 31 (KUNA) -- Deputy Chairman of Kuwait Red Crescent Society (KRCS) Anwar Al-Hasawi Thursday asserted that the society is constantly distributing relief aid to Palestinians in the beleaguered Gaza Strip, which has been suffering…

Highlights An UNRWA school in Jabalia sheltering internally displaced persons (IDPs) was struck by Israeli shells, killing at least 15 people, including four children. A four-hour humanitarian ceasefire was declared by the Israeli military but rejected by Hamas…

Key figure/Highlights Local Gaza Bakeries are facing huge challenges to meet the needs as additional bread production capacity is required due to no electricity in homes. More than 250,000 of Gazans are displaced due to the catastrophic situation…

Background On 7 July 2014, the Israeli army launched a military operation in the Gaza Strip, with the stated objective of stopping Palestinian rocket firing at southern Israel and destroying the military infrastructure of Hamas and other…

Key issues The number of IDPs hosted in UNRWA shelters has reached the number of 200,337 IDPs in 85 shelters as of 29th of July, others are located in public schools, hospitals, churches, mosques and open areas. All of…