Reports

CURRENT SITUATION Gaza Strip Throughout 2025, although hostilities were less intense during the two established ceasefires (January-March and October to present), the Gaza Strip experienced catastrophic destruction and continued deterioration of its health system. During the year, local…

Under difficult circumstances, WHO continues to work for the health of the people in the occupied Palestinian territory, including supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) with medical evacuations. These may resume on 12 April, after WHO…

Summary Of Crisis and Key Findings As of February 25, 2026, airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued across the Gaza Strip, reportedly resulting in civilian casualties and damage to civilian infrastructure. According to the Ministry of Health in…

Surveillance data indicate that reported Guillain–Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases in Gaza remain within expected baseline levels, with no evidence of an unusual increase. However, more than half of reported cases require specialized rehabilitation following acute treatment.…

8 March 2026 – In July 2024, amid ongoing conflict and widespread displacement in the Gaza Strip, variant poliovirus – with links to poliovirus found in Egypt – was detected in wastewater in Khan Younis and…

he regional escalation that began on 28 February 2026, and its spillover effects are impacting the delivery and continuity of health care services in the occupied Palestinian territory. Situation in the Gaza Strip Crossings • Most crossings into…

CONTEXT Humanitarian and health conditions in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt) have severely deteriorated since October 2023, with more than 2.9 million people now requiring humanitarian health assistance. Two years of conflict have devastated the Gaza Strip. Although…

General updates - as of 31 Oct 2025 • A ceasefire in Gaza came into effect on 10 October 2025. Since then, the Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported 226 deaths and 594 injuries in Gazans, in…

FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO say hunger, malnutrition, disease and the scale of agricultural destruction remain alarmingly high ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 19 December 2025 – The latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis for Gaza confirms that…

HIGHLIGHTS • Following the October 2025 Ceasefire announcement and estimated 640,000 people returned to Gaza and north Gaza. Due to ongoing sporadic skirmishes, internal displacements continue to be reported • Health Cluster partners, continue to scale up health…