Humanitarian Situation Update #202 | Gaza Strip

August 9, 2024 Pam Rogers

Key Highlights

Thousands of Palestinians have moved towards western Khan Younis and western Deir al Balah in the past 72 hours, the UN and aid partners report.
At least 287 aid workers, including 205 UNRWA staff, have been killed since October 2023, according to data received by the UN and its partners.
Water and sanitation partners are warning of flood risks, including in Al Mawasi, as they ramp up preparedness efforts ahead of the winter season; key supplies need to enter Gaza to ensure there is sufficient flood prevention and response capacity.
Volume of aid entering Gaza has more than halved since early May, from a daily average of 169 trucks in April to less than 80 trucks in June and July.

Read the full report.

**Palestinians fleeing from from Al Qarara and Wadi Al Salqa areas in Khan Younis following an Israeli evacuation order on 8 August. Photo: Themba Linden/OCHA**

Humanitarian Situation Update West Bank. Aug 7

August 7, 2024 Pam Rogers

Key Highlights

Sixteen Palestinians, including two children, were killed by Israeli forces during the reporting period. Nine of these were from airstrikes.
The number of Palestinians displaced in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, by demolitions and confiscations has more than doubled since 7 October compared with the preceding 10 months (3,070 compared to 1,252).
Since 7 October, about 181,000 people have been impacted at least once by 25 incidents involving demolitions and destruction of roads, water and sanitation facilities, and other public infrastructure, mainly during Israeli forces’ operations in Tulkarm and Jenin.
More than 1,500 Palestinians are at risk of imminent displacement in the Al Bustan area of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, the Norwegian Refugee Council warns.

Read the report here.

**Israeli settlers torched residential tents in Al Mughayyir village in Ramallah governorate, displacing two Palestinian families. Photo: OCHA**

A long wait for Water.

August 6, 2024 Pam Rogers

Rahaf is constantly waiting for water.

Early each morning, she goes to a desalination plant in Khan Younis, a southern Gaza city on which Israel has inflicted massive destruction.

You can see the long line from afar.

There are hundreds of people of all ages. Most of them carry yellow or blue 40-liter jerrycans.

Many have come from shelters several kilometers away. They use shopping carts, wheelchairs and even baby strollers to transport their containers.

Rahaf, 20, fled her home in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, during the early stages of the current genocidal war. She is now taking shelter at a school in Khan Younis.

Her two brothers were injured in an Israeli attack and had to undergo amputations. Following the attack, Rahaf assumed responsibility for fetching water.

“It is a difficult and frustrating task for a young woman,” she said.

Rahaf puts the water containers on her mother’s wheelchair and then pushes it through streets that are in deplorable conditions.

Read the article here.

Rahaf uses her mother’s wheelchair to transport water containers. (Fedaa al-Qedra)

Sat, Aug 3 Emergency Rally at Copley Square, Boston

August 3, 2024 Pam Rogers

Palestinian Youth Movement, Boston Coalition for Palestine sponsored an emergency rally today in Copley Square, Boston.

While"Israel" and the United States are committing a genocide for 300 days on Gaza, they have also just bombed the capital of Lebanon, Beirut! These war criminals are trying to create a bloody regional war.

Key Highlights

Thousands of Palestinians have moved towards western Khan Younis and western Deir al Balah in the past 72 hours, the UN and aid partners report.

At least 287 aid workers, including 205 UNRWA staff, have been killed since October 2023, according to data received by the UN and its partners.

Water and sanitation partners are warning of flood risks, including in Al Mawasi, as they ramp up preparedness efforts ahead of the winter season; key supplies need to enter Gaza to ensure there is sufficient flood prevention and response capacity.

Volume of aid entering Gaza has more than halved since early May, from a daily average of 169 trucks in April to less than 80 trucks in June and July.

Read the full report.

Key Highlights

Sixteen Palestinians, including two children, were killed by Israeli forces during the reporting period. Nine of these were from airstrikes.

The number of Palestinians displaced in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, by demolitions and confiscations has more than doubled since 7 October compared with the preceding 10 months (3,070 compared to 1,252).

Since 7 October, about 181,000 people have been impacted at least once by 25 incidents involving demolitions and destruction of roads, water and sanitation facilities, and other public infrastructure, mainly during Israeli forces’ operations in Tulkarm and Jenin.

More than 1,500 Palestinians are at risk of imminent displacement in the Al Bustan area of Silwan, in East Jerusalem, the Norwegian Refugee Council warns.

Read the report here.

Rahaf is constantly waiting for water.

Early each morning, she goes to a desalination plant in Khan Younis, a southern Gaza city on which Israel has inflicted massive destruction.

You can see the long line from afar.

There are hundreds of people of all ages. Most of them carry yellow or blue 40-liter jerrycans.

Many have come from shelters several kilometers away. They use shopping carts, wheelchairs and even baby strollers to transport their containers.

Rahaf, 20, fled her home in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza, during the early stages of the current genocidal war. She is now taking shelter at a school in Khan Younis.

Her two brothers were injured in an Israeli attack and had to undergo amputations. Following the attack, Rahaf assumed responsibility for fetching water.

“It is a difficult and frustrating task for a young woman,” she said.

Rahaf puts the water containers on her mother’s wheelchair and then pushes it through streets that are in deplorable conditions.

Read the article here.

Palestinian Youth Movement, Boston Coalition for Palestine sponsored an emergency rally today in Copley Square, Boston.

While"Israel" and the United States are committing a genocide for 300 days on Gaza, they have also just bombed the capital of Lebanon, Beirut! These war criminals are trying to create a bloody regional war.

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