16 October 2024
Highlights:
Nearly everyone in the Gaza Strip is living in poverty. Households in the West Bank are also suffering from substantial welfare losses.
In September 2024, the total number of humanitarian and commercial trucks entering Gaza was the lowest since March 2024. Months of reduced inflows have heavily impacted the availability of essential food and goods, potentially leading to a rapid deterioration of the situation.
UNICEF has reached one in three people in Gaza since 7 October 2023, providing cash assistance to 864,692 people, including 424,201 children, 23,802 people with disabilities, and 98,387 women-headed households. UNICEF is the primary provider of humanitarian cash transfers, accounting for 71 per cent of all transfers.
The first round of the polio vaccination took place in September, and the second round will take place in October.
UNICEF also supported 9,449 school children in Gaza and 2,160 school children in the West Bank with stationary kits.
Document Type: Situation Report
Document Sources: United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
Subject: Armed conflict, Assistance, Children, Gaza Strip, Health, Humanitarian relief, Poverty, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 16/10/2024
URL source: https://www.unicef.org/documents/state-palestine-humanitarian-situation-report-september-2024