WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report #33 (18 September 2024)

Highlights:

• Distributions in South Gaza have been severely disrupted by recent forced evacuation orders and ongoing displacement, particularly in Deir Al Balah and Khan Younis. These challenges have significantly hindered WFP’s ability to sustain assistance to those most in need. Nevertheless, in September to date, WFP has reached over 541,000 vulnerable people in Gaza and the West Bank, including almost 363,000 people in Gaza.
• WFP suspended all movements of cargo through the Erez crossing point on 16 September, after the arrest of ten WFP-contracted truck drivers on 15 September who were collecting WFP commodities.
• WFP suspended the Logistics Cluster convoys through the Jordan Corridor on 8 September, due to a new import declaration of goods form imposed by the Government of Israel. This is still under discussion at the inter-agency level.
• Renewed efforts for deconfliction of UN convoys and static sites are under negotiation between UN agency leads and the Israeli authorities.

Situation Update:

• Israeli air and land bombardment continues across the Gaza Strip, causing civilian casualties, displacement, and destruction of homes and infrastructure. D from the Gaza Ministry of Health indicates that out of 34,344 identified fatalities as of August 31, more than 11,000 were children.
• Evacuation orders, infrastructure damage, security risks, closed crossings, and fuel and food shortages severely disrupt humanitarian operations.
• Israeli military raids continue across the West Bank, including Hebron, Ramallah, and Nablus.