WHO oPt Emergency Situation Update 61 (07 October 2023 – 30 June 2025)

30 June 2025

General updates 

Gaza Strip

• Between 18 March and 30 June 2025, following the resumption of hostilities, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported at least 6203 deaths and 21 601 injuries across the Gaza Strip. These figures include more than 583 people reportedly killed and 4186 injured while seeking food and other forms of humanitarian aids.
• Between January and June 2025, the Nutrition Cluster reported that at least 19 089 children aged 6 to 59 months were admitted for treatment of acute malnutrition – an average of over 100 children per day. Given the critical shortage of nutrition supplies in Gaza, the situation is expected to deteriorate further without immediate intervention.
• Despite strict rationing measures implemented by health facilities, the ongoing fuel blockade and repeated denials of humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip’s remaining fuel reserves have severely depleted supplies, endangering critical life-sustaining services. As of 26 June, the Health Cluster reported limited fuel allocations – 36 000 liters for health service points in Gaza City and 65 000 liters for hospitals and clinics in Deir Al Balah, Khan Younis, and Rafah – sufficient for only a few days of operation.
• Intensified attacks on health care and repeated displacement orders continue to severely disrupt the delivery of supplies and access to essential health services.
  • Hemodialysis services in Gaza face severe constraints, with only five units still operational, comprising 114 machines that serve about 680 patients. These units are in Al Aqsa, Al Shifa, Al Rantisi, Nasser hospitals, and Al Zawaida field hospital – operating under suboptimal conditions and well above capacity.
  • Between June 18 and 28, five displacement orders affected areas in Khan Younis, Deir Al-Balah, North Gaza, and Gaza City. Facilities within these zones include Nasser Medical Complex (NMC) – the primary referral hospital for the southern governorates, serving an estimated 1.3 million people – along with Al-Amal Hospital, the Jordanian Field Hospital, four PHCs, four medical points, and three ambulance centers in Khan Younis. An additional 4242 health facilities lie within 1 km of the displacement zones, including Al-Awda Nusseirat Hospital (134m), Al-Ahli Arab Hospital (704m), and Public Aid Hospital (914m).
  • Between 1 and 28 June 2025, the Health Cluster reported that 24 medical points and two primary healthcare centers (PHCs) became non operational, further adding to the strain of the already overwhelmed partially functioning health facilities.
• Supplies of blood and blood products remain at critically low levels amid high demand, driven by frequent mass casualty events, complex blast injuries, and an increasing number of surgical and obstetric emergencies.
• Acute Respiratory Infection (ARI), Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD), Acute Jaundice Syndrome (AJS), and Acute Bloody Diarrhea (ABD) remain the most reported communicable diseases, with ARI being the most prevalent, followed by AWD. Contributing factors include seasonal variations, inadequate water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions, and a lack of fuel to provide shelters with clean drinking and domestic water.
• The Gaza-wide telecommunications blackout, which started on 11 June and lasted several days, disrupted health response, including the reporting of communicable disease surveillance data.

West Bank

• Access to health care continues to worsen for patients in the West Bank.
  • In June, WHO assessed 565 health facilities, of which 71– including 43 operated by the MoH – reported access constraints due to insecurity and physical barriers,
  • Of the 476 government-run facilities, only 345 are fully functional, while 112 are partially functional, nine are non-functional, and one has been destroyed.
  • Four donor-funded clinics in Massafer Yatta are also slated for demolition in communities located within the designated “firing zone”.
  • New road closures, including earth mounds and gates at village entrances, along with frequent and time-restricted checkpoint operations, are increasingly obstructing access to care for both patients and ambulances.
  • The Health Cluster reported that about 10 000 people in around 10 communities in Area C have no access to primary health care due to access constraints.
  • Patients require permits to seek medical care outside the West Bank, in East Jerusalem or Israeli health facilities, with denial rates of 39% (of 97 553 patient applications) reported between October 2023 and May 2025.
• According to the MoH, 16% of the total essential medicines, 14% of medical consumables and 9% laboratory supplies are at zero stock-balance.
  • Seven vaccines, including rotavirus, BCG, pneumococcal vaccine are completely depleted, with reported delays in shipments.
  • Critical shortages are reported for anti-rabies vaccine, essential laboratory supplies, emergency medications including paracetamol and etomidate. These shortages stem from limited local market availability, price increases, recurrent border closures, and increasing restrictions on limits of the import of medical supplies and medicines.

For further reading, see WHO oPt situation reports, available on the UNISPAL database:

World Health Organization – oPt Situation Reports