13 May 2024
Highlights
The percentage of children identified with severe acute malnutrition (SAM) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) in the south and middle areas of the Gaza Strip has been stable for the past weeks according to MUAC measure reports. In such fragile context, where the risk of famine is imminent, any progress could be reversed rapidly. Data for the north of the Strip is yet to be received.
More than 72 per cent of all schools in the Gaza Strip will either need full reconstruction or major rehabilitation work to be functional again, as the Education Cluster evaluated in a satellite-based damage assessment.
UNICEF provided 183,000 litres of fuel in the past two weeks, which allowed to produce lifesaving water for over 1.6 million people, including over 0.8 million children.
UNICEF has moved 98 trucks into the Gaza Strip in the past two weeks with critical emergency supplies, including 6,800 cartons of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF); 305,280 packs of Ready-to-Use Infant Formula (RUIF); 10,000 cartons of high energy biscuits; 13,436 hygiene kits; 15,504 packs of sanitary pads; and 56,416 sets of children’s clothes.
In the West Bank, UNICEF provided essential child protection services, including psychosocial first aid, MHPSS, and legal services to 679 people, including 470 children (321 girls) and 209 caregivers (180 women).
Document Type: Situation Report
Document Sources: United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Children, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons
Publication Date: 13/05/2024
URL source: https://www.unicef.org/sop/reports/unicef-state-palestine-escalation-humanitarian-situation-report-no24