Occupied Palestinian Territory: Gaza emergency Humanitarian Snapshot (as of 31July 2014, 15:00 hrs) Situation Overview
1.8
Geographic breakdown of fatilities
110 Palestinian fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours, including 18 killed in the devastated Ash Shuja’iyeh neighbourhood.
million
affected people in the Gaza Strip
Of particular concern is the alarming number of incidents since the onset of the emergency in which multiple members of the same family have been killed. To 29 July, at least 68 families have lost three or more family members in the same incident, for a total of 360 fatalities; 140 men, 73 women and 147 children.
Erez
Se a
!
an ea n
Jabalya
d
Gaza City
249
33
!
Beit Hanoun
8,265
!
48 378
ite ro hi b
!
Access to food is increasingly affected: bakeries cannot meet the additional demand for bread, triggered by the lack of electricity in households, while the prices ofvegetables soar.
Injured( at least) 2,502 Children 1,626 Women
!
Shuja’iyeh
Karni
GAZA
Of increasing concern is the high frequency of incidents where humanitarian relief personnel and objects have come under attack. On July 30, a rescue team that arrived at a house in eastern Gaza city (Ash Shuja’iyeh) to evacuate people wounded and killed, were reportedly shelled by Israeli forces, killing an ambulance driver, a paramedic and a civil defence staff.
Ac ce s
sp
M ed ite rr
¹Partially open
Beit Lahiya
21 184
457,000*
!
Deir al B alah
Displaced people in UNRWA / government schools & with host families.
ISRAEL
31 414
1.8
!
Khan Yunis !
EGYPT
Khuza’a
million
14 148
People have reduced or no access to regular water and sanitation.
Rafah
!
Sufa
Rafah Rafah ¹ » º Closed Shalom
5 Km
Number of fatalities
Partially open
Israeli Fatilities
Palestinian Casualties *
Fatalities by status
Fatalities by status Civilians 852 (62%)
3 (5%) Civilians
including
181 Women 252 Children
59
Killed
2 hours
Crossing Point Armistice Declaration Line International Boundary
» Kerem ¹ º
Damaged structures
9,765
schools damaged
housing units destroyed or severely damaged
4,955
24
of electricity per day supplied in Gaza city on average
housing units sustained damage but are still inhabitable
health facilities damaged
Fatalities by date 178
Members of armed groups 181(13%)
68
122
Unknown 340 ( 25%)
1,373
4 13
122 3
48
38
56 (95%) Soldiers
88 8
69
24 6
18
8/7
12
35
9/7
54 3 9
11
23
2
23 4
7 14
19
10/7
11/7
50
25
37
13
16
10
12/7
13/7
14/7
15/7
21 10
Civilian
8 8
12 7
31
21
11
42
21
39
16/7
17/7
18/7
19/7
Members of armed groups
Humanitarian space: Increased access for humanitarian workers and their partners to carry out life-saving and emergency assistance is urgently needed, for example through a regular and meaningful humanitarian pause or coordination requests that are respected. This is needed among other reasons, to complete search and rescue operations in several areas of Gaza, such a Ash Shuja’iyeh and Khuza’a; reach IDPs and families in northern Gaza; and repair critical water and electricity infrastructure; but also to provide a predictable basic level of broader humanitarian assistance to a population in need. The inability of actors to provide humanitarian assistance will undermine the credibility of the operations and could increase the security risks of humanitarian workers. Scale up response to IDPs: additional shelters are needed to reduce overcrowding and accommodate new IDPs, alongside the replenishment of food, water, and NFI stocks. Assistance of IDPs living with host families also needs to be increased, particularly the provision of NFIs and water.
20/7
21/7
Uknown
o
12 13
77 67
22/7
23/7
25
88
66
13
97 59
6 15
5 12
25/7
41
16
49
24/7
55
85
26/7
26
1
7
1 14
32
27/7
28/7
3 6
107
4 29/7
30/7
oPt Funding by Cluster
Key Humanitarian Priorities Protection of civilians: Ensuring respect for the IHL principles of distinction, proportionality and precaution in attack.
2 8
105
111
102
22
Killed
Creation date: 31 July 2014
137
(in million US$)
HCT have begun preparation of a crisis appeal for Gaza Projects targeting Gaza specifically in the 2014 Strategic Response Plan (SRP) are requesting $221 million, of which 32 per cent ($70 million) has been received. Nearly 90 per cent of 1.9 million vulnerable people targeted in the SRP are in Gaza. A further $68 million is requested for projects targeting the Gaza Strip and the West Bank jointly. Cluster
Required
Education
Mobilized as of 23 July
6.7
2.2
183.7
60.5
Health and Nutrition
9.9
1.2
Protection
7.3
3.2
Shelter and NFIs
3.5
0.3
Food Security
Percentage 32% 28% 9% 44% 12%
WASH
10.2
2.9
33%
TOTAL
221.3
70.3
33%
Data sources: UN OCHA, Financial Tracking System, Situation reports.
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* These figures do not include many reported cases that could not yet be verified, including the Beit Hanoun school. Data on fatalities and destruction of property is consolidated by the Protection and Shelter clusters based on preliminary information, and is subject to change based on further verifications. As of 31 July, UNRWA was providing shelter to 236,375 persons in 88 shelters.