Humanitarian Situation Update #181 | Gaza Strip. June 21


Key Highlights

  • The health system in Gaza has lost 70 per cent of its bed capacity, the Ministry of Health reports, as efforts continue to rehabilitate vital medical services in northern Gaza.

  • The volume of medical supplies entering Gaza is insufficient to sustain the health response and all medical evacuations outside Gaza remain halted, warns the World Health Organization.

  • About 39,000 high-school students in Gaza are unable to sit for their General Secondary Examinations this year, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Education.

  • Women-led organizations are facing immense operational, security and funding challenges, UN Women reports.

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Al Awda hospital. Photo by OCHA