Humanitarian Situation Update #176 | Gaza Strip

Key Highlights

  • The UN Human Rights Office reports that the airstrike on a UN school in An Nuseirat Refugee Camp suggests a failure of the Israeli military to ensure strict compliance with International Humanitarian Law.   

  • Al Aqsa Hospital in Deir al Balah is overwhelmed with patients and one of its two generators went out of service.  

  • All medical evacuations outside of Gaza continue to be suspended since 7 May.  

  • Nine out of 10 children in Gaza are experiencing severe food poverty, UNICEF reports.

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A Palestinian displaced woman in a refugee camp in Rafah city. Photo by WHO