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General updates
• Gaza Strip
• Between 1-14 March, 155 deaths and 178 injuries were reported by the Ministry of Health (MOH), including at least 82 retrospective deaths, as bodies continue to be recovered from the rubble in previously inaccessible areas.
• No new attacks on health recorded since the ceasefire took effect on 19 January through 14 March 2025.
• On 2 March 2025, entry of critical medical supplies and fuel required to keep health facilities operational was suspended. The Health Cluster warns that stocks are critically low and require urgent replenishment.
• Public health threats of communicable diseases persist due to overcrowding, poor water, hygiene and sanitation infrastructure. Reported figures likely underrepresent the true scale of the epidemiological situation given the ongoing limitations of the disease surveillance systems:
- Overall, newly reported 14-day cases (17 Feb – 2 Mar) showed a declining trend for acute respiratory infections (- 14%; >25 000 cases), acute watery diarrhea (-7%; > 5842 cases), and bloody diarrhea (-58%; >15 cases).
However, acute jaundice syndrome cases increased by 35% (> 35 cases) compared to the previous 14-day period.
• Between January and February 2025, the Nutrition Cluster data shows a 61% decrease in malnutrition screenings for children aged 6–59 months (from 86 224 to 33 422) and a decline in admissions for treatment, including severe acute malnutrition (SAM) (-78%; from 427 to 96 cases) and moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) (-68%; from 2223 to 702 cases). Since January 2025, 119 646 children have been screened, with 523 (0.4%) diagnosed and admitted for SAM and 2925 (2.5%) with MAM.
• West Bank
• Between 7 October 2023 – 14 March 2025, MoH reported 937 deaths and 7903 injuries across the West Bank. Since January 2025, 102 deaths have been reported, with the majority occurring in Jenin, Tulkarm and Tubas governorates.
• During January and February 2025, WHO verified a total of 64 attacks on health, resulting in four deaths and 11 injuries. Forty-three ambulances and seven health facilities were impacted. Around 95% of the attacks occurred in the northern West Bank including Jenin, Tulkarem, Nablus and Tubas.
• Ongoing operations have caused damage to health service points (23 non-functioning) and other critical infrastructure, leading to water contamination with sewage and water shortages in some areas. UNRWA health centers in Jenin, Tulkarm, and Nur Shams refugee camps remain closed.
• Movement restrictions continue to hinder the movement of ambulances and health care workers, impeding access to essential health care services.
• Persistent lack of electricity and water at health facilities in Jenin, Tulkarm, Tubas, and Qalqiliya, continue disrupting operations and compromising the cold chain.
• The Health Cluster and partners have identified urgent needs, including maintaining power supply at primary health care centers (PHCs) to protect the cold chain, providing medical supplies and staffing for operational health facilities, and mapping laboratory capacity.