UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 30 - 1 to 31 August 2024

State of Palestine

SITUATION IN NUMBERS

• 1,554,700 Children in need of humanitarian assistance (1)
• 3,300,000 People in need of humanitarian assistance (2)
• 1,900,000 Internally displaced persons estimated (3)
• 524 schools in the Gaza Strip sustained damage (92.9%) (4)

HIGHLIGHTS

• A full academic year was lost for over 645,000 school children in the Gaza Strip since 7 October 2023.
• Over 86 per cent of the Gaza Strip has been subject to displacement orders, including over 40 orders issued since 1 January 2024, with many families having to move multiple times.
• UNICEF prepared the first round of the polio vaccination campaign with the aim to immunize all 640,000 children under 10 years across the Gaza Strip.
• In the northern part of the West Bank, during the reporting period, Israeli forces have been undertaken major operations, killing ten children and putting children at serious risk of other grave violations. The incursions also resulted in extensive infrastructure demolition.
• UNICEF supported 53,780 children (28,230 girls and 25,550 boys) from hot spot areas in the West Bank through age-specific summer recreational activities to mitigate learning loss, which were implemented in 603 schools for 13 days.

ENDNOTES

1. The total number of children in need is estimated based on the demographic ratio of children, which is 46.9 per cent (1,078,700 children) in the Gaza Strip and 47.6 per cent (476,000 children) in the West Bank (source: Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) and OCHA), applied to the 2.3 million people in need in Gaza and 1 million people in need in the West Bank, respectively. 49 per cent are girls.
2. Inter-Agency Flash Appeal for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, April-December 2024: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/flash-appeal-occupiedpalestinian-territory-2024 .
3. UNRWA, 31 July 2024.
4. The number of 524 school buildings amounts to 92.9 per cent of all school buildings in the Gaza Strip. Their level of damage varies between the damage classifications “Direct hit”, ”Damaged” and “Likely damaged”. Not included in this figure is the classification “Possible damage” (18 school buildings). The status of the remaining 22 school buildings in the Gaza Strip is currently not known. Education Cluster, 6 July 2024.