HOSTILITIES IN THE GAZA STRIP AND ISRAEL - REPORTED HUMANITARIAN IMPACT 26 March 2024 at 15:00

DAY 173 Population

2.3 million
Area
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32,490

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Source: MoH Gaza Source: UNRWA

60-Km-long Israeli fence

ISRAEL
Khan Younis
Currently Closed Crossing

1.1 million

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Egyptian fence Rafah
people projected to face Permanently Closed Crossing

catastrophic levels of food Full electricity blackout

Sufa Closed since 2008 (except Mar-Apr 2011)
insecurity (IPC Phase 5) ¹
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Source: IPC projection Rafah

Source: GEDCO » Kerem
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for 16 March - 15 July 2024
EGYPT Shalom 5 Km

REPORTED CASUALTIES (Cumulative) as of 27 March 2024

Palestinians* Israelis**

32,490 74,889 Israel

Reported fatalities including
At least 9,000 women (Source: MoH Gaza)
Reported injuries 70,457
by 29 Feb 2024
Over 1,200*** Reported fatalities
At least 13,000 children (Source: GMO) 1,162 identified fatalities,
80 0 30,035
by 29 Feb 2024
65,949
by 31 Jan 2024 including at least 33 children

~5,400
27,131 56,165
by 31 Jan 2024 by 31 Dec 2023
Daily/cumulative

60 0
Daily/cumulative

60000 22,185 Reported injuries

by 31 Dec 2023 40,652
by 30 Nov 2023
15,207
Gaza ****
40 0
40000
by 30 Nov 2023

8,005
20,242
by 31 Oct 2023 251 Reported
fatalities 1,520 injuries
Reported

20 0
by 31 Oct 2023
20000 134 hostages remain in Gaza
** According to Israeli media citing official sources

0
7 Oct 27 Mar 7 Oct 27 Mar
*** This includes fatalities on 7 October and the immediate aftermath,
including foreign nationals.
2023 2024 2023 2024 **** The reported Israeli casualties are soldiers killed or
injured since the start of the ground operation.
Not including more than 7,000 reported missing or under the rubble (Source: GMO)
*Source: MoH Gaza *Source: MoH Gaza

HEALTH FOOD SECURITY* REPORTED DAMAGE

• 10 hospitals partially functioning (4 in north & 6 south of Wadi Gaza). • 265K people facing crisis levels of food insecurity (IPC Phase 3). • Over 60% of housing units (source: GMO). 70,000+ 290,000+
• 24 hospitals are out of service & 2 minimally functional. • 854K people facing emergency levels of food insecurity (IPC
• At least 3 churches and 224 mosques (source: GMO).
• 2 out of 3 field hospitals are fully functional. Phase 4). • 155 health facilities (source: MoH Gaza). Destroyed
• ~24% of primary health care facilities are functional.
Partially damaged
• 161 UNRWA installations (source: UNRWA). housing housing units
• >500,000 cases of acute respiratory infections
• 1.1 million people facing catastrophic levels of food
insecurity (IPC Phase 5). • 126 ambulances (source: MoH Gaza). units
• >290,000 cases of diarrhea.
• 16 PRCS ambulances rendered out of service and more
• 17 Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) are operational. • 60-70% of meat and dairy-producing livestock killed or
than 20 damaged (source: PRCS).
• 33% (8 out of 24) of UNRWA health centers are operational. prematurely slaughtered (source: FAO).
* Source: IPC projection for 16 March - 15 July 2024

NUTRITION
• 31 people, including 27 children, died of malnutrition & dehydration
WATER AND SANITATION HUMANITARIAN OPERATION MOVEMENT AND ACCESS
(source: MoH Gaza). • Between 16 and 22 March, 9 humanitarian aid missions to
• ~31% of children under the age of two in northern Gaza suffer from • One out of three water pipelines coming from Israel is • 174 UN staff killed: northern Gaza were facilitated by the Israeli authorities, 5
acute malnutrition. operational, only at 83% of its full capacity. UNRWA: 171; WHO: 1; UNDP: 1; UNOPS: 1 were denied, and 3 were postponed or withdrawn.
• ~10% of children under the age of two in Rafah suffer from acute
• 83% of groundwater wells are not operating. • 348 health workers killed (source: MoH Gaza). • Between 16 and 22 March, 33 humanitarian aid missions to
malnutrition.
• >50,000 children are estimated to be acutely malnourished at present. • All wastewater treatment systems are non-operational;
areas in southern Gaza that require coordination were
• 48 Civil Defence killed while on duty (source: GMO).
one of them is partially working. facilitated by the Israeli authorities, 4 were denied, and 5
• 15 PRCS staff and volunteers killed, 30 injured, and 14 were postponed or withdrawn.
EDUCATION • No access to clean water in the northern governorates. detained (source: PRCS). • >8,000 patients are currently on the waiting list for medical
• Two out of three main water desalination plants are partially referral abroad.
• 625,000 students with no access to education.
functional. • 2,613 medical referrals abroad, including 1,698 wounded
• 5,479 students and 261 teachers have been killed. • ~57% of assessed WASH facilities damaged/destroyed. and 915 ill, along with 1,785 companions (source: WHO).
• 80% of UNRWA and public schools sustained damage
(396 out of 495)
INCOMING TRUCKLOADS
PROTECTION The pre-crisis average Daily average (by week) 173 (Pause in hostilities)
156 156 164 164 155 177 159
• ~1.7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs). per working day in 2023 Daily total 128 137 145 136 133 137 139
108 111
• 150-155 UNRWA installations shelter IDPs. was 500 truckloads, 79
97 90
• >1 million children in need of mental health and 59 55 55 58
including fuel. 43 47
psycho-social support. 0 0 11
• ~17,000 children are unaccompanied or separated. 7-12 13-19 20-26 27 Oct 3-9 10-16 17-23 24-30 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-28 29 Dec 5-11 12-18 19-25 26 Jan 2-8 9-15 16-22 23-29 1-7 8-14 15-21 22 23 24 25 26
Oct Oct Oct 2 Nov Nov Nov Nov Nov Dec Dec Dec Dec 4 Jan Jan Jan Jan 1 Feb Feb Feb Feb Feb Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar Mar
• 125 journalists and media workers killed, incuding 15 2023 2024
women (source: Palestinian Journalists Syndicate). Weekly totals 0 0 75 300 411 383 385 1209 550 764 894 681 957 1,017 1,094 1,085 817 934 330 631 779 1,147 1,147 1,086

Created: 27 March 2024 Disclaimer: The UN has so far not been able to produce independent, comprehensive, and verified casualty figures; the current numbers have been provided by
Feedback: ochaopt@un.org the Ministry of Health or Government Media Office in Gaza and the Israeli authorities and await further verification.Other yet-to-be verified figures are also sourced.