Humanitarian Situation Update #311 | Gaza Strip

The Humanitarian Situation Updates on the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank are both Issued every Wednesday/Thursday. The Gaza Humanitarian Response Update is issued every other Tuesday. The next Humanitarian Situation Update on the Gaza Strip will be published on 13 or 14 August.

Key Highlights

• Following 22 months of hostilities, UN agencies urge immediate action to flood Gaza with aid and commercial cargo to address catastrophic humanitarian conditions, including starvation and deaths from malnutrition.
• Nearly 12,000 children under five years in Gaza were identified to be suffering from acute malnutrition in July, the highest monthly figure recorded to date, according to the Nutrition Cluster.
• The latest satellite imagery shows that 86 per cent of cropland in the Gaza Strip has been damaged while most of the remaining cropland is inaccessible, leaving only 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s cropland currently accessible and not damaged.
• The World Health Organization facilitated the evacuation of 62 patients for medical treatment abroad over the past week while over 14,800 are estimated to be in urgent need of medical evacuation.
• Mass casualty incidents and the spread of disease continue to overwhelm Gaza’s healthcare system, resulting in extremely high bed occupancy rates.

Humanitarian Developments

Impact of Military Activity

• Over the past week, Israeli forces have continued to carry out heavy bombardment from the air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip, alongside continued ground operations. Detonation and demolition of residential buildings also continued to be reported, particularly in Gaza and Khan Younis governorates. Rocket fire by Palestinian armed groups into Israel and fighting with Israeli forces have also taken place. On 6 August, the Israeli military issued two displacement orders for parts of Gaza and Khan Younis governorates, covering 3.7 square kilometres. Across the Gaza Strip, there are continued reports of casualties due to strikes on schools, tents and residential buildings and among people trying to access food supplies at militarized distribution points or waiting for humanitarian aid convoys.
• On 31 July, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) said that shooting and shelling of Palestinians seeking food continued despite the Israeli army’s announcement on 27 July that it would pause military activity in western areas from Gaza city to Al Mawasi. Calling for prompt and independent investigations and accountability, OHCHR reported that as starvation deepens across Gaza, at least 1,373 Palestinians were killed between 27 May and 31 July 2025 while seeking food, including 859 near the militarized distribution points and 514 along routes of humanitarian food convoys . OHCHR stated that most of the killings were committed by the Israeli military and most of the fatalities appear to be young men and boys who were seeking to survive along with their families and dependents, adding that the Office has no information that they were directly participating in hostilities or posed any threat to Israeli forces or other people.
• According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, between 30 July and 6 August, 730 Palestinians were killed, and 4,479 were injured. This brings the casualty toll among Palestinians since 7 October 2023 to 61,158 fatalities and 151,442 injuries, according to MoH; the total number includes 290 fatalities who were retroactively added on 3 August 2025 after their identification details were approved by a ministerial committee . MoH further noted that the number of casualties among people trying to access food supplies has increased to 1,655 fatalities and more than 11,800 injuries since 27 May 2025 .
• On 4 August, the MoH in Gaza published a list of its records of 60,199 Palestinian fatalities in the Gaza Strip between 7 October 2023 and 31 July 2025, out of the total number of reported fatalities (see above). According to the list, 18,430 children (31 per cent), 9,735 women (16 per cent), 27,605 men (46 per cent) and 4,429 elderly persons (seven per cent) have been killed. (also available on the Health Cluster’s Unified Dashboard).
• According to the Israeli military, between 30 July and 6 August, no Israeli soldiers were killed in Gaza. The casualty toll among Israeli soldiers since the beginning of the ground operation in October 2023 stands at 454 fatalities and 2,870 injuries, according to the Israeli military. According to Israeli forces and official Israeli sources cited in the media, more than 1,654 Israelis and foreign nationals have been killed, the majority on 7 October 2023 and its immediate aftermath. As of 6 August, it is estimated that 50 Israelis and foreign nationals remain captive in Gaza, including hostages who have been declared dead and whose bodies are being withheld.
• Since 7 October 2023, at least 508 aid workers have been killed in Gaza, including 346 UN staff, 51 staff and volunteers of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), four staff of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), and 107 other staff of humanitarian organizations. Over the past week, one PRCS staff member was killed by artillery shelling at the PRCS headquarters in Khan Younis and a PRCS volunteer was killed while searching for food at the militarized distribution point west of Rafah. On the attack on their headquarters, PRCS said that “repeated strikes [at the building] during evacuation and rescue operations clearly demonstrate that the shelling was deliberate and systematic.” Expressing outrage that many staff and volunteers of PRCS and other first responders have been killed or injured, ICRC stated that it is “unacceptable that first responders in Gaza…go to work every day fearing they may not return to their families.”
• Other key incidents resulting in fatalities over the past week include the following:
  • On 30 July, between 16:30 and 19:00, at least 60 Palestinians were reportedly killed and 700 others injured when heavy fire was opened toward people waiting for humanitarian food convoys in Zikim area, in North Gaza.
  • On the morning of 31 July, at least 15 Palestinians were killed and 65 injured when fire was opened toward Palestinians seeking food near the militarized distribution point on Salah ad Deen Road, in Deir al Balah.
  • On 1 August, the PRCS’s Al-Quds hospital in Gaza city received 12 fatalities and 90 injured people due to strikes on people waiting for aid trucks in An Nabulsi area southwest of Gaza city.
  • On 1 August, at about 08:41, five Palestinians, a married couple and their three children, were reportedly killed when a tent was hit west of Deir al Balah.
  • On 2 August, at about 01:00, a couple and their three children were reportedly killed when a residential building was hit in At Ta’abeen area in Deir al Balah.
  • On 3 August at about 00:45, two Palestinian males were reportedly killed and others injured when a school sheltering internally displaced people (IDPs) was hit in Al Amal neighbourhood, in western Khan Younis. Three children (two girls and their brother) reportedly sustained injuries and later succumbed to their wounds, including a 10-year-old girl who suffered from burn injuries.
  • On 3 August, during the afternoon and evening hours, at least 16 Palestinians were reportedly killed and 270 injured while seeking aid in the Zikim area, in North Gaza.
  • On 4 August, a male nurse was reportedly hit and killed by airdropped aid in Az Zawayda, in Deir al Balah.
  • On 4 August, at least nine Palestinians were reportedly killed and 50 others injured while seeking aid in the Zikim and As Sudaniya areas, in North Gaza.
  • On 5 August, at least nine Palestinians were reportedly killed and nine others injured near the militarized distribution point around Wadi Gaza, in Deir al Balah.
• According to the latest satellite imagery-based agricultural damage assessment conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and UN Satellite Centre (UNOSAT), approximately 86 per cent of Gaza’s permanent crop fields (about 130 out of 150 square kilometres) exhibited a significant decline in health and density in July 2025, representing a three per cent increase compared with April 2025. The analysis covered orchards and other trees, field crops and vegetables, for which the decline can be observed “due to the impact of activities such as razing, heavy vehicle activity, bombing, shelling, and other conflict-related dynamics.” North Gaza currently has the highest proportion of damage among all governorates (94 per cent), followed by Gaza (91 per cent), Deir al Balah (84 per cent), Khan Younis (81 per cent) and Rafah (79 per cent). The analysis indicates a notable rise in damaged cropland over the past three months in Khan Younis governorate, increasing from 77 to 81 per cent, and in North Gaza Governorate, increasing from 91 to 94 per cent. FAO and UNOSAT additionally reported that only 1.5 per cent of Gaza’s cropland is currently accessible and not damaged.
• The latest satellite imagery-based Gaza Comprehensive Building Damage Assessment by UNOSAT indicates a significant increase in the destruction of buildings throughout the Gaza Strip as of 8 July 2025, with more than 20,000 buildings newly assessed as destroyed, severely damaged or moderately damaged compared with the April 2025 analysis. According to the satellite imagery analysis, UNOSAT identified a total of 192,812 affected structures, comprising about 78 per cent of the total structures in the Gaza Strip; these include 102,067 destroyed structures, 17,421 severely damaged structures, 41,895 moderately damaged structures, and 31,429 possibly damaged structures. The governorates of Khan Yunis and Rafah have experienced the highest rise in damage compared to the 4 April 2025 analysis, with around 8,681 new structures damaged in Khan Yunis and around 7,112 in Rafah. Overall, the highest number of damaged buildings (all types) are in Gaza, Rafah and Khan Younis cities, Jabalya and Beit Lahiya – these five localities together account for about 60 per cent of all damaged structures.
• According to a new assessment by the Education Cluster, which relies on satellite imagery collected on 8 July 2025, nearly 91.8 per cent of school buildings in the Gaza Strip (518 out of 564) were directly hit or damaged and are estimated to require either full reconstruction or major rehabilitation work to be functional again. These include 95 school buildings in North Gaza governorate, 194 in Gaza, 40 in Deir al Balah, 123 in Khan Younis and 66 in Rafah. Most school buildings (432) have been directly hit, an increase of 26 school buildings compared with the last assessment – which was based on satellite imagery collected on 4 April – and include schools that were previously classified as damaged. Of the 26 newly hit schools, 11 are government-run schools, eight are UNRWA schools, and seven are private schools. Roughly two-thirds of school buildings that have served as shelters for IDPs have been directly hit.
• The impact of ongoing hostilities and rapidly deteriorating survival conditions continues to disproportionately affect children, who comprise about half of Gaza’s population. For example, on 28 July, a joint inter-cluster field visit to displacement sites in Deir al Balah revealed severe child protection concerns, including a distressing rise in child neglect, forced child begging, and increased exposure to harm. Child protection partners are receiving a high volume of complex cases involving children affected by a range of vulnerabilities, including violence, family separation, disabilities, and conflict-related injuries. Yet, since the end of the ceasefire in March 2025, 134 safe spaces have been forced to shut down, rendered non-operational or became inaccessible, leaving only 88 safe spaces currently functional for partners to offer case management, mental health and psychosocial support and group activities, serving 50,000-60,000 children and approximately 10,000-15,000 caregivers. These include 16 in North Gaza, 52 in Gaza city, 10 in Deir al Balah and 10 in Khan Younis. This has led to severe overcrowding in the remaining functional spaces, reducing privacy, duration and effectiveness. Recently, to expand support for injured children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and partners, in coordination with health actors, have begun deploying dedicated teams of social workers to major paediatric trauma hospitals to facilitate referrals to child protection services before discharge from hospitals.

Access Developments

• Since 20 July, the main food assistance partners have resumed regular cargo collection from Zikim crossing in northern Gaza and Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Gaza. Between 20 July and 3 August, according to the UN2720 Monitoring and Tracking Dashboard, at least 12,000 metric tons (MT) of food items procured through the UN-coordinated aid mechanism, including wheat flour, food parcels and bulk food items for community kitchens, have been brought into Gaza, but most of the collected supplies were offloaded by hungry crowds or looted along aid convoy routes . On 29 July, following prolonged denials, a team from the Logistics Cluster was authorized by Israeli authorities to reach the Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem platform to carry out an inventory of humanitarian aid. However, the team could not complete the inventory due to the very restricted time window allotted to the mission.
• For a week between 27 July and 3 August, Israeli authorities exempted UN agencies from the newly imposed customs clearance for cargo moving through the Egypt corridor. International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) could also be granted customs exemptions for health items only, but on a case-by-case basis. According to the Logistics Cluster, while the customs exemption mechanism for cargo transported from Egypt has not been officially extended, it appears to be still in place.
• While limited quantities of fuel have been entering Gaza over the past week, fuel supplies remain critically limited and unpredictable, significantly undermining the ability of humanitarian partners to deliver and sustain lifesaving services, particularly those related to water production and distribution. According to the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Cluster, in July, approximately 852,000 litres of diesel were available for WASH partners – covering only 62 per cent of the 1.36 million litres required for critical interventions and just 41 per cent of the 2.10 million litres needed to maintain all emergency WASH operations. This severe shortfall has had a direct and widespread impact on water availability across Gaza, restricting both production and delivery capacity. For example, production from groundwater wells has dropped by 70 per cent compared with the ceasefire period when fuel was more readily available. Moreover, the situation has been especially acute in northern Gaza , where additional fuel has been urgently required to operate water wells and compensate for the disruption caused by damage to the Al Muntar water pipeline from Israel, which remained out of service from 20 July to 4 August, causing a loss of 20,000 cubic metres per day. This interruption has had a significant impact on water availability in the area, further straining already limited resources. Overall, according to the Cluster’s latest monthly Light-Touch Monitoring (LTM) survey, 90 per cent of key informants reported worsened drinking water availability between 7 and 12 July.
• Since 1 August, several thousand hygiene kits have successfully entered Gaza for the first time since 2 March but have been looted or offloaded by people in urgent need of basic necessities before reaching partners’ warehouses for planned distribution, reflecting the deep desperation among people awaiting humanitarian assistance. According to the WASH Cluster, more than 100,000 hygiene kits, enough to support at least one-third of the population, are currently stuck outside Gaza due to delays in registration and a lack of approval for INGOs. The latest Cluster’s LTM survey found that more than 40 per cent of households lack soap at home, and hygiene-related expenses are rising. Large quantities of soap and water containers are critically needed to support basic hygiene practices and to prevent further deterioration of public health conditions.
• While more than one million shelter items, including tents, tarps and sealing-off materials, and 2.3 million non-food items (NFIs) have been procured and are now stranded in Jordan and Egypt, Israeli authorities have not allowed the entry of any shelter materials since 2 March 2025 and previous shelter stocks have been fully depleted. As a result, the shelter crisis in Gaza continues to deteriorate, with most families living in severely overcrowded, unsafe, and undignified conditions and some living without any form of shelter. A recent phone-based assessment carried out in July across 44 displacement sites in Gaza city found that 43 sites had families without any shelter, and 11 per cent of over 6,500 surveyed households were living out in the open. Overall, according to the most recent assessment carried out by the Shelter Cluster on 7 July, an estimated 1.35 million people require emergency shelter items and 1.4 million need essential household items. This dire situation is compounded by ongoing bombardment, displacement orders and growing insecurity, which not only continue to displace families but have also forced many humanitarian workers to relocate and reduced operational capacity. Also driving the rapid expansion of the gap in coverage of shelter needs is the repeated disassembly and reassembly of shelters and the associated loss or abandonment of shelter items and weather conditions that accelerate the deterioration of shelter materials.
• Israeli authorities also continue to impose restrictions that prevent the entry into Gaza of about 100 truckloads of educational supplies that have been procured and stranded in Egypt and Jordan, and severe fuel shortages continue to hinder the mobility of partners running learning programmes, impede the organization of group sessions that require electricity and the printing of learning materials, and disrupt children’s access to e-learning platforms that require power and internet. While more than 658,000 students remain without access to formal, classroom-based education amid ongoing hostilities and widespread destruction of school infrastructure (see above), displacement orders issued by Israeli authorities since 18 March have disrupted learning activities, leaving only about half (299 out of 626) of the temporary learning spaces (TLS) serving 113,000 students currently functional, according to the Education Cluster. Compounding these operational and access challenges are shortfalls in funding needed to support alternative learning modalities and the need to re-engage displaced and unemployed teachers, including through cash-for-work programming, mental health support and capacity strengthening in emergency pedagogy, as teachers who have been contributing to learning activities have been doing so on a voluntary basis, the Cluster added. Currently, less than 10 per cent of the US$230.3 million requested by the Education Cluster under the 2025 Flash Appeal has been received.
• On 5 August, following the Israeli Cabinet’s decision to expand the scope of humanitarian aid for Gaza, Israeli authorities announced that private sector trade will partially resume, subject to thorough inspections, to increase the volume of aid while reducing reliance on humanitarian aid. Moreover, Israeli authorities reported that 785 humanitarian aid packages had been airdropped over Gaza as of 5 August, with the participation of eight countries.
• Delays and impediments of humanitarian movements continue to be reported. While fewer humanitarian movements have been denied outright, missions that are approved still take hours to complete. Some missions have taken more than 18 hours to be completed and teams have been compelled to wait on roads that are often dangerous, congested or impassable. Between 30 July and 5 August, out of 72 attempts to coordinate planned aid movements with Israeli authorities across the Gaza Strip, two (three per cent) were denied and five (seven per cent) were withdrawn by the organizers. More than half of movements were facilitated (37 or 51 per cent), including missions to collect fuel, food and medical supplies and staff rotations. The 28 impeded missions (39 per cent) entailed extensive delays, including at the ad-hoc checkpoint that has been set up by Israeli forces along the Morag route on 29 July where missions have experienced delays of more than two hours. Among the impeded missions, seven were fully accomplished, including a mission to collect medical supplies from Kerem Shalom crossing. Three of the impeded missions were not accomplished, including a mission to clear rubble along Salah ad Deen Road, while the remaining 18 missions were partially accomplished, including a UN mission to collect fuel from Kerem Shalom crossing. Of the total 72 movements, 33 movements were planned to collect supplies from Gaza’s crossings while the remaining movements aimed to support other ongoing humanitarian operations.
• The World Health Organization (WHO) facilitated on 30 July the medical evacuation of 47 Palestinians from Gaza, along with 129 companions, and on 6 August the medical evacuation of 15 child critical patients, along with 47 companions. Between 7 2023 October and 31 July*, more than 7,500 Palestinians, including roughly 5,200 children, were medically evacuated abroad, of whom about 2,100 patients were medically evacuated since 1 February, while more than 14,800 are estimated to be in need of urgent medical treatment outside Gaza. According to WHO, an average of 50 to 100 patients were exiting Gaza daily for medical treatment before 7 October 2023, a rate that has since dropped to an average of 11 patients per day.

Hunger and Malnutrition-related Deaths

• As the death toll from malnutrition continues to rise, there is a humanitarian imperative to immediately flood Gaza with large-scale aid, including food aid and nutrition supplies to prevent mass starvation and address acute malnutrition and all other types of assistance to sustain lifesaving services. As stated by the World Food Programme’s (WFP) Executive Director, “[w]aiting for official confirmation of famine to provide life-saving food aid… is unconscionable." UNRWA similarly urged urgent action, otherwise people will continue to die from starvation and bombardment in a “completely man-made situation,” and noted: “When you are in a situation where even the caregiver starts to faint, that means the entire humanitarian structure is collapsing. And this is exactly what we are observing today in Gaza.” Speaking from the Friends of the Patients Society Hospital in Gaza city, UNICEF Deputy Executive Director, Ted Chaiban, also stressed that while humanitarian partners continue to provide as much support as possible, the resumption of humanitarian aid at scale and the entry of commercial cargo are critical to address hunger and acute malnutrition, which are the culmination of more than 20 months of war and over two months of a full blockade.
• According to MoH in Gaza, as of 6 August, 193 malnutrition-related deaths were documented, including 96 children. This includes five people who died in hospitals in the preceding 24 hours.
• Nutrition Cluster partners continue to carry out malnutrition screenings across the Gaza Strip, but individual screening data remains limited in North Gaza and Rafah due to access constraints and limited operational presence. Based on available data as of 6 August for the month of July, out of 136,000 children between six and 59 months screened, 11,877 children were identified to be suffering from acute malnutrition, the highest monthly figure recorded to date. These comprise 2,562 children who suffer from severe acute malnutrition (SAM), of whom 40 were hospitalized at stabilization centres. In June and July, 18 per cent of all acutely malnourished children were of severe form (SAM), compared with 12 per cent of children between March and May 2025. Amid this critical situation, in July, partners were only able to reach three per cent (8,169 out of 290,000) of children under five who require feeding and micronutrient supplements due to the limited entry into Gaza of lipid-based nutrient supplements - medium quantity (LNS - MQ). Compared with the average of about 76,000 children reached per month between April and June (26 per cent of the target population), July figures reflect a collapse in the malnutrition prevention programme. The distribution of other prevention supplies to children and pregnant and breastfeeding women and the number of children reached with complementary food have also declined. Overall, the volume of nutrition supplies entering Gaza remains insufficient to prevent further deterioration in the nutritional situation.
• According to WFP’s Gaza Market Monitor, the situation of Gaza’s market deteriorated sharply during the second half of July, reaching its worst point since the start of the escalation; prices soared to unprecedented levels, and almost all essential food items disappeared from the markets. Wheat flour prices decreased with the entry of aid trucks, stabilizing at 45-55 NIS per kilogramme during the fourth week of July. However, prices remain highly volatile, with fluctuations occurring even within a single day, reflecting unstable availability and dysfunctional markets. Sugar remains one of the most expensive items, with prices reaching up to 600 NIS per kilogramme, forcing many to buy only small amounts. Dietary diversity deteriorated further in July to the worst level since the escalation started, highlighting a severe breakdown in access to diverse and nutritious foods and worsening acute food insecurity. The proportion of households relying on humanitarian aid as their main food source has declined due to limited aid entry, while markets remain unreliable due to shortages and soaring prices. Cash withdrawal fees remain very high at 45 per cent of the transferred amount during second half of July. Limited cash supply and market liquidity, along with scarce commodities, increase reliance on physical cash often accessed with liquidity fees, as suppliers are increasingly reluctant to accept digital payments.

Spread of Disease and Challenges Facing the Health System

• WHO and MoH in Gaza reported that, across the Gaza Strip, there is a concerning rise in Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) cases – a rare and potentially life-threatening condition in which the body’s immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system. According to the epidemiology department, 64 cases, including 27 cases of children under 15 years of age, have been reported as of 31 July 2025 compared with only five cases per year before the escalation of hostilities. These include 32 cases in Khan Younis governorate (50 per cent), 28 cases in Gaza governorate (44 per cent), and four cases in Deir al Balah governorate (six per cent). Although numerous cases have been reported in highly concentrated and populated areas, especially Khan Younis and Gaza governorates, no cluster of cases has been reported within defined geographical locations. According to WHO, there is currently no available stock of Intravenous Immunoglobulin (IVIG), the primary medication for the treatment for GBS. On 4 August, MoH confirmed three GBS-related deaths, including two children, and warned that the lack of necessary treatment threatens to worsen the situation. According to WHO, 30 per cent of GBS patients require Intensive Care Unit admission.
• Between 1 and 31 July, a total of 420 suspected meningitis cases were reported across the Gaza Strip, the highest number recorded since the beginning of the escalation. These include 197 cases in Khan Younis governorate, 150 cases in Gaza governorate, and 73 cases in Deir al Balah. The destruction of WHO’s main medical warehouse in Deir al Balah has led to a critical shortage of antibiotics, which are essential for the treatment of meningitis. Isolation measures have been implemented, including the separation of the external department at Al Khair Hospital from the Nasser Medical Complex and the establishment of isolation tents at Al Aqsa Hospital to safely manage suspected cases.
• Hospitals in Gaza are overwhelmed by a surge in casualties that has exceeded their capacity, MoH in Gaza stated on 2 August. Bed occupancy rates at trauma hospitals have risen significantly: Al-Ahli Arab Hospital at 300 per cent, Al-Shifa Hospital at 240 per cent, Al Rantisi Hospital at 210 per cent, and Nasser Hospital at 180 per cent. MoH added that this has forced hospitals to place patients on floors and in hallways due to the lack of available bed space. The Health Cluster also reported that specialized rehabilitation facilities, including Hamad Hospital, Al Amal Hospital, and Al Wafaa Hospital, are overwhelmed with trauma injuries (complex polytrauma) and GBS cases. Waiting lists have reached up to one year, despite reduced admission durations. Furthermore, patients with non-escalation-related disabilities are being neglected and are not receiving the necessary care. The Health Cluster also reported that hospitals are overwhelmed by mass casualty incidents, with an average of eight incidents per day.
• On 31 July, Al Aqsa Hospital stated that it is facing an increasingly critical humanitarian and health crisis amid the growing number of casualties and urgent medical needs. Hundreds of injured people are arriving at the hospital, overwhelming the facility’s capacity. The emergency department is unable to accommodate the rising number of critical injuries, and all inpatient wards are fully occupied. Operating rooms have ceased functioning due to the lack of available inpatient beds, with some patients left inside operating theatres because there is no space to move them. Similarly, the head of the Kuwaiti Specialized Field Hospital in Al Mawasi, in Khan Younis, reported that the hospital receives hundreds of critical injuries of people seeking food daily, adding immense pressure on overstretched medical teams amid the near-total collapse of the health system. The wound care unit has halted operations due to a complete lack of essential medical supplies. The operational capacity of the hospital has been exceeded, and it can no longer absorb the rising number of casualties amid the lack of supplies. The head of the hospital urgently called on people to avoid going to the militarized distribution points to preserve life.
• An analysis of medical data by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), covering more than 200,000 medical consultations in six MSF-supported health facilities in the Gaza Strip in 2024, found that explosive weapons, such as bombs and grenades, were responsible for 83 per cent of wound-care consultations for victims of violence. According to a former MSF emergency coordinator, "explosive weapons are indiscriminate, causing complex injuries due to blast, fragmentation, and heat." He added: "In two hospitals, we observed that nearly 60 percent of the injuries were related to explosive weapons. The makeshift shelters in which the population is forced to live offer little to no protection against these weapons." MSF analysis flagged a very high wound infection rate of more than 18 per cent among patients seeking care for the first time. This is a result of unhygienic living conditions for people who have been forcibly displaced multiple times. Highlighting the lack of protection of civilians, MSF said that 29.6 per cent of all medical consultations for wounds were for children under 15 years of age, and 32 per cent of the consultations were for women.

Funding

• As of 6 August 2025, Member States have disbursed approximately $882 million out of the $4 billion (22 per cent) requested to meet the most critical humanitarian needs of three million out of 3.3 million people identified as requiring assistance in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, in 2025, under the 2025 Flash Appeal for the OPT. Nearly 88 per cent of the requested funds are for humanitarian response in Gaza, with just over 12 per cent for the West Bank. Moreover, during July 2025, the oPt Humanitarian Fund managed 111 ongoing projects, totalling $65.2 million, to address urgent needs in the Gaza Strip (87 per cent) and the West Bank (13 per cent). Of these projects, 54 are being implemented by INGOs, 43 by national NGOs and 14 by UN agencies. Notably, 39 out of the 68 projects implemented by INGOs or the UN are being implemented in collaboration with national NGOs. For more information, please see OCHA’s Financial Tracking Service webpage and the oPt HF webpage.

* Asterisks indicate that a figure, sentence, or section has been rectified, added, or retracted after the initial publication of this update.