Key Highlights

• The Ministry of Health in Gaza reports that the casualty toll from the incident on Rashid Street on 29 February morning has increased to 112 killed and 760 injured. 
• The MoH in Gaza has reported that another four children have died of malnutrition and dehydration, bringing to 10 such child fatalities so far.

Key Highlights

• The nutrition crisis in northern Gaza is rapidly deteriorating; 15 children have so far died as a result of malnutrition and dehydration, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.
• On 1 March, a UN mission managed to reach Shifa Hospital in Gaza city and deliver fuel, life-saving medicine and treatment for children suffering from severe acute malnutrition.
• On 2 March, 11 people were killed when tents housing internally displaced persons (IDPs) and people gathered in front of Al Emirati field hospital in Rafah were hit, according to MoH in

Key Highlights

• On 4 March, Al Awda Hospital in northern Gaza resumed partial operations after fuel and medical supplies were delivered by a UN inter-agency mission.
• The UNRWA Commissioner-General has said that the Agency is now functioning ‘hand-to-mouth’ following the decision by major donor countries to pause their funding.
• According to HelpAge, the decision by major donors to withdraw funding from UNRWA will worsen the plight of already deprived Palestinian civilians, including older people.
• A 10-year-old Palestinian child was killed by Israeli forces

Key Highlights

• Eighteen people have so far died from malnutrition and dehydration, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.
• A 13-year-old girl, the only survivor of her family, was rescued from under the rubble of her destroyed house after 40 hours.
• A UN report calls for fully-fledged independent investigations into all reports of sexual violence in Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory, including sexual violence committed against Israeli hostages and during the 7 October attacks in Israel.
• According to UNICEF, 81 per cent of households

Key Highlights

• The access of only six of 24 planned aid missions by the UN and its humanitarian partners to areas north of Wadi Gaza was facilitated by the Israeli authorities in February.
• The number of deaths as a result of malnutrition and dehydration has risen to 20, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza.
• Some 700 displaced families at an informal site in Rafah report facing significant challenges across multiple sectors, according to a recent inter-agency assessment.
• The Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food in Gaza has risen by nearly 105

Key Highlights

• Pregnant women and new mothers in Gaza are struggling to keep themselves and their babies alive, amid critical shortages of food, water and medical care.
• An estimated 8,000 patients need to be medically evacuated from Gaza, including over 6,000 trauma-related patients, according to the World Health Organization (WHO).
• Less than one per cent of funding raised through the 2023 Flash Appeal has gone to national or local women’s rights organizations, UN Women reports.

Gaza Strip Updates

• Intense Israeli bombardment and ground o