15 April 2025
Highlights:
- Ceasefire breakdown unleashes a new wave of devastation for women and girls: The collapse of the ceasefire in mid-March has plunged families back into deadly violence, displacement, and deprivation. Women and girls are once again being uprooted, left with no safe place to go, and cut off from basic supplies and services.
- Unlawful aid blockade continues; essential supplies denied: The Israeli government¡¯s ongoing aid blockade¡ªnow in its second month¡ªis obstructing the entry of food, fuel and medical supplies, in violation of international humanitarian law. The results are catastrophic: Soaring malnutrition ¨C between 10 and 20 percent of pregnant and breastfeeding women are malnourished, increasing the risks of pregnancy complications ¨C and disease outbreaks.
- Maternal and newborn health care collapsing under pressure: Hospitals are overwhelmed and under attack, with oxygen and life-saving maternal health medicines running out. Equipment, including incubators, blood units and ultrasound machines, are stalled at the borders. Health workers are operating under constant threat and are exhausted.
- Pregnancy and childbirth have become deadly threats: One third of pregnancies are high-risk, and one in five of the 130 babies born every day are pre-term, underweight or suffering from complications requiring specialist care, which is increasingly unavailable. Pregnant women are unable to reach care due to unaffordable transport, destroyed roads or active hostilities.
- Women bear the brunt of mental and physical hardship: Two-thirds of women are experiencing depression, nightmares and anxiety, with little if any access to psychosocial support. With many acting as primary caregivers in overcrowded shelters, women are sacrificing their own health and well-being to keep their families safe and alive.
- Aid workers under fire; critical services threatened: Humanitarian workers continue to be targeted in violation of international humanitarian law. Deaths, injuries and the displacement of aid workers, including health and social workers, is shattering what remains of existing health and protection services and infrastructure.
- West Bank: escalating violence and displacement: In the northern West Bank, intensified Israeli military operations have displaced over 40,000 Palestinians. Damaged homes, movement restrictions, limited health access, and widespread insecurity are putting pregnant women and families at severe risk.
- Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA sustains critical support amid an escalating crisis: In March, Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA remained on the ground, reaching over 36,500 people with essential sexual and reproductive health (SRH), gender-based violence (GBV) and youth-focused services across Palestine.
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Document Type: Situation Report
Document Sources: United Nations Population Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Violence, West Bank, Women
Publication Date: 15/04/2025
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Document Type: Situation Report
Document Sources: United Nations Population Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµFPA)
Subject: Access and movement, Armed conflict, Assistance, Gaza Strip, Health, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Refugees and displaced persons, Violence, West Bank, Women
Publication Date: 15/04/2025
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