• As an immediate ask: Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA requires US$ 2.7 million to support some 57,000 Palestine refugees affected by the earthquake in Syria, and in areas accessible from Damascus.
  • Some 438,000 Palestine refugees in twelve camps across Syria, excluding those who are not accessible from Damascus (accessible from °Õ¨¹°ù°ì¾±²â±ð into northwest Syria).
  • Northern Syria is home to some 62,000 Palestine refugees living in and around the following four camps: Lattakia camp, Neirab camp, Ein-el Tal camp, and Hama camp.?These camps are all accessible from Damascus.
  • Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA estimates that about 90 per cent of these families are in need as a result of the earthquake.
  • We have confirmed reports of six Palestine refugees who have perished- four from same family in Lattakia camp (mother/father/son/daughter) and two young girls from Nairab camp (ages 9 and 11) near Aleppo, who were Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA school students.
  • There are reports of fatalities amongst Palestine refugees in °Õ¨¹°ù°ì¾±²â±ð and in northwest Syria- these have not yet been confirmed by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA.
  • Death toll is expected to increase dramatically as search and rescue opreations advance.
  • Last night, some 700 Palestine refugees spent the night in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA installations in Latakia, including schools. Worth noting that Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA schools often become shelters for those whose houses are destroyed or unsafe during emergencies (we saw this happen in Gaza several tiems for example).
  • Based on rapid assessments made by Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA teams since yesterday, it is most crucial to provide: medical supplies and non-food items (blankets, tarpaulins, mattresses and hygiene kits, including for women and girls).
  • We also know of three houses that collapsed yesterday in Latakia, home to five Palestine refugee families.
  • Essential medical supplies are available in Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA warehouses to l be distributed immediately to the affected Palestine refugees, however this stock will need to be replenished.
  • It is also important to put in place measures against gender-based violence (GBV) in crowded emergency areas. Our next priority will be to address the need to repair and/or rehabilitate?for damaged Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA premises?and for individual homes.
  • In the aftermath of the destruction of the earthquake in Syria, an already vulnerable Palestine refugee population are in dire need of assistance and rely almost entirely on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA.
  • There are undoubtably more Palestine refugees who are amongst the tragically affected in the northwest and who can only be accessed through °Õ¨¹°ù°ì¾±²â±ð.