Saturday, October 7, 2023
General area updates:
- At 06:30 on the morning of 7 October 2023, Hamas launched ¡°Operation Al-Aqsa Flood¡± with more than 5,000 rockets reportedly fired towards Israel from multiple locations in Gaza, as well as ground operation into Israel.
- In response to this attack, Israeli authorities declared that the country is in a state of war and called up military reservists. At 12:00 noon, the Israeli Forces launched operation ¡®Iron Sword¡¯ with strikes on the Gaza strip by air, land and sea.
- As of 21:00, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported 232 killed and 1,697 injuries. Two boys, both Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA students at Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA schools in Khan Younis and Beit Hanoun, are confirmed to be among those killed.
- According to different sources, between 150-200 Israelis have been reportedly killed.
- By 18:00, at least 20,363 Internally Displaced People were sheltering in 44 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA schools in all areas in the Gaza Strip, except Khan Younis. Of those, 28 are Designated Emergency Shelters and 16 are not.
- Three Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA schools were affected by collateral damages caused by Israeli Armed Forces (IAF) airstrikes.
??Health services provision
- All Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA 22 Health Centres are closed.
- Emergency health-care services are available exclusively through the toll-free hotline (1-800-444-666).
- Primary health-care services are planned to resume with a limited number of staff as of tomorrow, 8 October.
Sanitation services provision?
- All solid waste collection and transfer to landfills put on hold.
- The operation of water wells was stopped around 09:30am on 7 October.
- Water wells operations are planned to resume tomorrow in Jabalia, Khan Younis and Rafah.
Relief and Social Services?
- Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA food distribution is on hold as of today until further notice, disrupting the third food distribution cycle. ?All 14 Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Food Distribution Centres are closed. A total of 112,759 families (541,640 individuals) are yet to receive food assistance.
- Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Relief and Social Services Helplines will be operational as of tomorrow, Sunday 8 October.
?General Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA operations?
- All staff movement is restricted.
- Food and non-food items are prepositioned in the sub-stores across the five areas in Gaza and the main warehouses.
- Information to be shared with communities on Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA services. Social media content put out already on the emergency health-care services through the toll-free hotline.
Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA Installations?
- Shrapnel was found in one school?in Jabalia camp in the northern area.
- Two schools, one in Jabalia camp?(northern area) and one in the city of Gaza, were affected by collateral damage due to Israeli Air Force airstrikes.
Document Type: Situation Report
Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Middle East situation
Publication Date: 07/10/2023
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Document Sources: United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµRWA)
Subject: Armed conflict, Assistance, Casualties, Children, Food, Gaza Strip, Health, Humanitarian relief, Internally displaced persons, Middle East situation
Publication Date: 07/10/2023
URL source: