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17 September 2025<\/p>\n
OCHA reports that over the past month, bombardments on Gaza city have intensified, while air strikes, bombardment and shelling have continued across the\u00a0Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n
OCHA continues to\u00a0call<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for the immediate protection of civilians. Issuing displacement orders does not absolve parties to a conflict from their responsibilities to protect civilians in the conduct of their hostilities.<\/p>\n The Ministry of Health reports that the Rantissi Children\u2019s Hospital in Gaza city was damaged after being struck multiple times overnight. There were 80 patients at the facility, including 12 children and babies in intensive care. Half of the patients and their caregivers were forced to flee, under fire, in search of safety.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Population Fund (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA)\u00a0warns<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza is forcing women to give birth in the streets, without hospitals, doctors or clean water. Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵFPA says that 23,000 women are going without care, and about 15 babies are being born each week with no medical help.<\/p>\n Humanitarian partners report that since the collapse of the ceasefire in March, 80 medical points and primary healthcare centres providing sexual and reproductive health outpatient services have been affected, with 65 out of service.<\/p>\n The Palestine Telecommunications Company reported a complete Internet outage across Gaza city and the north today. This is preventing people and humanitarians from receiving critical information.<\/p>\n Today, the Israeli army once again ordered people to leave Gaza city \u2013 within the next 48 hours \u2013 and move south along a temporary passageway on the Salah ad Din road.<\/p>\n Thousands of people continue to flee, amid active hostilities. Roads are congested, people are hungry, and children are traumatized.<\/p>\n Between Monday and yesterday, partners monitoring the movement of people in Gaza recorded nearly 40,000 displacements to the south. Since mid-August \u2013 and as of yesterday \u2013 some 200,000 movements have been recorded, with many women, children and older people walking for hours.<\/p>\n Partners have set up three support points in areas receiving displaced people in southern Gaza to assist separated, orphaned and injured children.<\/p>\n They report that heavy bombardment in Gaza city is further fueling people\u2019s distress, especially among children. In the Rimal area, for example, ongoing hostilities are preventing people \u2013 mainly those with disabilities \u2013 from reaching support centres. Assistive devices \u2013 such as wheelchairs and crutches \u2013 are mostly unavailable.<\/p>\n Yesterday, two humanitarian movements to collect food cargo from the crossings into Gaza were either cancelled or denied. Other missions were facilitated but faced impediments on the ground. The Zikim crossing remains closed for a fifth consecutive day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 17 September 2025 OCHA reports that over the past month, bombardments on Gaza city have intensified, while air strikes, bombardment and shelling have continued across the\u00a0Gaza Strip. OCHA continues to\u00a0call\u00a0for the immediate protection of civilians. 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