Palestine

12 February 2025

Israel’s Iron Wall military operation, which began on 21 January 2025, has affected over 77,000 people, including 40 killed and at least 40,000 displaced from northern West Bank. The most affected areas are Al Fara, Jenin, Nur Shams, and Tulkarem refugee camps. The hostilities have rendered all the camps uninhabitable. The majority of IDPs are staying in rented accommodation and need food, medicine, and emergency services. The destruction of key infrastructure in the camps, including damage to water networks, is affecting water availability. People are experiencing severe access restrictions to services owing to the increase in the number of checkpoints set up by Israeli forces and the destruction of key roads. These restrictions are also delaying the response of emergency medical teams, resulting in more fatalities among injured people. (UNRWA 10/02/2025, OCHA 06/02/2025, UN 10/02/2025)

05 February 2025

Since 21 January 2025, an Israeli military raid on the West Bank had displaced at least 20,000 people in Jenin camp and 6,000 in Tulkarem camp by early February. The people have moved from the camps to Tulkarem city and its outskirts. The attacks have severely restricted the movement of goods into the camps, causing disruptions to electricity and communications and shortages of water and basic materials, such as baby milk, diapers, and medicine. (MSF 03/02/2025, Al Araby 05/02/2025)

29 January 2025

Over 376,000 people have returned to northern Gaza from the south after Israeli forces withdrew from key roads along the Netzarim corridor on 27 January 2025. More IDPs are likely to return in the coming days. The journey back, along the coastal Al Rashid Street, is difficult, especially for older people, injured people, and children. Most IDPs are walking, with some older individuals collapsing from exhaustion. The road itself suffered significant damage during the conflict, making passage difficult in several areas. Returnees encounter widespread devastation in northern Gaza, with over 90% of homes damaged, leaving them without shelter, clean water, sanitation, food, and other necessities. Gaza’s Government Media Office estimates that Gaza City will need 135,000 tents and shelters to accommodate displaced families. Humanitarian access has been improving since the ceasefire, with an increase in the daily entry of supplies through the Erez, Kerem Shalom, and Zikim crossings. (OCHA 28/01/2025, AJ 28/01/2025, The Guardian 28/01/2025)

23 January 2025

Since 21 January, a military raid by Israel on Jenin camp in the West Bank has led to the displacement of at least 600 Palestinians, the death of 10, and injuries to 40. Up until 22 January, some of the IDPs were staying in the Jenin municipality building, while others remained in open areas and required shelter or tents. Since mid-December, escalations in Jenin camp have displaced an estimated 9,200 people. (The New Arab 22/01/2025, MEE 22/01/2025, UN 21/01/2025)

15 January 2025

Fuel shortages in Gaza resulting from the access restrictions imposed by Israeli authorities are critically affecting healthcare services. Al Awda Hospital (North Gaza’s last partially functioning facility) and Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis are at risk of closure. Nasser Hospital requires 5,500 litres of fuel daily, but restrictions only allow 15,000 litres to be delivered every three days, meaning that reserve tanks cannot be filled. This endangers patients in incubators and those needing mechanical ventilation. (UN 10/01/2025, The New Arab 11/01/2025)

02 January 2025

Heavy rains and cold weather continue to aggravate conditions for displaced families in Gaza. Between 24–29 December 2024, at least six babies and an adult died of hypothermia. Water levels reached over 30cm in some areas, damaging belongings and mattresses and inundating over 1,500 IDP tents. A cold front caused temperatures to drop significantly in late December; further temperature declines are expected in January 2025. There is an urgent need for shelter assistance, the availability of which remains critically low as humanitarians prioritise the entry of food, as the Israeli forces allow only limited aid delivery into Gaza. Between 1–26 December 2024, only 24 trucks carrying shelter items entered central and southern Gaza, while 136 entered northern Gaza. A tightened Israeli siege since 6 October in Beit Lahya, Beit Hanoun, and parts of Jabalia has severely limited access and aggravated the situation, particularly affecting displaced families in northern Gaza. (OCHA 31/12/2024, AJ 01/01/2025 a, AJ 01/01/2025 b)

18 December 2024

Between 10–17 December 2024, Israeli attacks hit Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza daily, endangering the lives of 60 patients. Strikes caused extensive damage to vital infrastructure, including oxygen supplies, and hindered medical care. The attacks killed key staff, including the hospital’s last orthopaedic doctor and one nurse en route to work. On 16 December, Israeli forces targeted hospital staff and power generators, worsening the crisis. On 17 December, they planted explosive traps around the besieged hospital. (OCHA 17/12/2024, TNA 17/12/2024)