Along with other medical supplies, dental materials have not been allowed into Gaza for the past three years, forcing patients to choose between unaffordable treatment, extraction, or painkillers.
Dozens have been crushed to death while Israel prevents reconstruction, leaving families with an impossible choice: to live in war-torn structures at risk of caving in, or flimsy tents exposed to the elements.
International Organization for Migration (IOM) Director General Amy Pope warns: "As winter rain begins, the combined supply pipeline of humanitarian shelter partners covers barely 17 per cent of identified winter needs"
The detailed report, “Gaza in Numbers: Three Years Since the War Began, One Year Since the Ceasefire”, is based on data from Gaza’s Ministry of Health, the United Nations and its agencies, the joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, and other international and human rights organizations.
Homes, hospitals, schools and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed during three years of war in Gaza. These photographs document the devastation and the lives of Palestinians affected by the conflict.
An update to Google Maps using satellite imagery has revealed the extent of devastation during the three-year Gaza war and the severity of the continuing humanitarian crisis faced by the territory’s 2.3 million inhabitants.
Israeli forces killed 10 Palestinians and injured at least 13 others, including children, in attacks across Gaza on Tuesday, according to medical sources & Palestinian media reports. The casualty count rose throughout the day as hospitals announced additional victims
Read a gutting dispatch from Gaza City, where, after last week’s building collapse killed 21, Palestinians fear there will be many more similar tragedies unless Israel allows much-needed equipment in.