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PALESTINE-ISRAEL - Humanitarian impact overview one month since the conflict OVERVIEW

7 Nov 2023

These include UN agencies such as UNICEF, UNRWA, WHO, durable and sustained humanitarian truce leading to a cessation of hostilities”, the immediate WFP, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as well as the Red Cross/Red release of civilians held captive, and the compliance of the conflict parties with obligations Crescent Societies, and other international organisations. [...] dependent Gaza Power Plant, which provided 60MW of the remaining 90MW, is inoperable, The inhabitants of the majority of towns in the south close to the border with Gaza have increasing dependence on backup fuel generators and solar panels (OCHA 29/10/2023 a; ToI evacuated following orders by the Israeli military and out of fear of continued hostilities (HRW 28/10/2023). [...] Flour shortages, fuel and water scarcity, and damage from air strikes limit the production of Health workers are overwhelmed because of their inability to treat the growing number of bread (WFP 01/11/2023, 31/10/2023, and 21/10/2023; UNRWA 30/10/2023; OCHA 01/11/2023 a, 30/10/2023 injuries, with constant bombardments near hospitals and the rising number of civilians b, and 30/10/2023 a). [...] There have already been denouncing Israeli military actions against Palestinians in Gaza have continued, including reports of scabies, diarrhoea, and chicken pox related to the consumption of unsafe water in Hebron, Jenin, and Nablus, leading to confrontations between protesters and the Israeli since the start of the conflict (NRC 24/10/2023). [...] Yemen On 31 October, Ansar Allah (also known as the Houthis), the de-facto authority in the north of Yemen and one of the Iran-aligned groups in the region, launched missiles and drone attacks against Israel in support of Hamas (Al Jazeera 31/10/2023; Reuters 01/11/2023; NYT 31/10/2023; Al Jazeera 31/10/2023; CNN 01/11/2023).
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