Gaza’s Civil Defence agency said it feared there were more than 10,000 bodies still buried under the vast sea of rubble. The UN has previously estimated that 60% of structures across Gaza have been damaged or destroyed. According to the UN World Food Programme (WFP), the war has left more than two million Gazans homeless, without income, and utterly dependent on food aid to survive.

About 1.9 million people have been displaced since the war began, amounting to 90% of the population, with many of them forced to move repeatedly. Hundreds of thousands are living in tent cities and severely overcrowded shelters with poor sanitation and access to little clean water.

The latest UN figures show that nine in 10 homes in the territory have been destroyed or damaged. Schools, hospitals, churches, mosques, cemeteries, shops and offices have been repeatedly hit.
Israeli forces have repeatedly bombed, besieged, and attacked hospitals in Gaza. The World Health Organization said there had been 654 attacks on health facilities recorded since the start of the war.
Palestinian health authorities estimate that more than 46,900 people were killed in Gaza during the more than 15 months of war and more than 110,700 were wounded. A UK-led study published by the medical journal The Lancet this month suggested that the health ministry figures may underestimate the death toll by more than 40%.

Our partners in Gaza were among the first to respond to the conflict when it started in October 2024. With your funding and support we provided humanitarian and medical services. In Gaza with our partners we have supported Palestinians with:

• Essential drugs and disposables, hygiene kits, food packages, and shelter supplies
• Deployed emergency medical teams, comprised of medical and humanitarian specialists, to treat injuries and infections among Palestinians, and to support Palestinian healthcare workers and the capacity of the local health system
• Established medical points to provide primary healthcare services, monitor and respond to the outbreak of communicable diseases, screen for malnutrition, and provide sexual and reproductive health services
• Supported the rehabilitation of Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis and the refurbishment of Shifa Hospital, following Israeli military sieges and attacks
• Launched a nutrition programme to protect women, children, and others at risk of malnutrition, through frontline health services, nutrition screening, and prevention over the next two years
• Established a paediatric intensive care unit
• Supported WHO and other agencies in the monitoring and quality of the poliovirus vaccination campaign