{"id":207834,"date":"2014-08-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=207834"},"modified":"2019-03-12T19:27:21","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T19:27:21","slug":"auto-insert-207834","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-207834\/","title":{"rendered":"State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report – UNICEF update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  • T<\/i>he initial 72-hour-long ceasefire that began on 11 August, is holding so far. In spite of some initial rocket fire between Israel and Gaza during the final hours of the ceasefire on 13 August, the ceasefire was extended for another 5 days until midnight on 19 August.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • Negotiations between the parties are on-going in Egypt to identify a lasting solution to the conflict.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • Approximately 350,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) remain in emergency shelters or with host families throughout the Gaza Strip.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • Alternative housing is needed for more than 100,750 people whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • The number of child fatalities, at 459, exceeds the combined number of children killed in the two previous conflicts in Gaza, 350 in 2008-9 and 35 in 2012.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • On 13 August, six people, including an Italian journalist, were killed and six others injured by unexploded ordnance in Beit Lahia. Thousands of explosive remnants of war (ERWs) pose a major threat to children, farmers, IDPs returning home, technicians and humanitarian workers.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • Despite ongoing repairs to utilities, the majority of the population has severe shortages in water and power services.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • The first phase of a joint humanitarian assessment was launched on 13 August to assess needs and inform responses by humanitarian organizations.<\/i><\/li>\n
  • On 11-13 August, UNICEF for the State of Palestine received a high-level visit from Deputy Executive Director, Yoka Brandt, and the Regional Representative for the Middle East and North Africa, Maria Calivis (see text box, below).<\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    14 August 2014<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

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    50,<\/strong><\/span>375 <\/span>children homeless <\/strong><\/span>(Shelter Cluster, 13 August 2014)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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    459 children killed <\/strong><\/span>(Protection Cluster, 13 August 2014)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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    3,009 children injured <\/strong><\/span>Palestinian Health Ministry, 10 August 2014)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

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    1,965 deaths <\/strong><\/span>(Protection Cluster, 13 August 2014)<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n

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    Key Messages<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n