{"id":314900,"date":"2026-01-21T11:23:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T16:23:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&#038;p=314900"},"modified":"2026-02-09T12:20:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T17:20:40","slug":"unrwa-situation-report-205-on-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-gaza-strip-and-the-occupied-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-situation-report-205-on-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-gaza-strip-and-the-occupied-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem\/","title":{"rendered":"UNRWA Situation Report #205 on the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Gaza Strip<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Despite the ceasefire, UN partners continue to report significant military activity, with conflict\u2011related events trending back toward pre\u2011ceasefire levels.<\/li>\n<li>On 6 January, four UNRWA schools in Jabalia camp were reportedly destroyed by Israeli forces by using explosive devices and bulldozers. Multiple UNRWA installations continue to be affected by Israeli military activities.<\/li>\n<li>As reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ochaopt.org\/content\/humanitarian-situation-update-353-gaza-strip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OCHA<\/a>, 800,000 people \u2013 nearly 40 per cent of the population \u2013 now live in sites prone to flooding, where winter storms and heavy rain have made shelters uninhabitable.<\/li>\n<li>According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/app.powerbi.com\/view?r=eyJrIjoiMDI2ZTNmZjItNjE0NC00NzQ0LWI1MDMtYzNlYzIxNzg3ZWRkIiwidCI6IjE1ODgyNjJkLTIzZmItNDNiNC1iZDZlLWJjZTQ5YzhlNjE4NiIsImMiOjh9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Site Management Cluster<\/a>, which is co-led by UNRWA, almost 3,500 shelters have been damaged or destroyed between 8 and 15 January, affecting over 19,000 displaced people. Over 250 WASH facilities have also been damaged, reducing the access of vulnerable people to lifesaving assistance. Rescue and emergency teams coordinated by UNRWA and partners responded to multiple life-threatening incidents affecting families in Khan Younis, Rafah, and Gaza City.<\/li>\n<li>According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, at least eight children have died of hypothermia in Gaza this winter.<\/li>\n<li>In coordination with the Ministry of Health, WHO, and UNICEF, UNRWA is taking part in the second phase of the catch-up vaccination campaign, taking place from 18-29 January and targeting children under three years old. UNRWA is participating through 23 health facilities and 35 medical teams.<\/li>\n<li>Last week, UNRWA medical teams provided almost 18,000 daily consultations &#8211; marking a 30 per cent increase from the previous average &#8211; to address the increased demand for services across the Gaza Strip, particularly in Gaza City and the North.<\/li>\n<li>On 19 January, the UNRWA local staff union called for a two-hour suspension of all operations in response to recent austerity measures announced by the Agency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The West Bank including East Jerusalem<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Early on 20 January, Israeli forces accompanied by bulldozers entered the UNRWA compound in Sheikh Jarrah, in occupied East Jerusalem. The bulldozers set to work demolishing buildings inside the compound, in the presence of Israeli lawmakers, a member of the government, and municipal officials, posting social media content celebrating the event and inciting violence against Agency staff.<\/li>\n<li>The UNRWA Commissioner-General\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNLazzarini\/status\/2013546502388342823\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned the events<\/a>\u00a0as \u201ca new level of open and deliberate defiance of international law\u201d, warning of a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNLazzarini\/status\/2013602421335789990?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201clost moral compass\u201d and of a\u201d barbaric new era\u201d<\/a>, as well as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/UNLazzarini\/status\/2013858006509768790?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">dismissing<\/a>\u00a0Israeli claims of ownership of the site. The UN Secretary-General also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sg\/en\/content\/sg\/statements\/2026-01-20\/statement-attributable-the-spokesperson-for-the-secretary-general-the-demolition-of-the-unrwa-sheikh-jarrah-compound\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">condemned<\/a>\u00a0in the strongest terms what he described as \u201cwholly unacceptable\u201d, \u201ccontinued escalatory actions against UNRWA\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Highlights The Gaza Strip Despite the ceasefire, UN partners continue to report significant military activity, with conflict\u2011related events trending back toward pre\u2011ceasefire levels. On 6 January, four UNRWA schools in Jabalia camp were reportedly destroyed by Israeli forces by using explosive devices and bulldozers. Multiple UNRWA installations continue to be affected by Israeli military activities. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unrwa-situation-report-205-on-the-humanitarian-crisis-in-the-gaza-strip-and-the-occupied-west-bank-including-east-jerusalem\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":301,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2929],"document-source":[1817],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,1945,1829,2033,2005,2533,5200,2613,1745,2385,2729,2097,6891,6251],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[],"class_list":["post-314900","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-situation-report","document-source-united-nations-relief-and-works-agency-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east-unrwa","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-casualties","document-subject-children","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-health","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-internally-displaced-persons","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-security-issues","document-subject-shelter","document-subject-social-issues","document-subject-unrwa","document-subject-west-bank","entity-united-nations-system"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/301"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":314904,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/314900\/revisions\/314904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=314900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=314900"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=314900"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=314900"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=314900"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=314900"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=314900"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=314900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}