WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report #8 (11 November 2023) - occupied Palestinian territory (original) (raw)
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Situation Report
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Posted
11 Nov 2023
Originally published
11 Nov 2023
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• One month into the conflict, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown increasingly dire. Acute scarcities of water, food, electricity, and fuel are depriving people of the most fundamental humanitarian needs.
• WFP reiterates its call for safe, sustained and unimpeded humanitarian access to allow the delivery of lifesaving assistance and fuel at a meaningful scale. Humanitarian workers must be able to safely distribute and monitor food assistance, and civilians must be able to safely access it.
• To date, WFP has provided vital food and cash assistance to over 764,000 people in shelters and communities across Gaza and the West Bank. WFP was able to resume operations with restored basic connectivity, but its capacity to deliver relief remains restrained by the intensified violence, large-scale destruction, and scarcity of fuel, electricity and cooking gas (only one WFP bakery is currently operational), as well as its inability to rotate staff in and out of Gaza.
• WFP is deploying staff to Al-Arish in support of the Egyptian Red Crescent, to deliver much-needed aid into Gaza through the Rafah Border and expanding support to PRCS.
• As needs are soaring, WFP requires at least USD 112 million to sustain its emergency response to 1.1 million affected people until December.
Situation Update
• One month into the conflict, the humanitarian situation in Gaza has grown increasingly dire. The acute scarcities of water, food, electricity, and fuel are depriving people of the most fundamental humanitarian needs. Several healthcare facilities have been forced to shutdown due to fuel shortages, denying people critical healthcare services.
• The West Bank is grappling with escalating violence, arrests, and movement restrictions. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are losing their work permits and are unable to leave the West Bank, while commercial activity inside is limited. This puts the economy at risk of further deterioration.