Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #159

Key Highlights

  • Intense and long-term exposure to traumatic events is having a psychological toll on Gaza’s health workers, reports Médecins Sans Frontières.  

  • UNICEF and the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility inaugurate a solar-powered water desalination plant in Rafah, with the latter warning that the entire water and sanitation system is nearing collapse. 

  • Nearly 37.5 million tons of conflict-generated debris are estimated to be present throughout Gaza, UN agencies assess.

Read the full report: Hostilities in the Gaza Strip and Israel | Flash Update #159

An overwhelmed medical worker in Gaza rests his head in his hands. Photo by Médecins Sans Frontières