Highlights
• 110 Palestinian fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours, including 18 killed in the devastated Ash Shuja’iyeh neighbourhood.
• Up to one quarter of Gaza’s population may have been forcibly displaced since the start of the emergency, including 250,000 in UNRWA and government shelters.
• Following an attack hitting Gaza’s sole power plant and its subsequent shut down, along with the inability to repair feeder lines from Israel and Egypt, electricity is only supplied for an average of three hours a day.
• Access to food is increasingly affected: bakeries cannot meet the additional demand for bread, triggered by the lack of electricity in households, while the prices of vegetables soar.
• Latest development: a 72 hour ceasefire starting on 1 August at 8:00 has been announced.
1,373 Palestinians killed, including at least 852 civilians, of whom 252 are children and 181 are women.
59 Israelis killed, including two civilians and 56 soldiers, in addition to one foreign national
1.8 million People have reduced or no access to regular water and sanitation.
137 Schools damaged during hostilities, some serving as emergency shelters.
250,000 Displaced people hosted in UNRWA and in government schools and institutions.