Highlights
After 50 days of fighting, an open-ended ceasefire brokered by the Egyptian government and agreed by the armed groups in Gaza, the Palestinian Authority, and Israel entered into force on 26 August. Both parties to the conflict are currently observing the ceasefire.
If the agreement holds, it will have ended the longest, deadliest and most destructive escalation in hostilities in Gaza since the beginning of the Israeli occupation in 1967.
Fighting continued up until the final moments before the 19:00 agreed ceasefire
Tens of thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) left emergency shelters and returned home. However, over 108,000 people whose homes were destroyed or severely damaged, will need longer-term shelter solutions.
The mass movement of civilians, children in particular, into areas that were intensively targeted by airstrikes and shelling, raises major concerns about Explosive Remnants of War (ERW).
Despite extensive repairs, electricity outages of 18 hours a day in most areas across Gaza, disrupting provision of essential services, particularly WASH.
Due to the conflict, 500,000 Palestinian children in Gaza were not able to attend the first day of school on 24 August unlike their peers in the West Bank.