19 January 2024

Publication year: 2024

Since 7 October 2023, more than 24,620 Palestinians have been killed in the Gaza Strip, 70 per cent of whom were women or children. More than 1.9 million people ¡ª 85 per cent of the total population of Gaza ¡ª have been displaced, including what UN Women estimates to be nearly 1 million women and girls. The entire population of Gaza ¡ª roughly 2.2 million people ¡ª are in crisis levels of acute food insecurity or worse.

This document provides an overview of the situation in Gaza and?articulates UN Women¡¯s work as part of its six-month multisectoral response to the crisis.