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Reported impact snapshot | Gaza Strip (15 October 2025)

 

PROTECTION

• >1 million children in need of mental health and psycho-social support (source: UNICEF).

• 62% of people don't have access to legal documents proving property ownership (source: IRDNA, issued in February 2025).

• At least 575* aid workers killed since October 2023 (567 nationals, 8 foreigners; incl. at least 187 women and 388 men), some in the line of duty. The total includes:
• 384 UN staff - UNRWA: 378; WHO: 1; UNDP: 2; UNOPS: 2; UNDSS: 1 (source: OCHA).
• 54 PRCS staff and volunteers, including 29 while on duty.
• 4 ICRC staff.
• At least 133 other aid workers.

• >1,700 health workers killed, including some also counted under aid workers above (source: MoH, as of 7 October 2025).

• 140 Civil Defence staff killed while on duty (source: PCD).

• 252 journalists and media workers killed (source: PJS).

 

HEALTH*

• 39% (14 out of 36) of hospitals are functional, all partially, including: 8 in Gaza city, 3 in Deir
al Balah, 3 in Khan Younis and none in North Gaza and Rafah.

• 63% (10 out of 16) of field hospitals functional, all partially, including: 1 in Gaza, 4 in Deir
al Balah, 4 in Khan Younis, 1 in Rafah and none in North Gaza.

• 35% (64 out of 181) of primary health care centres are functional, all partially.

• 32 Emergency Medical Teams (EMTs) deployed by 20 international and two national organizations, as of 5 October.

• Over 15,600 critical patients, including 3,800 children, require medical evacuation abroad.
Between 1 January and 29 September 2025, 2,405 patients and 4,017 companions have been evacuated outside Gaza. *Source: Health Cluster as of 12 October 2025, unless otherwise noted.

 

NUTRITION*

• An estimated 132,000 cases of children aged 6 to 59 months and 55,500 pregnant and
breastfeeding women are projected to suffer from acute malnutrition through June
2026, including 41,000 severe cases of children.**

• 25,000 infants are at risk of acute malnutrition and require urgent nutrition support
between 1 July 2025 and 30 June 2026.**

• >90% of children under two years consume fewer than two food groups per day, with
high-protein foods and micronutrient-rich items extremely scarce (as of September
2025).

• 290,000** children between six months and five years and 150,000 pregnant and
breastfeeding women require feeding and micronutrient supplements (monthly
caseload, January-December 2025)

 

WATER AND SANITATION

• 89% of the WASH sector assets have been either destroyed or damaged (source: IRDNA, issued in February 2025).

• 49%** of people in Gaza access less than the minimum emergency standard of 6 litres of drinking water per day, for drinking and cooking.

• 28%** access less than the minimum emergency standard of 9 litres of domestic water per day, for hygiene and cleaning.

• 64%** of households experience infestations of lice and mites, while 57% are affected by skin conditions such as rashes and scabies due to poor hygiene and overcrowding.

*Source: WASH Cluster unless otherwise noted.
**Source: Joint WASH assessment, 17 August - 5 September 2025

 

20 Oct 2025. Dr. Mohammed Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Medical Complex, has issued an urgent plea on behalf of amputees and cancer patients in Gaza, calling on the international community and global institutions to act immediately to save lives.  In press statements, Dr. Abu Salmiya confirmed that nearly 2,000 amputees and over 5,000 cancer patients are in urgent need of medical treatment abroad.

 

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