10 May 2018 - oPt, Humanitarian actors and members of oPt Health Cluster attended a workshop led by the Health Cluster, in the West Bank and Gaza. Over 40 partners were trained on information tools developed by WHO as the lead cluster agency, in order to drive the emergency operational response on the ground. Focusing on the current emergency...

Minister of Health for Palestine, H.E. Dr. Jawad Awad and Head of the WHO oPt Office, Dr. Gerald Rockenschaub update counterparts on the humanitarian situation in Gaza and West BankOn the 7 May 2018, Ramallah, the Health Cluster partners met to plan the upscale of emergency preparedness and response activities across the oPt. The meeting was led by...

6 May 2018 – Ahmed is 25 years old and a volunteer first aid worker with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) in Gaza. On 6 April 2018, Ahmed attended with PMRS first aid workers east of Khan Younis to assist those injured during demonstrations as part of the Great March of Return.  At approximately 3pm, Ahmed was shot by a bullet that...

On 25th April, WHO visited Jabal al Baba and Khan al Ahmar with the Palestinian Medical Relief Society (PMRS) and Medico International to demonstrate its support for communities in Area C facing potential demolition of homes and humanitarian structures, including health clinics. All buildings in Jabal al Baba have been threatened with demolition since...

In spite of clearly identifying himself as a journalist, Yousef received bullet wounds to both legs during protests in Gaza. Surgeons operated successfully on Yousef’s right leg at Shifa Hospital, but they were unable to save his left leg and on 9 April Yousef had an above-knee amputation26 April 2018 – After a first meeting on 11 April, WHO met...

April 2018, Gaza –Imad is 34 and has been volunteering as a first responder with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) since 2006.  On Monday 9April 2018, Imad volunteered with PRCS east of al Bureij refugee camp in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip. Imad was waiting as part of the PRCS team, sitting in the front passenger seat of an...

17 April 2018, Gaza – Mass demonstrations in Gaza have left at least 33 Palestinians dead and more than 4279 injured since 30 March, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health. The escalating violence has also led to the injury of 41 health staff, of whom 3 were injured by bullets, with 13 ambulances damaged by bullets and tear gas. “The...

World Health Day and Universal Health Coverage April 2018, oPt – The Palestinian Ministry of Health, together with WHO in the occupied Palestinian territory and the Palestinian National Institute of Public Health, celebrated World Health Day with two events in the West Bank and Gaza to raise awareness about the importance of Universal Health Coverage...

15 April 2018 – Yousef is a 19-year-old reading Media Studies and Public Relations at Al Azhar University in Gaza.  He works as a part-time journalist, and on 30 March he decided to cover the Great Return March from east of Al Bureij refugee camp in the Middle Area of the Gaza Strip, where he grew up. Yousef’s family is originally from Al-Faluja, a...

Following the second mass demonstration by Palestinians on the Gaza side of the perimeter fence with Israel which took place on the 6th April 2018, 11 Palestinians were killed and 1,356 were injured by Israeli forces, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). Out of the 1,356 injuries, 754 required immediate transfer to the MoH hospitals or to NGO...