UN: At least 30% of all housing units in the Gaza Strip destroyed or damaged

(Patria) - At least 30% of the housing sector in the Gaza Strip is either destroyed or rendered uninhabitable, while hospitals are overcrowded with patients, reported the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, citing data from the Ministry of Housing in Gaza.

“Hospitals are on the brink and overcrowded with patients, with many awaiting treatment,” OCHA stated, expressing concern “that 9,000 cancer patients lack adequate care due to the situation in Gaza’s only chemotherapy hospital.”

Hundreds of people, including children, are trapped under rubble amid airstrikes in Gaza.

“Rescue teams, primarily the Palestinian Civil Defense, are struggling to carry out their mission amid continuous airstrikes, severe shortages of fuel for vehicles and equipment, and with limited or no connection to mobile networks,” said the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs.

Meanwhile, Gaza has now been under a complete power outage for ten days, they further state.

“In the West Bank, 14 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours. This brings the number of Palestinians killed by Israeli forces and settlers since October 7 to 79 people, including 20 children,” it states.