Additional sources: OCHA OPT 3-day report, Palestinian Ministry of Health.
The present report is an update of the previous one.
Palestinians killed
‣ 40,030 bodies have been brought to hospitals (registered, not all of them identified);
‣ Of these, 16,715 minors (at least 2,100 under the age of two);
‣ 11,308 women;
‣ 19,000 orphaned children now in the Gaza Strip;
‣ 41% of the families now caring for children not their own.
Israelis killed
‣ 1,240 Israelis and foreign nationals killed;
‣ In addition, 340 soldiers in ground warfare;
‣ 35 of the 101 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip are killed, with certainty.
Israelis wounded
‣ About 5,400 persons wounded on October 7, 2023;
‣ 2,270 soldiers wounded since October 7, 2923.
Palestinians wounded
‣ 94,616 Palestinians wounded, registered in hospitals;
‣ 12,000 badly wounded and patients awaiting evacuation. Since the closing of the Rafah Crossing, 129 persons wounded or cancer patients and their accompaniers evacuated.
Malnutrition
‣ 15,000 children suffer malnutrition;
‣ 3,288 of these suffer severe malnutrition and their life is in danger;
‣ 38 minors have died of malnutrition and dehydration.
Polio vaccination drive update
‣ The drive’s first phase has been completed, 187,000 children under the age of ten have been vaccinated with the first vaccine dose;
‣ These days, the second phase takes place, vaccinating 340,000 children under the age of ten with the second dose;
‣ In the third phase, 150,000 are planned to be vaccinated with a booster dose.
Food and hygiene
‣ During August, about one-million persons did not receive aid due to attack increase, ruined thoroughfares or limited movement of aid delegations.
Sources: Addameer, Al Jazeera, Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, DCI - Palestine, Democracy Now, Haaretz, IDF (Israel Defence Forces), International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, Jordan Valley Activists (Media groups), Local Call, OCHA OPT, Palestine Red Crescent Society, Quds News, South Hebron Mountain Activists (Media groups), UNICEF, Wafa News Agency, WHO.
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