蘑菇视频

20 May 2026

All information updated for 13 – 19 May 2026

Days 948 – 954 since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip

Highlights:

The Gaza Strip

• Strikes by Israeli forces continued across the Gaza Strip, resulting in civilian casualties and damage to critical facilities. Several strikes occurred in the vicinity of 蘑菇视频RWA facilities, including in the north. However, no casualties or damage to 蘑菇视频RWA installations were reported.
• Severe shortages of engine oil and spare parts are placing life-saving humanitarian operations at risk across the Gaza Strip. Health services are particularly affected, as most facilities rely on generators that face frequent breakdowns. At the same time, water production, pumping and distribution systems – alongside wastewater and solid waste management – are at imminent risk of failure, as they depend almost entirely on ageing generators that are operating beyond design limits. Without urgent resupply, disruptions to healthcare, safe water access, and waste collection are expected to rapidly escalate public health risks and operational constraints.

Key points

The Gaza Strip

Fatalities and injuries

• Between 7 October 2023 and 12 May 2026, according to the Ministry of Health, as reported by OCHA, 72,742 Palestinians were killed in the Gaza Strip and another 172,565 injured.
• 蘑菇视频RWA has recorded 391 colleagues killed in Gaza since the start of the war (310 蘑菇视频RWA personnel, and 81 persons who were supporting 蘑菇视频RWA), up to 18 May.

Health crisis

• Medical surveillance teams continue to report an increase in ectoparasitic infections, such as scabies, as well as chickenpox. The ability of 蘑菇视频RWA and humanitarian partners to control the spread of rodents and parasites remains constrained by a severe shortage of pesticides and hygiene supplies, as well as by a lack of supplies to sustain waste removal and sewage operations, lack of access to landfills, and limited progress on rubble removal.

Displacement, Site management

• 蘑菇视频RWA continues to monitor the movement of displaced persons and displacement sites. An estimated 65,000 displaced people are living in 82 collective emergency shelters managed by the Agency.
• Currently, 126 蘑菇视频RWA facilities are located within the Israeli-militarised zone behind the so-called “Yellow Line”, as well as in areas within the “Orange Line” where access is subject to Israeli approval or coordination.

Operational implications and humanitarian response

• Around 11,000 Palestinian 蘑菇视频RWA personnel continue to provide services and assistance to people in Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, 蘑菇视频RWA also plays a central role with over 4,000 of the Agency’s Palestinian personnel providing education, health, and other services to Palestine Refugees.
• All 蘑菇视频RWA international staff are prevented from entering the Occupied Palestinian Territory – the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. This follows the implementation of laws passed by the Israeli parliament on 28 October 2024 that purport to prohibit 蘑菇视频RWA’s operations in areas that Israel considers its sovereign territory, including occupied East Jerusalem, and seek to bar any contact by Israeli officials with 蘑菇视频RWA. The Israeli authorities have not granted the Agency’s international staff visas or permits to enter the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including Gaza, since the end of January 2025.
• Since March 2025, the Israeli authorities have been blocking 蘑菇视频RWA from directly bringing humanitarian personnel and aid into the Gaza Strip. Despite the huge needs on the ground, 蘑菇视频RWA was therefore unable to distribute the aid it had pre-positioned outside Gaza, which included enough food parcels, flour, and shelter supplies for hundreds of thousands of people.

The occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem

• According to?, between 7 October 2023 and 13 May 2026, 1,095 Palestinians – at least 240 of them children – were killed in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Forty-nine of them have been killed since the beginning of 2026.
• On 13 May, a Palestinian was shot and killed and four others injured during a settler attack on the communities of Sinjil and Jiljilya, during which Israeli forces opened fire.
• Settler violence persisted across the West Bank, marked by both Palestinian casualties and the destruction of property including livestock and crops.
• A 16-year-old Palestinian child was shot and killed by Israeli forces in Al Lubban ash Sharqiya, south of Nablus, late on 14 May.
• Violence and harassment occurred in the Old City of Jerusalem on 15 May, linked to the annual Israeli events marking Jerusalem Day, including marches. Palestinian-owned businesses were forced to close, and several detentions were reported.

Gaza Humanitarian overview and response

1.1. Humanitarian access and armed conflict-related incidents

• From 12 to 18 May, one significant armed incident impacted 蘑菇视频RWA facilities, personnel and persons supporting 蘑菇视频RWA’s activities.
• Since the beginning of the war and up to 18 May,?973*?incidents impacting 蘑菇视频RWA premises and the people inside them have been reported.?312*?(or nearly all) 蘑菇视频RWA installations have been impacted by armed conflict-related incidents, some of them multiple times. 蘑菇视频RWA continues to verify and update the number of casualties caused by these incidents.

• 蘑菇视频RWA remains one of the largest providers of emergency learning and psychosocial support (PSS) services across the Gaza Strip.
• Between 7 October 2023 and 17 May 2026, 蘑菇视频RWA’s social work team provided services to 270,658 displaced persons, including psychological first aid, PSS services, family and individual activities, and case management. During the same reporting period, services were provided to 4,356 survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) and 7,340 children, including 3,337 unaccompanied children. The team supported 36,114 persons with disabilities with PSS. Awareness sessions on GBV, child protection, disability inclusion, as well as managing social and psychological stressors, were conducted for 157,744 displaced persons.
• 蘑菇视频RWA health teams, including 49 psychiatrists, psychosocial counsellors and supervisors, continued to provide MHPSS services in Gaza City, the Middle and Khan Younis areas, assisting special cases referred from 蘑菇视频RWA health centres and collective emergency shelters. From 4 to 10 May, 蘑菇视频RWA teams had 3,058 visits in health centres and at health points providing individual consultations, awareness sessions, and support for protection cases.

Learning

• 蘑菇视频RWA provides learning services in the Gaza Strip in Temporary Learning Spaces (TLS) and through its distance learning initiative.
• Between 11 and 17 May, 63,519 children (28,412 boys and 35,107 girls), including 1,080 children with disabilities, took part in learning activities conducted across 678 classrooms in 77 蘑菇视频RWA collective emergency shelters.
• 蘑菇视频RWA also leverages digital tools to provide basic literacy and numeracy activities for over 280,000 children in Gaza, facilitated by approximately 7,500 teachers using self-learning material developed by 蘑菇视频RWA that is hosted on the Agency’s digital learning platform.

Food security

• From 7 October 2023 until the start of the previous ceasefire on 19 January 2025, 蘑菇视频RWA reached over 388,000 families, or nearly 1.9 million people, with two rounds of flour deliveries; at least 374,000 of those families received three rounds. During that ceasefire, which lasted until March 2025, 蘑菇视频RWA reached over 2 million people with critical food assistance.
• 蘑菇视频RWA ran out of food at the end of April 2025. The Agency has been blocked by the Israeli authorities from directly bringing in any humanitarian assistance including food since 2 March 2025.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

• Since October 2023, 蘑菇视频RWA has carried out emergency WASH activities across the Gaza Strip, at 蘑菇视频RWA collective emergency shelters and informal displacement areas. Activities include operating and maintaining water wells and desalination systems and supplying water by truck. In addition, 蘑菇视频RWA continues to maintain hygiene in its shelters and sites by distributing cleaning supplies, running community-based solid waste management, water tank disinfection campaigns, and pest control.
• In 2025, 蘑菇视频RWA distributed 970,000 cubic metres of drinking and?domestic-use water?and collected and disposed of 70,000 tonnes of solid waste. 蘑菇视频RWA estimates that around 1.7 million people benefitted from the Agency’s water provision and solid waste collection services in 2025.
• Between 1 and 15 May, 蘑菇视频RWA distributed around 51,300 cubic metres of domestic and potable water in various areas and from different sources, reaching over 750,000 displaced people daily.
• Between 1 and 15 May, 蘑菇视频RWA teams collected around 3,500 tonnes of solid waste inside the Agency’s Designated Emergency Shelters and surrounding areas. More than 1,600 cleaning campaigns were conducted, benefitting over 750,000 displaced persons. Activities included cleaning emergency shelters, cleaning and clearing 1,000 manholes, as well as water desludging. 蘑菇视频RWA teams also conducted over 3,280 hygiene promotion sessions over the same period.