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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. There has been extensive environmental damage caused by the ongoing Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip (itself a part of the Gaza war), including the destruction of agricultural land, displacement of people, bombing of Gaza, the Israeli blockade, and famine in the Gaza Strip. By March 2024, nearly ...
In addition, the bank provides US$12 million for the North Gaza Emergency Sewage Treatment (NGEST) Project, which seeks to mitigate the health and environmental risks which arise from the Beit Lahia Waterwater Treatment Plant. Effluents of the treatment plant are discharged into a lake, putting the surrounding communities at risk.
A UNDP report on the aftermath of the Israeli military operation highlights that over 1 million of 1.4 million, 75% of the Gaza population, feel insecure and that although moust households have suffered from limited access to basics such as food, water, sanitation, and money, their highest need is personal security.
The war had taken a similarly severe toll on human capital, the report added, with 625,000 students in Gaza having no access to education at the end of September and 93% of school buildings ...
Study of the environmental impact of war focuses on the modernization of warfare and its increasing effects on the environment. Scorched earth methods have been used for much of recorded history. However, the methods of modern warfare cause far greater devastation on the environment .
The war exacerbated these conditions, causing extensive damage to homes, hospitals, schools, water and sanitation systems, and food security. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) reported that the conflict had set back human development in Gaza and the West Bank by 11–16 years. By the end of December 2023, the Palestinian economy ...
More than 10,000 in Gaza are killed in the first month of war, according to Gaza’s health ministry. A significant number of the casualties were women and children, UN agencies say. 15 November ...
2008 Reform and development plan on the environment created and approved for implementation between 2009 and 2011; 2009 Through UNEP, a report developed on environmental impact of the latest Israeli War on Gaza; report published on the assessment of climate change hazards in Palestine; climate change adaptation strategy developed and published