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Around 1.5 million people – including tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and newborns – are crammed into Rafah, with insufficient food to eat, hardly any access to medical care, nowhere to sleep, and nowhere safe to go. UNFPA

The scale and speed of death and destruction in Gaza is unparalleled. Around 1.7 million people are displaced, communities have been obliterated, homes demolished, and entire families and generations wiped out. Around 1.1 million people in Gaza – half of the population – are facing catastrophic hunger and starvation. UNFPA

Following his visit to Rafah, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative for the State of Palestine Dominic Allen said doctors in Gaza are seeing “nearly double the amount of complicated cases of births coming in,” as well as “more stillborn babies, and more neonatal deaths.” UNIFEED

Al-Helal Al-Emirati Maternity Hospital is one of the only two maternity hospitals remain on the Strip. Doctors are forced to make the impossible decision as the hospital is desperate for medicines and supplies and struggling to provide adequate care to newborns. UNFPA

There are over 690,000 menstruating women and adolescent girls in Gaza, who currently have limited access to menstrual hygiene products in addition to inadequate water, hygiene, access to toilets and privacy. UNFPA

More than half of Gaza’s population of over 2 million – including tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and newborns – is now crammed into Rafah, a town of originally 250,000 people. UNFPA

WHO and partners accessed Al Aqsa hospital in Deir Al Balah, Central Gaza, for the first time since 13 January. WHO provided trauma supplies, medicines, and tetanus toxoid vaccines to address the health needs of 3,700 patients. Additionally, UNFPA supplied enough supplies and medicines for an estimated 3,000 safe deliveries. WHO

Dominic Allen, UN Population Fund’s (UNFPA) Representative for the State of Palestine, said, “the situation in Gaza is beyond any of our worst nightmares and it's getting worse. What I saw, what I felt was fear, despair, desperation is everywhere.” UNIFEED

UNFPA, the UN’s sexual and reproductive health agency, along with other UN agencies, continue supporting women, girls, and young people in Gaza, as UNFPA staff on the ground face grave danger and are risking their lives to provide aid to those in need. UNFPA

The maternity ward at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, is desperately struggling to meet the needs of pregnant women and newborns. UNFPA