although millions of immigrants have arrived since the founding of the State of Israel in 1948. TheArabpopulation is descended from Arabs who lived in the area during the mandate period and, in most cases, for centuries before that time. The majority of both Jews and Arabs are now urbanized...
65 years and over: 2.91% (2023 est.) (male 31,671/female 27,533) 2023 population pyramid: Dependency ratios total dependency ratio: 74.3youth dependency ratio: 68.2elderly dependency ratio: 6.1potential support ratio: 16.5 (2021 est.)note: data represent Gaza Strip and the West Bank Median...
This comes with a rising death toll, babies dying of starvation, and 85 percent of Gaza's population -- or 1.9 million people -- are internally displaced. Extremely concerned about pending Israeli ground operations in Rafah, where nearly 1.5 million people now reside, the UNGA president called...
The United Nations and partners are launching a humanitarian appeal worth 1.2 billion U.S. dollars to help 2.7 million people - the entire population of Gaza and half a million Palestinians in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, he said. "The way forward is clear: a humanitarian cease-...
Israel-Hamas War Rafah as refuge in the Israel-Hamas WarFrom November 2023 to May 2024 Rafah provided refuge for the majority of the population of the entire Gaza Strip, who crowded into makeshift shelters in the last urban area to be affected by the Israeli invasion. Image from January 16...
Israel’s offensive has killed over 26,700 Palestinians, according to theHealth Ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza,whose count does not separate civilians from combatants. Some 85% of Gaza’s population of 2.3 million have fled their homes and the U.N. says a quarter of the population is starving...
The entire population of Gaza north of Wadi Gaza has been ordered to relocate to southern Gaza “within the next 24 hours,” the Israeli military informed the UN and the Department of Safety and Security in Gaza before midnight local time. ...
Palestinians fleeing from northern Gaza to the south after the Israeli army issued an unprecedented evacuation warning to a population of over 1 million people in northern Gaza and Gaza City to seek refuge in the south ahead of a possible Israeli ground invasion, Friday, Oct. 13, 2023. ...
Most of Gaza's population has been forcibly displaced, he said, largely into the southern city of Rafah. The city has now swelled from 280,000 people to well over a million, and has therefore become "a tented community." "Inside our own warehouses, families live in tiny spaces that are...
The office said 13,000 people in the Nur Shams refugee camp suffered water cut-offs, attributed to damages caused to the water network, triggering sewage overflow. The teams also noted a traumatized population in need of psychosocial support. ...