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According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), as of Jan. 14, half of Gaza’s 36 hospitals are partially functioning, 88% of schools have been damaged or destroyed, 92% of homes have been damaged or destroyed, and 68% of agricultural land has been destroyed, as well as 68% of all roads.

Efforts to overcome this devastation and the humanitarian effects of it are already underway. Al Jazeera reports this morning that the Palestine Red Crescent Society has trucks waiting in Jordan and Egypt, as well as the occupied West Bank, loaded with food, water, tents, and medical supplies. The World Health Organization, in a statement issued yesterday, said it is scaling up operations and mobilizing critical supplies and resources for delivery into Gaza. A priority will be the assessment and rehabilitation of partially damaged health facilities in high-need areas. Work is ongoing to urgently increase bed capacity across selected hospitals in northern and southern Gaza, together with the expansion of operational capacities, supporting the hiring and redistribution of national health workers, and increasing deployment of international health workers to fill gaps. Plans are underway to integrate prefabricated clinics and hospitals with existing health facilities to enhance service delivery in underserved and newly accessible areas.

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