Updates
Gaza’s workforce continues to shrink, 43% unemployment in the last quarter of 2020
April 13, 2021. Women’s unemployment in Gaza stands at 60.4%. As many as 79% of those employed in the private sector earn less than minimum wage.
Surge in COVID cases in the Gaza Strip
April 7, 2021. The Health Ministry in the Gaza Strip links the large number of cases to British variant, with first cases of infection by the variant officially identified just recently.
Six human rights organizations submit High Court petition demanding that Israel provide vaccines to Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza
March 25, 2021. Morbidity and mortality rates in the occupied Palestinian territory are increasing dramatically but the vaccine supply to Palestinians so far covers less than 1.5% of the population.