The UN on Wednesday launched the final phase of its humanitarian response plan for 2020 in the occupied Palestinian territories with an appeal for $348 million.
This came in a news conference held by Farhan Haq deputy spokesperson for the Secretary-General at the UN headquarters in New York.
The multi-year humanitarian response plan which kicked off in 2018 encompasses 199 projects that will be implemented by 85 organizations including 43 national non-governmental organizations (NGOs) 32 international NGOs and 10 UN agencies.
About 76 percent of the requested funds target Gaza where the humanitarian situation remains extremely fragile.
Despite some improvement in the economy in 2019 unemployment in Gaza has risen with almost half the population unemployed and nearly half the population lives below the poverty line of $5.5 per day.
