Phase 2: Ground invasion Timeline of the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict

a map showing location of damage in gaza



ruins of buildings in beit hanoun, august 2014



five-year-old shaymaa al-masri injured on 9 july 2014.

as of 20 july 2014, hospitals in gaza ill-equipped , faced severe shortages of various kinds of medicine, medical supplies, , fuel. egypt temporarily reopened rafah crossing gaza allow medical supplies enter , injured palestinians receive treatment in egypt. due operation, prices of food, including fish , produce, rose dramatically. 21 july news report stated on 83,000 palestinians had taken shelter in un facilities. fatah officials accused hamas of mishandling humanitarian aid meant civilians. according them, hamas took aid, included clothing, mattresses, medicine, water, , food, , distributed among hamas members or sold on black market profit.

according united nations office coordination of humanitarian affairs (ocha), on 273,000 palestinians in gaza strip had been displaced of 31 july 2014, of whom 236,375 (over eleven percent of gazan population) taking shelter in 88 unrwa schools. unrwa exhausted capacity absorb displaced persons, , overcrowding in shelters risked outbreak of epidemics. 1.8 million people affected halt or reduction of water supply, 138 schools , 26 health facilities damaged, 872 homes totally destroyed or severely damaged, , homes of 5,005 families damaged still inhabitable. throughout gaza strip, people received 2 hours of electricity per day. power outage had immediate effect on public health situation , reduced water , sanitation services, hospitals becoming dependent on generators. on 2 september, unrwa reported 58,217 people sheltering in 31 of school buildings, fifth of buildings.

ocha estimated @ least 373,000 children required psychosocial support. intense overcrowding, compounded limited access of humanitarian staff areas, increasingly undermining living conditions @ many shelters , raising protection concerns. water supply has been particularly challenging... more 485,000 internally displaced persons in need of emergency food assistance.

gaza city, home 500,000, suffered damage 20-25% of housing. beit hanoun, 70% of housing stock damaged, considered uninhabitable, 30,000 residents there in need of accommodation. power station in strip damaged on 29 july, , infrastructure of power transmission lines , sewage pumps severely damaged, major sewage pipe catering 500,000 badly damaged. among infrastructure targeted , destroyed israel s bombing campaign 220 factories in various industrial zones, including major carpentry enterprise, construction companies, major biscuit factory, dairy farms , livestock, candy manufacturer, orange groves of beit hanoun, gaza s largest mosques, , several tv stations. farms, consequence of damage or presence of unexploded ordnance dropped during conflict, inaccessible, , damage agriculture estimated @ on $200 million. 10 out of 26 hospitals closed.

according palestinian ministry of endowments , religious affairs, 203 mosques damaged during war, 73 being destroyed completely. 2 of gaza s 3 christian churches damaged, third suffering damage peripheral buildings owned parish. in light of damage mosques, manuel musallam informed muslims call prayers christian churches. in contrast operation pillar of defensive, did not damage single mosque, israel maintained hamas had routine military use of mosques , made them legitimate military targets. according idf, 160 rockets launched mosques during war. stated mosques used weapon storage, tunnel entrances, training , gathering of militants. in 1 associated press report, residents denied mosques damaged israeli forces had been used military purposes.

the un calculated more 7,000 homes 10,000 families razed, additional 89,000 homes damaged, of 10,000 severely affected bombing. rebuilding costs calculated run 4-6 billions dollars, on 20 years.