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United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) situation report documenting 73,035 Palestinians killed and 173,368 injured in the Gaza Strip since October 2023, including 1,005 fatalities and 3,157 injuries since the October 2025 ceasefire through June 17, 2026. UNRWA has recorded 392 colleagues killed since the start of the war. In the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, the report records 1,105 Palestinians killed since October 2023 per OCHA, at least 242 of them children, with 59 killed since the beginning of 2026; documented incidents during the reporting week include arson attacks on two mosques in villages north of Ramallah by Israeli settlers, and the killing of two Palestinians, including a child, by Israeli forces in Beit Ummar. In Gaza, Acute Watery Diarrhoea cases continued to decrease during the reporting week, a public health trend being closely monitored, and UNRWA digital learning tools provide literacy and numeracy activities for over 280,000 children facilitated by approximately 7,500 teachers. Recommended for researchers who need cumulative casualty data for both territories since the ceasefire and for public health researchers tracking disease trends in the ceasefire period, including Acute Watery Diarrhoea surveillance data.
