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companies in the implementation efforts of recovery and reconstruction. In this sense, the private sector and a wide range
of civil society organizations are expected to be mobilized as both recipients of assistance and ‘implementers’ of early
recovery and reconstruction interventions.
• Prioritizing accountability and efficiency in execution: The Plan’s development and design pays particular attention
to the need for rapid implementation and strong accountability mechanisms. Government bodies, private sector
representatives, and donors will be held responsible for delivery in their key respective areas through a clear, transparent
implementation roadmap that forms the basis of a performance management framework by the Government.
• Focusing on most vulnerable demographic segments: The Plan focuses on and pays special attention to members of
society who are most vulnerable, notably:
• Women: As primary care givers, many women in Gaza are struggling to manage large families, particularly if
displaced. There are more female-headed households, due to the death or disabling of male relatives. Pregnant
and lactating women have reduced access to health care. Women and girls in shelters struggle to maintain
cultural norms of privacy. There is evidence of increased gender-based violence.
• Children: Unacceptable numbers of children were killed (over 23 percent of total casualties) and injured (33
percent of total injuries). Over 1,500 children lost one or both parents, while hundreds of thousands need
psychosocial support. Children are also vulnerable to increased violence and abuse and ERWs.
• Persons with disabilities: An estimated 1,000 people are newly disabled. Disabled residents of Gaza face a
myriad of urgent challenges, including access restrictions due to widespread destruction and loss of special
aids, medicines, and service provision (following the destruction of the only rehabilitation facility). Shelters are
not handicapped suited.
• Elderly: Many older residents in Gaza already have physical and mental vulnerabilities, are dependent on nowlimited
health services, and are less able to cope in damaged housing or shelters. Experiences of multiple
hostilities and displacements increases psychosocial needs.
• Internally Displaced Person (IDP): The internally displaced are a newly vulnerable population, particularly
those who lost all their assets when their houses were destroyed. There are still 110,000 IDPs, sheltering in
schools and with host families. IDPs struggle with inadequate access to basic services, overcrowding, food
insecurity, psychosocial needs, and health concerns. Host families, extended communities, and supporting
agencies are under strain.
This Plan details interventions under all four sectors that are designed to protect these groups, including
expanded social protection, provision of health and psychosocial support, strengthened crisis preparedness,
ERW clearance, and targeted availability of legal aid.