“The impact of the war in the Gaza Strip has taken a toll far beyond loss of life, desperate humanitarian conditions and physical destruction,” Ruba Jaradat, ILO’s regional director for Arab States, said in a statement.

“It has fundamentally altered the socioeconomic landscape of Gaza,” she warned, adding, “The impact will be felt for generations to come.”

The ILO also warned that in the occupied West Bank, where Israeli raids and settler attacks have increased significantly since the war on Gaza began, the financial situation has been “equally concerning”.

“The significant economic contraction in the West Bank is estimated to have more than doubled the short-term poverty rate, rising from 12 percent in 2023 to 28 percent by mid-2024,” the ILO noted.

Israel has continued its offensive on Gaza following a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas on Oct. 7 last year, despite a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

More than 42,400 people have since been killed, mostly women and children, and over 99,100 injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the Gaza Strip amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water, and medicine.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

“Basically in the last three to four weeks there is no conversation or engagement at all, and we are just moving in the same circle with the silence from all parties,” Al Thani said.

He added after a summit between the European Union and Persian Gulf Cooperation Council.

A close ally of the United States, Qatar has been coordinating with Washington and Egypt to secure the release of the Israeli captives held in the Gaza Strip, as well as end Israel’s war in the besieged enclave.

Israel has continued its military onslaught against Gaza following an attack by Hamas last October, despite a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for an immediate cease-fire.

Nearly 42,500 victims have since been killed, mostly women and children, and more than 99,3000 injured, according to local health authorities.

The Israeli onslaught has displaced almost the entire population of the territory amid an ongoing blockade that has led to severe shortages of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel faces a genocide case at the International Court of Justice for its actions in Gaza.

Mediation efforts to reach a Gaza ceasefire and prisoner swap agreement between Israel and Hamas have failed over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to halt the war.

Israel has ordered the remaining 400,000 Palestinians in the north to leave and imposed a renewed siege on civilians until they comply.

On 6 October, Israel launched a major offensive on northern Gaza and ordered residents to flee south.

Israeli officers and analysts have suggested that the military is implementing a controversial plan, known as “the Generals’ Plan”, to ethnically cleanse northern Gaza or otherwise starve and kill those who remain behind.

This is despite Israel’s claims that Hamas has already been defeated in the north.

Since the start of the operation, Israeli troops have killed at least 350 Palestinians, including 65 in the past 24 hours, according to the Palestinian health ministry.

A statement signed by 38 aid groups accuses the Israeli army of carrying out forced displacement under the guise of “evacuation” orders.

Organisations, including ActionAid, Action For Humanity, Oxfam, Medical Aid for Palestinians (Map), Islamic Relief, Christian Aid and other British and international charities, warned against actions that exacerbate Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories.

The aid groups said Israel has largely ignored several legally binding orders from the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to halt or prevent actions against Palestinians that may amount to genocide.

These actions include “killing members of the group, causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part and imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group”.

“There is no evidence that Israel has adhered to these orders, and the killing of Palestinians has only intensified,” the statement read, adding: “Civilians are being starved and bombed in their homes and their tents.”

In July, the ICJ confirmed the illegality of Israel’s occupation and annexation of Palestinian lands following the 1967 conflict.

“Any attempt to alter the territorial integrity of Gaza constitutes a blatant violation of international law,” they added.

The World Food Programme (WFP) announced last week that food security in northern Gaza is at risk, as no food aid has entered the area since 1 October.

Three hospitals, already overwhelmed by the conflict, are affected by ongoing military operations in the north.

The London-based International Centre of Justice for Palestinians (ICJP) announced on Monday that Israel’s operation in northern Gaza may amount to the war crime of using starvation as a weapon of war.

On Wednesday, the Palestinian health ministry reported that Israeli forces have killed at least 42,409 Palestinians since 7 October 2023.

Over 60 percent of the victims are women and children, according to the official death toll, which has been recognised by the UN and international aid groups as credible.

More than 99,153 have been wounded during the same period and at least 10,000 remain missing, likely buried under rubble.