Palestinians in the West Bank, including east Jerusalem, have lived under Israeli occupation since 1967. Israel evacuated settlers and troops from the Gaza Strip in 2005. However, it has since imposed an economic blockade of the strip.
2009 opened to the largest Israeli military operations in Gaza since 1967. The brief war killed over 1,400 Palestinians - including at least 350 children. Some 280 schools were damaged or destroyed, along with critical water and sanitation infrastructure and almost half of all health facilities.
Throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territories, almost 12,000 children under five die from preventable causes each year. The education system has also suffered, with learning outcomes plummeting for the past three years.
