Assessing the role of social protection to address the crisis in the Gaza Strip and West Bank

This brief emphasizes the need for a comprehensive strategy that integrates immediate humanitarian aid and peacebuilding with long-term social protection and economic recovery efforts in response to the crisis triggered by the attack on 7 October 2023. It highlights the current status of social protection and humanitarian action in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) and proposes selected responses aimed at addressing the impacts of the conflict on agrifood systems through comprehensive social protection measures.