The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights small-scale farmers and fishers and their means of subsistence, also considering the occupying Power’s spraying of aerial herbicide over the State party’s farmlands, its attacks against Palestinian fishers, their boats and fishing equipment, and its restriction of access by Palestinians to their agricultural land, marine resources and irrigation facilities. 23. Please provide information about the most pressing challenges related to the realization of the right to housing, and about the steps taken: (a) To reconstruct houses that were destroyed during armed conflict, with timelines; (b) To address the energy deficit in the Gaza Strip, and to develop a plan to diversify energy sources and improve electricity facilities; (c) To reconstruct destroyed or damaged public infrastructure, including for water, sanitation and energy; (d) To ensure access to sufficient, affordable and safe drinking water in the West bank and the Gaza Strip. 24. Please provide information on the living conditions in the refugee camps in the West bank and the Gaza Strip, including the availability of basic facilities and amenities, such as drinking water, waste removal, sanitary facilities and electricity. Please also provide information on the measures taken to address overcrowding in these camps. Right to physical and mental health (art. 12) 25. Please provide information on the allocation and distribution of human, technical and financial resources by the State party to its public health-care sector in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Please provide detailed information on the accessibility of health-care services, including information on the coverage of national health insurance and statistical data on household expenditure on health care. 26. Taking into account the reported killing and wounding of Palestinian healthcare workers and damage to medical institutions during the conflict in the Gaza Strip, please provide information on the measures taken and plans formulated to restore the capacity of the public health system. Please explain the measures taken to facilitate access by the population of the Gaza Strip to humanitarian aid and medical supply donations. 27. Please inform the Committee about the measures in place to contain the spread of COVID-19, the tools and methods used to monitor the prevalence of COVID-19, and the services rendered to patients and affected communi- 23

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