appointments.220 A 5-year old child died on 17 April 2017 due to the failure of Israeli authorities to issue her a permit to exit for medical care in East Jerusalem.221 Finally, access to education services has also been severely hampered. Reconstruction of the schools destroyed in the 2014 war on Gaza is still ongoing, and the remaining schools are too few to adequately provide for students’ needs. Classes are overcrowded and run in double-shifts, meaning that students receive less teaching hours on core subjects. It has also meant that students have difficulty focusing, which has been compounded by power outages and electricity rationing. The living conditions created by this egregious lack of basic services for the population of Gaza have made daily life intolerable and constitute a coercive environment. The prevention of access to each service is a direct result of a combination of Israeli policies of denial, the Israeli-imposed closure, and the destruction caused by the Israeli army during the wars on Gaza. In the face of the humanitarian crisis that it has created, Israel has refused to fulfill its responsibility to provide for the wellbeing of Palestinians in Gaza, leaving them trapped in a desperate situation that would force many to leave if given the chance. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) annual report of 2015, “The social, health and security-related ramifications of the high population density and overcrowding are among the factors that may render Gaza unlivable by 2020, if present trends continue.”222 In fact, the projected population will increase from 1.6 million to 2.13 million people in 2020 and 71,000 more housing units will be needed by then.223 Furthermore, the damage to the aquifer will be irreversible by 2020 and the demand for water will increase by 60 percent and reach 260 million m3. Also, the provision of electricity has to double in order to 220 OCHA oPt, “The Gaza Strip: The Humanitarian Impact of the Blockade,” November 2016, available at: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/gaza-strip-humanitarian-impact-blockade-november-2016 [accessed 22 August 2017]. 221 Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), “Palestinian child, 5, dies after being denied Gaza exit for medical treatment,” 5 May 2017, available at: https://www.map.org.uk/news/archive/post/650-palestinianchild-5-dies-after-being-denied-gaza-exit-for-medical-treatment 222 UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Report on UNCTAD assistance to the Palestinian people: Developments in the economy of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, United Nations, 6 July 2015, 12, available at: http://unctad.org/en/PublicationsLibrary/tdb62d3_en.pdf [hereinafter UNCTAD , Report on UNCTAD assistance]. 223 United Nations Country Team Occupied Palestinian Territory, Gaza in 2020: A livable place?, August 2012, 8, available at: https://www.unrwa.org/userfiles/file/publications/gaza/Gaza%20in%202020. pdf [hereinafter, UN Country Team, Gaza in 2020]. 61