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OCHA publishes a May humanitarian update for Iran
📅 June 6The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs published an update covering May. It reported a total of 3,375 civilian deaths, including 383 children, and more than 33,000 injuries,...
OCHA documents Gaza closure economic effects
📅 13 December 2007OCHA publishes an assessment of intensified restrictions on people and goods since June 2007 and their serious effects on livelihoods and economic life. The publication date is used as the event date.
OCHA issues emergency Gaza situation report
📅 28 December 2008OCHA publishes an emergency report documenting the initial airstrikes, preliminary casualty reports, and rocket fire into Israel. Figures are explicitly provisional and should not be treated as...
Operation Moshtarak drives displacement from Marjah
📅 13 February 2010Afghan and international forces launched Operation Moshtarak to retake Marjah and assert state authority. UN agencies later estimated about 27,700 people displaced from Marjah and Nad Ali since 8...
UN launches emergency appeal for Afghanistan
📅 13 September 2021The UN launched a $606 million appeal to provide life-saving aid to about 11 million people through year-end. Most humanitarian staff inside Afghanistan were Afghan nationals.
Large Israeli military operation begins in Jenin
📅 3 July 2023Israeli forces launched extensive air and ground operations in Jenin refugee camp. Armed Palestinian groups exchanged fire with Israeli forces. OCHA documented civilian displacement, casualties and...
Jenin families flee amid continuing operation
📅 4 July 2023OCHA reported that over 500 families, comprising more than 3,500 people, were estimated to have been displaced as the operation continued. The episode drew attention to the humanitarian costs of...
Israeli forces withdraw from Jenin
📅 5 July 2023Israeli forces withdrew overnight on 4–5 July, ending the two-day operation. OCHA subsequently reported 12 Palestinians killed in Jenin, including four children, and 143 injured, citing the...
Israeli airstrikes begin across Gaza after the attacks
📅 7 October 2023Israel began airstrikes in Gaza after the 7 October attacks. OCHA reported strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, casualties and damage to water and sanitation services. The Israeli...
Israel announces a “complete siege” of Gaza
📅 9 October 2023Israel’s defence minister announced a complete siege, halting food, fuel, electricity and water supplies. OCHA documented the effects on Gaza’s two million residents, whose daily life and...
First limited aid convoy enters Gaza through Rafah
📅 21 October 2023Twenty trucks carrying humanitarian supplies entered Gaza through the Rafah crossing from Egypt, the first such convoy since the escalation began. UN agencies described the shipment as a beginning,...
Israeli forces intensify ground operations as communications fail across Gaza
📅 27 October 2023Israel announced an expansion of ground operations in Gaza, accompanied by intense bombardment and a near-total communications blackout. People in Gaza lost contact with relatives, ambulances and...
WHO-led team evacuates 31 premature babies from al-Shifa
📅 19 November 2023A WHO-led mission evacuated 31 premature babies from al-Shifa Hospital to southern Gaza after the hospital’s neonatal unit could no longer safely care for them. The babies were transferred with...
Humanitarian pause begins in Gaza
📅 24 November 2023The agreed pause in fighting began at 7 a.m. local time. Aid entered via Rafah and the parties began exchanging hostages and Palestinian detainees. The pause was temporary, not a comprehensive...
Evacuation orders shift toward Khan Younis amid further displacement
📅 3 December 2023Israeli authorities issued new evacuation instructions, including for parts of Khan Younis, as military operations expanded southward. UN reporting said the area marked for evacuation covered...
Israeli operation in Rafah rescues two hostages amid deadly bombardment
📅 12 February 2024Israeli forces said they rescued two Israeli hostages from Rafah in a predawn operation. OCHA reported that the operation involved intensive airstrikes and that Gaza health authorities reported dozens...
WHO evacuates 32 critical patients from Nasser Hospital
📅 18 February 2024WHO, OCHA and the Palestine Red Crescent Society transferred 32 critical patients, including two children, from Nasser Medical Complex on 18 and 19 February. The facility had become non-functional...
Palestinians seeking food aid killed and injured near Gaza City convoy
📅 29 February 2024A crowd gathered near an aid convoy on Rashid Street, southwest of Gaza City, as people sought food. Gaza health authorities reported 112 Palestinians killed and 760 injured. UN human-rights officials...
Israeli forces launch a second major operation at al-Shifa Hospital
📅 18 March 2024Israeli forces launched an operation in the al-Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City and ordered displaced people in the area to leave. Israel said intelligence indicated Hamas activity in the complex;...
Seven World Central Kitchen aid workers killed in Gaza
📅 1 April 2024On 1 April, Israeli airstrikes killed seven World Central Kitchen workers as they travelled in a marked convoy after unloading aid in Deir al-Balah. WCK said it had coordinated movements with the...
Israeli military orders evacuation of eastern Rafah
📅 6 May 2024Israeli authorities ordered residents of nine eastern Rafah blocs to move toward Al Mawasi, an area already hosting displaced people. OCHA described the affected 31 square kilometres as including...
Israeli forces enter Rafah and take control of the crossing area
📅 7 May 2024A ground operation began in eastern Rafah, including the areas of the Rafah and Kerem Shalom crossings. The Rafah Crossing was closed for the movement of people and goods, interrupting a vital route...
Airstrikes hit a displaced-persons site in Rafah
📅 26 May 2024On 26 May, airstrikes hit tents sheltering displaced people in Tal as Sultan, western Rafah. OCHA reported that a trauma point supported by Médecins Sans Frontières received 28 fatalities and 180...
Israeli operation in Nuseirat frees four hostages amid mass casualties
📅 8 June 2024Israeli forces carried out a daytime operation in Nuseirat to recover four Israeli hostages. OCHA reported that Gaza’s Ministry of Health counted 274 Palestinians killed and 698 injured in intensive...
Israeli strikes on Al-Mawasi trigger a mass-casualty influx
📅 13 July 2024Israeli strikes on the Al-Mawasi area of Khan Younis on 13 July caused a mass-casualty influx at Nasser Medical Complex, which was already operating beyond capacity. OCHA reported that hospitals and...
Israeli strike on Nuseirat school kills six UNRWA staff among at least 18 dead
📅 11 September 2024An Israeli airstrike hit a UNRWA school sheltering about 12,000 people in Nuseirat. OCHA reported at least 18 Palestinians killed, including six UNRWA staff members, and cited the UN Human Rights...
Israeli air campaign sharply escalates
📅 23 September 2024Large-scale Israeli strikes across Lebanon caused mass casualties and displacement. UN humanitarian briefings reported an acute deterioration in civilian protection and emergency medical capacity.
UN reports mass displacement after escalation
📅 24 September 2024UN officials said tens of thousands fled newly intensified air strikes, adding to more than 110,000 people displaced since October 2023; humanitarian agencies mobilised shelters and supplies.
UN reports mass displacement and sharply rising casualties
📅 24 September 2024The UN reported that Israeli strikes had caused hundreds of deaths in a day, with tens of thousands newly displaced. These were provisional figures cited from Lebanese authorities.
UN warns of civilian casualties and water disruption
📅 25 September 2024UN briefing cited Lebanese authorities reporting nearly 600 deaths in the recent escalation, including children and women, and damage to water infrastructure affecting access to clean water.
UN humanitarian agencies mobilise emergency funds
📅 27 September 2024The UN described a catastrophic escalation, with large-scale displacement, damage to infrastructure and emergency funding allocations for relief operations.
UN humanitarian agencies warn of flight from Lebanon
📅 27 September 2024UN humanitarian officials described widespread destruction and displacement, including large numbers crossing from Lebanon into Syria as strikes intensified.
UN relief convoy reaches Tyre
📅 4 October 2024A joint UN mission including OCHA, WFP and UNICEF reached Tyre with food, water and hygiene supplies for people affected by the fighting, as subsequently reported in the October 8 briefing.
Israeli ground offensive and tightened siege begin in North Gaza
📅 6 October 2024Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in North Gaza and tightened the siege around Jabalya, Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia. OCHA reported severe restrictions on humanitarian access, displacement...
UN describes displacement crisis in Lebanon
📅 8 October 2024The UN reported more than 600,000 internally displaced people identified by IOM, with many schools serving as collective shelters. Humanitarian access to Tyre remained difficult.
UN documents large-scale internal displacement
📅 8 October 2024OCHA reported Lebanese estimates exceeding one million displaced people, with IOM identifying over 600,000 internally displaced people as of that date.
UNHCR protection brief records mass displacement
📅 21 October 2024UNHCR reported 809,043 internally displaced people as of 21 October, alongside damaged health and water facilities. This is a dated reporting milestone, not a separate armed action.
OCHA flash update reports mounting civilian toll
📅 31 October 2024OCHA humanitarian reporting described widespread displacement, healthcare attacks and deaths in Lebanon, using provisional Ministry of Public Health and IOM figures.
Pre-ceasefire toll and displacement assessed
📅 26 November 2024A UK parliamentary research briefing cites UN figures of at least 3,961 deaths in Lebanon since 8 October 2023 and approximately 1.2 million displaced by late November. Figures are time-specific and...
Israeli evacuation order affects parts of Jabalya and Sheikh Radwan
📅 1 January 2025On 1 January, Israeli forces issued an evacuation order affecting parts of Jabalya in North Gaza and Sheikh Radwan in Gaza City. OCHA said thousands of families were estimated to be affected; the...
Airstrike in Jabalya Al Balad kills 11 Palestinians, according to OCHA
📅 1 January 2025OCHA reported that a house in Jabalya Al Balad was hit at about 02:00 on 1 January, killing 11 Palestinians, including women and children, with others injured. The strike opened the year amid...
Strike on Al-Mawasi tent site kills at least 11 displaced Palestinians
📅 2 January 2025At about 01:15 on 2 January, tents sheltering displaced people in Al-Mawasi, western Khan Younis, were hit. OCHA reported at least 11 Palestinians killed, including four children and three women,...
Israeli forces fire on a cleared WFP convoy near Wadi Gaza checkpoint
📅 5 January 2025On 5 January, Israeli forces fired on a World Food Programme convoy of three marked vehicles and eight staff members near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint. WFP said the convoy had received required...
Attack on Ma’an aid warehouse injures worker who later dies
📅 6 January 2025A 6 January attack hit a WFP warehouse operated by Ma’an Development Center in Deir al-Balah. OCHA later reported that a female staff member succumbed on 14 January to wounds sustained in the...
Thirty-five-day-old infant dies from cold and lack of warm shelter
📅 6 January 2025Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported the death of a 35-day-old baby from cold and lack of warm shelter on 6 January; the reported number of hypothermia deaths across Gaza reached eight. Winter...
Strike on Al-Mawasi tent kills a mother and her four children
📅 7 January 2025OCHA reported that an internally displaced family’s tent in Al-Mawasi, western Khan Younis, was hit at about 19:15 on 7 January. A mother and her four children were reported killed. The attack...
Children and patients evacuated from Gaza for urgent medical care
📅 8 January 2025On 8 January, six children and five companions were evacuated to the United States for specialized treatment, while four patients and five companions were transferred to Jordan. The Health Cluster...
Palestinian journalist killed in Nuseirat refugee camp
📅 10 January 2025OCHA reported that a Palestinian journalist was shot and killed in Nuseirat on 10 January. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported that the death brought the number of journalists and media...
Civil Defense says rescue vehicles are failing for lack of parts and fuel
📅 11 January 2025The Palestinian Civil Defense said on 11 January that firefighting and rescue vehicles across Gaza, Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis had stopped working because spare parts and repair equipment were...
Evacuation order in Nuseirat affects shelters and essential services
📅 12 January 2025Israeli forces issued an evacuation order on 12 January for about 0.86 square kilometres in Nuseirat refugee camp. OCHA estimated about 4,100 residents were affected, including people at two UNRWA...
Save the Children reports severe, potentially lifelong injuries among Gaza’s children
📅 14 January 2025Save the Children reported that explosive weapons had left an average of 15 children a day in Gaza with potentially lifelong disabilities during 2024. The estimate drew on Health and Protection...
UN and Palestinian teams reach North Gaza hospitals and evacuate critical patients
📅 15 January 2025WHO, UNICEF, UNMAS and the Palestine Red Crescent Society reached Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalya, delivering fuel, medical supplies, food, water and winter clothes and evacuating patients. WHO and...
Strike on school shelter in Gaza City kills two children and injures 30
📅 16 January 2025OCHA reported that a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Az Zaytoun, southern Gaza City, was hit at about 11:00 on 16 January. Two children were reported killed and 30 people injured. The...
Strike on displaced family’s tent kills a couple and their three children
📅 18 January 2025At about 00:35 on 18 January, a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Al-Qarara, Khan Younis, was hit. OCHA reported that a married couple and their three children were killed. The...
Israel halts entry of aid and commercial goods into Gaza
📅 2 March 2025Israeli authorities halted cargo entry into Gaza after the first ceasefire phase ended without agreement on its continuation. OCHA warned that the closure threatened recent humanitarian gains and...
UN reports results of first ceasefire phase
📅 17 March 2025A UN humanitarian report described expanded food, fuel and service access during the ceasefire's first phase, alongside continuing restrictions.
Israeli attacks resume at scale across Gaza
📅 18 March 2025Israeli airstrikes and bombardment resumed across the Gaza Strip after a ceasefire of nearly two months. OCHA reported civilian deaths, injuries, renewed displacement, and damage to homes and...
OCHA warns Gaza is being deprived of essentials for survival
📅 19 April 2025After weeks of blocked aid, OCHA’s acting head described Palestinians as being starved and deprived of basic necessities for human survival. The warning connected the closure of crossings to the...
UN humanitarian agencies reject proposed aid distribution plan
📅 4 May 2025The occupied Palestinian territory Humanitarian Country Team warned that a proposed system routing aid through Israeli-controlled hubs could exclude less mobile and vulnerable people and undermine...
IPC projects catastrophic hunger across Gaza
📅 12 May 2025The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification projected that the entire population would face crisis-level or worse acute food insecurity, with around half a million people at risk of catastrophic...
Israel launches expanded operation and announces limited aid entry
📅 18 May 2025Israel launched an expanded military operation, described by its government as “Gideon’s Chariots,” while announcing that limited humanitarian aid could resume after more than eleven weeks of...
Limited aid deliveries resume after eleven-week blockade
📅 19 May 2025A small number of aid deliveries entered Gaza after the Israeli authorities allowed a limited resumption. OCHA described the deliveries as a “drop in the ocean” compared with needs and noted severe...
Militarized aid distribution system begins operating
📅 27 May 2025A new aid distribution system backed by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began operating at militarized sites. UN agencies and many aid organizations criticized the arrangement for bypassing...
UN relief chief condemns killings of people seeking food
📅 11 June 2025The UN emergency relief coordinator condemned attacks in which civilians seeking food and people delivering aid were killed or injured. The statement followed repeated reports of mass casualties at or...
OCHA describes lethal risks at militarized aid sites
📅 22 June 2025OCHA’s head of office told journalists that people trying to reach food were being shot or shelled near militarized distribution sites. He called the sites dangerous and said the majority of...
IPC warns worst-case famine scenario is unfolding
📅 29 July 2025The IPC issued an alert that its worst-case famine scenario was playing out amid widespread starvation, malnutrition, disease, displacement, restricted aid access, and collapsing essential services....
IPC confirms famine in Gaza governorate
📅 22 August 2025The IPC Famine Review Committee concluded that famine was occurring in Gaza governorate and could expand to Deir al Balah and Khan Younis. It estimated that more than 640,000 people could face...
Israeli military orders Gaza City residents to evacuate
📅 9 September 2025Israeli forces ordered residents of Gaza City to leave for Al Mawasi as military operations intensified. OCHA noted that people were being directed toward areas already crowded and facing severe...
Two years since the Gaza war began, UN calls for civilian protection
📅 7 October 2025On the second anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks in Israel and the ensuing war, UN officials described Gaza’s mass displacement, destruction, and humanitarian need and urged protection of...
Ceasefire takes effect and humanitarian scale-up begins
📅 10 October 2025A ceasefire came into effect at noon. The agreement called for aid to enter at levels consistent with the January 2025 ceasefire and for materials to repair hospitals, bakeries, roads, and...
IPC reports famine conditions eased but hunger remains widespread
📅 19 December 2025A new IPC analysis found that famine conditions previously identified in Gaza governorate had been offset after the ceasefire and increased access. It nevertheless projected that about 1.6 million...
Israel notifies 37 international aid organizations their registrations will expire
📅 30 December 2025Israeli authorities notified 37 international NGOs that their registrations would expire at the end of 2025, triggering a 60-day wind-down period. UN humanitarian reporting warned that loss of these...
Rafah crossing reopens for limited movement of people
📅 2 February 2026Rafah reopened for limited pedestrian movement for the first time in nearly eleven months. Patients were evacuated for treatment abroad and some Palestinians who had left during the war were permitted...
Regional escalation closes Gaza crossings and pauses medical evacuations
📅 28 February 2026Following the escalation of regional hostilities, crossings and humanitarian movements were disrupted. OCHA later reported that medical evacuations through Rafah and transfers through other...
Kerem Shalom reopens for limited fuel and humanitarian cargo
📅 3 March 2026Israeli authorities reopened Kerem Shalom for fuel and cargo arriving via Egypt and Israel. Supplies from Jordan and the West Bank remained suspended at the time of OCHA’s report, leaving a single...
Rafah reopens again after regional escalation pauses evacuations
📅 19 March 2026Rafah reopened for limited movement in both directions after being closed during the regional escalation that began on 28 February. Medical evacuations and return movements resumed, though the route...
OCHA reports more than 1,000 Palestinian deaths since ceasefire announcement
📅 19 June 2026OCHA reported that Gaza’s Ministry of Health had recorded 1,005 Palestinian deaths and 3,157 injuries since the 10 October 2025 ceasefire announcement. These figures were attributed to the Ministry...
UN briefing cites Iranian health ministry toll from renewed hostilities
📅 30 July 2026At a UN briefing, the spokesperson said Iran’s Ministry of Health reported at least 60 people killed and 670 injured since hostilities escalated again in late June, through July 27. This is an...
OCHA reports 1,259 deaths since the ceasefire announcement
📅 14 August 2026OCHA reported that Gaza’s Ministry of Health had recorded 1,259 fatalities and 4,148 injuries since 10 October 2025. The same report described continuing military activity, displacement, and damage to...
OCHA reports ongoing attacks and 1,303 deaths since ceasefire announcement
📅 28 August 2026OCHA reported that the Ministry of Health’s cumulative count since the ceasefire announcement had reached 1,303 Palestinian fatalities and 4,336 injuries. The report also described continuing attacks,...
OCHA describes ongoing attacks and severe humanitarian needs nearly a year into ceasefire
📅 18 September 2026Nearly a year after the ceasefire announcement, OCHA said civilians continued to face strikes, restrictions on essential supplies, widespread destruction, and critical humanitarian need. It reported a...
OCHA reports more than 1,400 deaths since ceasefire agreement
📅 2 October 2026OCHA reported that Gaza’s Ministry of Health had recorded 1,431 fatalities and 5,026 injuries since the ceasefire agreement was announced on 10 October 2025. OCHA also warned that funding shortages...
OCHA documents continuing violence and displacement one year after ceasefire announcement
📅 15 October 2026OCHA reported continued airstrikes, shelling, gunfire, and displacement. It cited OHCHR verification of 1,076 conflict-related deaths between 10 October 2025 and the end of July 2026, including 331...