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First daily humanitarian pause reported during Gaza offensive
📅 7 January 2009A three-hour humanitarian ceasefire is implemented to permit civilian access to essential supplies and medical assistance, but combat resumes afterward.
Israeli ground forces withdraw from Gaza
📅 21 January 2009UN OCHA reports Israeli troops have withdrawn from the Gaza Strip and remain deployed along its border. Civilian needs and destruction assessments continue.
Order tells about 1.1 million people in northern Gaza to move south
📅 13 October 2023Israeli authorities directed the population north of Wadi Gaza to relocate south within 24 hours. The UN said the order affected about 1.1 million people and applied to UN personnel and people...
UN warns an assault on Rafah could expose displaced civilians to war crimes
📅 7 February 2024UN officials warned that extending Israel’s ground campaign into Rafah could lead to grave violations and civilian slaughter. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians had been displaced there, many...
Israel halts aid entry into Gaza
📅 2 March 2025Israel halted entry of humanitarian aid to Gaza, citing disputes over ceasefire arrangements and alleging diversion of aid; UN agencies warned of humanitarian harm.
Israeli strikes resume across Gaza
📅 18 March 2025Large-scale Israeli airstrikes resumed, ending the relative pause in major hostilities; UN officials condemned the consequences for civilians.
OCHA documents early civilian damage, displacement, and service disruption
📅 18 March 2026The UN’s first Iran humanitarian update, covering 28 February–17 March, reported 1,200+ deaths, 17,000+ injuries, and 54,000+ damaged civilian units. It described damage to homes, schools, health...
UN humanitarian update documents civilian harm in Iran
📅 30 March 2026OCHA’s April 3 update reported, based on Iranian Ministry of Health figures, more than 2,100 civilians killed and 27,900 injured as of March 30; it estimated 3.8 million people impacted. The Iranian...
Humanitarian reporting records expanding strikes and service damage
📅 3 April 2026OCHA reported strikes affecting residential areas, schools, markets, hospitals, airports, industrial sites, and cultural heritage locations across Iran. It also recorded attacks on health care and...
Pakistan-mediated two-week ceasefire announced
📅 7 April 2026Pakistan helped broker a two-week ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran. OCHA later reported that at least 2,362 civilian deaths and over 32,314 injuries had been reported in Iran by April 7,...
UN documents displacement of Palestinian families in Jiljiliya
📅 25 May 2026OCHA reported that 22 Palestinian Bedouin families, including 81 children, had been displaced from the Jiljiliya area following a settler attack on 16 May. The event date is the report publication...
UN reports widespread West Bank settler attacks
📅 12 June 2026OCHA reported more than 1,000 settler attacks since January across over 230 communities, causing casualties or property damage, with more than 2,200 Palestinians displaced in this context.
UN relief officials warn Security Council about Gaza
📅 19 June 2026OCHA reported the UN relief chief warning the Security Council that civilians in Gaza could not wait for diplomacy, amid displacement near the Yellow Line.
OCHA reports expansion of Gaza access-restricted areas
📅 26 June 2026OCHA said access-restricted areas covered about 65 percent of Gaza and reported severe limits on movement and aid access.
UN reports health and sanitation pressures in Gaza
📅 3 July 2026OCHA described widespread chickenpox cases, waste-management challenges and shortages affecting haemodialysis at Al Shifa Hospital.
OCHA warns of displacement and West Bank access restrictions
📅 10 July 2026OCHA reported continued settler-related displacement, barriers to health care and further Gaza displacement along the Yellow Line.
UN reports threat to Palestinian schools in West Bank
📅 16 July 2026OCHA reported the demolition of the abandoned Al Yanoun School by settlers and a demolition threat to Ar Rifa’iyya School.
UN reports incursions at Kalandia Training Centre
📅 31 July 2026OCHA reported Israeli forces and officials entering the UN Kalandia Training Centre in East Jerusalem for the second time in less than a month, disrupting educational activity.