OCHA warns Gaza is being deprived of essentials for survival

An exchange between Israel and Hamas took place as part of the first phase of the ceasefire. The exchange brought Israeli hostages home and released Palestinian detainees and prisoners; many...

Israeli 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...

Israeli 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...

Palestine Red Crescent Society emergency teams responding to casualties in southern Gaza came under fire. Several responders were killed; their bodies and vehicles were later recovered from a mass...

Rescue teams recovered the bodies of Palestinian Red Crescent, Civil Defence, and UNRWA personnel in Rafah, days after their vehicles had been attacked. The UN called for an investigation and...

The 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...

The 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 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...

A 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...

A 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...