IPC projects catastrophic hunger across Gaza

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...

After 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...

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...

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...

The 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’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...