Israel launches expanded operation and announces limited aid entry

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...

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...

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...

The 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....