Militarized aid distribution system begins operating

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...

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...

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....

Israel’s security cabinet approved a plan for the military to take control of Gaza City. The announcement prompted warnings of further displacement and expanded military operations in an area...

The 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...