First limited aid convoy enters Gaza through Rafah

Israel began airstrikes in Gaza after the 7 October attacks. OCHA reported strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, casualties and damage to water and sanitation services. The Israeli...

Israel’s defence minister announced a complete siege, halting food, fuel, electricity and water supplies. OCHA documented the effects on Gaza’s two million residents, whose daily life and...

Israeli 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...

An explosion in the grounds of al-Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City killed and injured civilians sheltering there. Palestinian officials initially reported a high death toll; estimates and attribution...

The United States vetoed a Brazilian-drafted Security Council resolution that called for humanitarian pauses and condemned violence against civilians. The vote was 12 in favour, one against and two...

The UN General Assembly adopted Resolution ES-10/21 by 120 votes to 14, with 45 abstentions. It called for an immediate and sustained humanitarian truce leading to cessation of hostilities, demanded...

Israel announced an expansion of ground operations in Gaza, accompanied by intense bombardment and a near-total communications blackout. People in Gaza lost contact with relatives, ambulances and...

Israeli forces entered al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical complex, after days of siege and fighting nearby. WHO said it had lost contact with health workers at the hospital and stressed that...

The Security Council adopted Resolution 2712 by 12 votes, with Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States abstaining. It called for urgent and extended humanitarian pauses and corridors...

A WHO-led mission evacuated 31 premature babies from al-Shifa Hospital to southern Gaza after the hospital’s neonatal unit could no longer safely care for them. The babies were transferred with...