Children and patients evacuated from Gaza for urgent medical care

UN human-rights experts called for an end to attacks on Gaza’s health system and for the release of Dr Hussam Abu Safiya, detained during the 27 December raid on Kamal Adwan Hospital. Their...

On 5 January, Israeli forces fired on a World Food Programme convoy of three marked vehicles and eight staff members near the Wadi Gaza checkpoint. WFP said the convoy had received required...

A 6 January attack hit a WFP warehouse operated by Ma’an Development Center in Deir al-Balah. OCHA later reported that a female staff member succumbed on 14 January to wounds sustained in the...

Gaza’s Ministry of Health reported the death of a 35-day-old baby from cold and lack of warm shelter on 6 January; the reported number of hypothermia deaths across Gaza reached eight. Winter...

OCHA reported that an internally displaced family’s tent in Al-Mawasi, western Khan Younis, was hit at about 19:15 on 7 January. A mother and her four children were reported killed. The attack...

OCHA reported that a Palestinian journalist was shot and killed in Nuseirat on 10 January. The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate reported that the death brought the number of journalists and media...

The Palestinian Civil Defense said on 11 January that firefighting and rescue vehicles across Gaza, Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis had stopped working because spare parts and repair equipment were...

Israeli forces issued an evacuation order on 12 January for about 0.86 square kilometres in Nuseirat refugee camp. OCHA estimated about 4,100 residents were affected, including people at two UNRWA...

Save the Children reported that explosive weapons had left an average of 15 children a day in Gaza with potentially lifelong disabilities during 2024. The estimate drew on Health and Protection...

WHO, UNICEF, UNMAS and the Palestine Red Crescent Society reached Al-Awda Hospital in Jabalya, delivering fuel, medical supplies, food, water and winter clothes and evacuating patients. WHO and...