UN experts urge justice, aid and Palestinian self-determination as bombing continues

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...

The three mediators announced an agreement between Israel and Hamas on 15 January, expected to take effect on 19 January. The first 42-day phase included a ceasefire, exchanges of hostages and...

OCHA reported that a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in Az Zaytoun, southern Gaza City, was hit at about 11:00 on 16 January. Two children were reported killed and 30 people injured. The...

Israel’s security cabinet recommended that the full government approve the agreement on 17 January. The Prime Minister’s Office said planned hostage releases depended on final government approval...

Israel’s full cabinet approved the agreement early on 18 January, according to the Associated Press. The first phase was scheduled to begin on 19 January and included a pause in fighting and an...

At about 00:35 on 18 January, a tent sheltering displaced Palestinians in western Al-Qarara, Khan Younis, was hit. OCHA reported that a married couple and their three children were killed. The...

A ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement took effect at 11:15 local time. The pause enabled a major increase in aid and some recovery of bodies from areas that had been inaccessible. It offered...

Following the opening of the Netzarim corridor under the ceasefire arrangement, large numbers of displaced Palestinians moved north toward homes and neighborhoods left in ruins. Their return...