Reports

30 October 2023 GAZA CITY, Content on social media wrongfully purports that UNRWA kept stocks of food and other humanitarian supplies away from civilians who urgently needed them in the Gaza Strip. Such claims are erroneous, irresponsible…

ROME – Les conditions catastrophiques auxquelles sont confrontés des centaines de milliers de Palestiniens à Gaza risquent de s'aggraver encore, en raison de graves pénuries de carburant qui menacent de paralyser l’approvisionnement alimentaire et les opérations…

ROME – The catastrophic conditions facing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza risk getting worse still, due to severe fuel shortages which threaten to bring food and other humanitarian operations to a standstill. “Without additional fuel…

HIGHLIGHTS On 21 October, the first humanitarian convoy of 20 trucks crossed the Rafah border to Gaza with lifesaving food, water and medicine. The convoy included three WFP trucks enough to feed an estimated 200,000 affected people…

HIGHLIGHTS Over 1 million internally displaced persons across the Gaza Strip face an increasingly dire humanitarian situation with severely limited access to basic needs such as water and electricity and health services. Around 2.1 million people in the…

Global: WPHF Launches New Funding Appeal to Support Women’s Civil Society, Respond to Escalating Crisis and Humanitarian Needs in Palestine (New York) — The United Nations Women’s Peace and Humanitarian Fund (WPHF) announced today the launch of…

SITUATION OVERVIEW On 7 October, Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched “Operation Al-Aqsa Flood” against Israel, injuring, killing, and capturing many Israeli forces and civilians. In response, the Israeli authorities declared a state of war and began…

HIGHLIGHTS • Thanks to internal advancing mechanisms and existing contributions, WFP has pre-positioned 5,230 mt of food in Gaza, Al Arish (Egypt), the West Bank and Jerusalem, and is gearing for stocks to feed as many as…

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION Since the start of the escalation on 7 October, large-scale grave violations against children have been reported in Israel and in the State of Palestine, including the killing and maiming of children, abductions, and attacks…

SITUATION OVERVIEW Gaza: • In the early morning hours of October 7, Hamas fired thousands of rockets into southern and central Israel. A senior Hamas military commander later announced the launch of Operation “Al Aqsa Storm”, which was…