Reports

Highlights • More than 800,000 people were recently reported as displaced from Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, and about 100,000 people were reported displaced in the north, according to UN estimates as of 22 May. Approximately 285 km²…

The escalation of hostilities in Gaza over the past eight months has resulted in levels of destruction, loss of civilian life and collapse of humanitarian conditions, unfolding on an unprecedented scale. Despite repeated appeals to protect…

Living conditions in Gaza continue to deteriorate, with reports of an increase in diarrhoea and suspected cases of Hepatitis A, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday. The UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) is continuing to provide healthcare…

GENEVA (23 May 2024) – The UN Special Rapporteur on Torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has urged the Government of Israel to investigate multiple allegations of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment against…

Atrocity Alert is a weekly publication by the Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect highlighting situations where populations are at risk of, or are enduring, mass atrocity crimes. CIVILIANS AT GRAVE RISK AS VIOLENCE ESCALATES IN…

WHO and the Government of Japan have signed a US$10 million agreement to bolster the emergency health response in Gaza amidst the ongoing conflict. The agreement, signed by H.E. Ambassador Nakashima and Dr. Richard Peepepkorn, WHO…

UK aid is still largely blocked from entering Gaza despite efforts to improve access 21 May 2024 Diplomatic efforts have so far been ineffective in securing access to get enough aid into Gaza to address the mounting humanitarian…

Key Concerns Continued dismantling of the already fragile health system, exacerbated by the Rafah incursion, jeopardizing health service provision, access to health, and delivery of life-saving supplies. Despite contingency planning, an expanded incursion in Rafah will have…

Period: 13-19 May 2024 The information below is provided on a weekly basis by Clusters and select Technical Working Groups operating in the occupied Palestinian territory (oPt). It is updated throughout the week to reflect new content.…

Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Diab Ibrahim Al-Masri (Deif), Ismail Haniyeh On the basis of evidence collected and examined by my Office, I have reasonable grounds to believe that Yahya SINWAR (Head of the Islamic Resistance Movement (“Hamas”) in…