Reports

General Area Updates On the afternoon of 17 October (local time), an UNRWA school in Al Maghazi refugee camp in the middle area of Gaza, sheltering some 4,000 displaced people, was hit. As a result, eight people…

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…

International development charity, Christian Aid, is warning that unless humanitarian access is granted to Gaza, and there is a cessation of violence, thousands of people face serious illness and death, as supplies of food, health equipment…

DELIVERED BY Volker Türk, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights LOCATION Geneva “Words fail me. Tonight, hundreds of people were killed – horrifically – in a massive strike at Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza City, including patients, healthcare workers…

KEY POINTS Hundreds of fatalities in Al Ahli Arab hospital in Gaza were reported as this Flash Update was being finalized (22:00). The compound hosted patients and internally displaced persons (IDPs) seeking safe shelter. As hostilities entered the…

Excellencies, Thank you for convening this meeting and for the opportunity to brief you on the humanitarian situation in and around the Gaza Strip. That situation—which continues to unfold as we speak—can only be described as an utter…

16 October 2023 as of 18:00 (Day 9) Heavy Israeli Forces’ bombardments, from the air, sea and land, have continued.  Israeli Air Forces continued to strike also in Khan Younis and other southern areas despite the directive for people…

Before recent conflict sparked in the region, the humanitarian situation for people living in Gaza was already dire. Since 2007, Gaza has been under land, air, and sea blockade, limiting the movement of people and goods.…

KEY POINTS As hostilities entered the tenth day, heavy Israeli bombardments on Gaza, from the air, sea and land, have continued almost uninterrupted. In the last 24 hours (as of 18:00), 108 Palestinians have been killed, bringing…

Less than a kilometre from Gaza, pallets of food, fuel, water, and medicine are among the hundreds of tonnes of lifesaving aid packed into a long convoy of trucks idling on the Egyptian side of the…