Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
➡️ HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN GAZA - The Systematic & Deliberate Rights Abuses Against the People of Gaza
The October 10, 2025, ceasefire and the September 29, 2025, Trump-orchestrated peace plan have done little to ease the living conditions for Gazans. The paperwork and signatures mean nothing on the ground where 2.3 million people are facing high levels of food insecurity.
In August 2025, the IPC and the United Nations officially declared the hunger crisis to be entirely man-made. The Israeli government is using starvation as a weapon of war in its genocidal campaign against the people of Palestine.
Despite the fanfare and with winter creeping in, people in Gaza still have no tents or other form of shelter, no access to drinkable water, no schools to educate their children, no workable land for crops, a decimated healthcare system, little chance of employment, and minimal access to humanitarian aid.
"The humanitarian situation in Gaza is a moral stain on us all" - António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Jump straight to our resources on the ➡️ Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
Explore our comprehensive guides on -
- Famine & Starvation in Gaza
- Gaza Blockade & Siege
- The Campaign to Destroy UNRWA
- Ethnic Cleansing Plans for Gaza & Genocide Complicity
- Medicide, Ecocide & Scholasticide in Gaza
- Western Media Complicity
How Bad is the Humanitarian Situation?
- With 90% of Gaza's population displaced, 1.5 million people have been left without a permanent and safe place to live. There is an urgent need for emergency shelter as winter approaches.
- Of Gaza's 36 hospitals, 30 have either been destroyed or forced to close due to attacks by the IDF.
- The leading causes of death now are not due to Israeli bombing campaigns but rather starvation, dehydration, and disease. Around 95% of people have been left with no access to clean water.
- Only 38% of the agreed-upon aid trucks have entered Gaza since the start of the ceasefire. Aid is entirely insufficient to meet even the lowest levels of food and pharmaceutical security.
- Around 90% of the working-age population in Gaza suffers from unemployment and has no income, leaving citizens entirely dependent on humanitarian aid.
- Satellite analysis reveals that less than 5% of agricultural land remains suitable for cultivation and that nearly half of the territory's trees have been razed.
- The cost to reconstruct Gaza to an acceptable level and make it safe for habitation is around $70 billion.
- There is no clear plan for the reconstruction of Gaza. Proposals are vague and insufficient, with no clear path for funding. There is a noticeable absence of interest from the EU, and a complete denial of responsibility from Israel.
- In contrast, the United States provides Israel with $3.8 billion in military aid every single year. The bombs and military equipment used to destroy Gaza were made in America.
- Data from satellites estimate that there is more than 60 million tonnes of debris waiting to be cleared in Gaza.
"We are watching a people entirely stripped of its human dignity. It should really shock our collective conscience." - Mirjana Spoljaric, president of the IRCR
The international community must no longer stand by and watch this gross negligence of basic human rights. Humanitarian needs do not stop even when a ceasefire is successful (which, in this case, it was not).
Peace plans, signatures, photo shoots, and glamourised media coverage mask the true horrors of life on the ground in Gaza.
We must fund Gaza's recovery, end impunity, and deliver on promises for sufficient aid, fuel, and medical supplies.
Author: Rachael Mellor, 16.12.25 licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
For further reading on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza see below ⬇️
- “The situation is unimaginable”: MAP, IRC and PCRF doctors report malnourished patients are dying from infections in overwhelmed Gaza hospital - International Rescue Committe…404975
- Human Appeal on the Way to One Million Hot Meals for Gaza - Human Appeal 25.03.24404973
- Palestine: In the chaos, they lost contact. Now they know he's safe, but the future is uncertain - International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies 25.03.24404970
- Freedom Flotilla – Sailing to Break the Siege in April 2024 - Freedom Flotilla Coalition 25.03.24405522
- Inside a Gaza IMC Field Hospital—Gaza: The Human Toll - Center for Strategic and International Studies 25.03.24409381
- March 25 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza - USCENTCOM 25.03.24404977
- Gaza Health Cluster Bi-Weekly Report_March 22 2024: Gaza Health Cluster Partners Bi-Weekly Update 03 (Mar 20, 2024) - Health Cluster 25.03.24404976
- Denying food aid to starving families at risk of famine in northern Gaza will send more children to their graves - Save the Children 25.03.24404971
- 'Beyond Comprehension': Medical Team Reports Starvation, Infections at Gaza Hospital - CD 25.03.24405185
- March 24 USCENTCOM, Royal Jordanian Air Force Conduct Humanitarian Airdrops - USCENTCOM 24.03.24413401
- Imminent famine in the Gaza Strip: Humanitarian access urgently needs to be expanded - Welthungerhilfe 22.03.24405014
- Humanitarian Needs and Response Update, 12 - 18 March 2024 - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 22.03.24402886
- Al-Shifa Evacuees Describe Terror of Israeli Attack on Besieged Hospital - DN! 22.03.24403954
- ‘No food, no water, no tents’ – Women in Gaza fight for survival as famine looms - UN Women 22.03.24405057
- Food prices skyrocket as Gaza on the brink of famine - Christian Aid 22.03.24405013
- UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 21 (Escalation) for 7 to 20 March 2024 - UN Children's Fund 22.03.24405011
- Inside Rafah’s Deteriorating Health Crisis - Project HOPE 22.03.24405012
- Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hunger - UN News Centre 22.03.24405010
- UNRWA Situation Report No.93 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 22.03.24405008
- Egypt has been playing a key role in facilitating the delivery of aid into Gaza through the Rafah border crossing and providing free medical care and treatment for evacuated …405009
- Evaluating emergency response at a hospital near the Gaza border within 24 h of increased conflict - BMC Emergency Medicine 21.03.24410578
- March 21 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza - USCENTCOM 21.03.24413503
- oPt Emergency Situation Update 25 (as of 12 March 2024 at 16:00) - World Health Organization 21.03.24405051
- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Infrastructure Under Attack in Gaza - American Near East Refugee Aid 21.03.24405056
- One in five aid convoys blocked in northern Gaza, UN says - UN News Centre 21.03.24405052
- British Surgeon Describes Children Suffering “Appalling Injuries” in Gaza, Demands Immediate Ceasefire - DN! 21.03.24403957
- UCPM and EU humanitarian aid response to the situation in the Middle East, DG ECHO Daily Map - European Commission 21.03.24405059
- IOM Situation Report # 21 on the Regional Response to the Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory - International Organization for Migration 21.03.24405058
- Israel-Palestine: History will judge us all by what these children are enduring - UN News Centre 21.03.24405055
- We are about to witness in Gaza the most intense famine since the second world war - Guardian 21.03.24403419
- Largest UK aid delivery enters Gaza to feed 275,000 people - Govt. UK 20.03.24405043
- March 20 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza - USCENTCOM 20.03.24413504
- MCC shipment of food crosses border into Gaza - Mennonite Central Committee 20.03.24405050
- March 20 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza - USCENTCOM 20.03.24405054
- War on Gaza: Children are starving to death. The political games must end now - Middle East Eye 19.03.24403206
- Gaza: Increasing numbers of newborns on brink of death, agencies warn - UN News Centre 19.03.24405046
- oPt: Humanitarian Fund Dashboard (February 2024) - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 19.03.24405044
- Humanitarian disaster in Gaza – Germany is also providing assistance from the air - Federal Foreign Office, Germany 19.03.24405045
- The Netherlands makes 10 million euros available for maritime corridor to Gaza - Government of the Netherlands 19.03.24405042
- UNRWA Situation Report No.92 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 19.03.24405048
- Impact of health attacks in the Gaza Strip (7 October 2023 until 12 March 2024, 18:00) - World Health Organization 19.03.24405047
- Future for children in Gaza very bleak as education crisis unfolds: It’s not only buildings being destroyed in Gaza, it’s also the education prospects of hundreds of thousand…403123
- “A Catastrophe That Cannot Be Described”: Palestinian Poet in Rafah on Daily Hardships Amid Israel’s War - DN! 18.03.24402933
- Aid groups call on European leaders to urgently prioritise forgotten crises in East and Central Africa - Islamic Relief 18.03.24402880
- Famine imminent in northern Gaza, new report warns - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification 18.03.24402882
- #UNRWAworks. Frontline heroes: the race against the clock to avert famine - UNRWA 18.03.24405097
- “I am seeing my son dying and I can’t do anything”: Children and families in Northern Gaza just weeks away from famine - Save the Children 18.03.24405089
- Gaza Strip Targeted Analysis (March 18, 2024): Famine (IPC Phase 5) is imminent in northern Gaza, likely by May - Famine Early Warning System Network 18.03.24405101
- Older people will be among the first to fall if famine is declared in Gaza - HelpAge International 18.03.24405095
- Famine looms in northern Gaza, says new UN report - UN News Centre 18.03.24402884
- Imminent famine in Gaza is entirely man-made, Islamic Relief says - Islamic Relief 18.03.24405091
- Humanitarian Needs and Response Update | 12 - 18 March 2024 - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 18.03.24405094
- Gaza Strip : IPC Acute Food Insecurity Analysis 15 February - 15 July 2024 - Special Brief - Integrated Food Security Phase Classification 18.03.24402878
- Impact of the war in Gaza on the labour market and livelihoods in the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Bulletin No. 3 - International Labour Organization 18.03.24405098
- “I am seeing my son dying and I can’t do anything”: Children and families in Northern Gaza just weeks away from famine - Save the Children 18.03.24402885
- Imminent famine in Gaza: MAP reacts to IPC food security figures - Medical Aid for Palestinians 18.03.24413586
- Search... Islamic Relief response to new IPC report on imminent famine in Gaza - Islamic Relief 18.03.24402881
- The southern governorates of Deir al-Balah and Khan Younis, and the Governorate of Rafah, are classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency). However, in a worst-case scenario, these …405093
- Older people will be among the first to fall if famine is declared in Gaza - HelpAge International 18.03.24402887
- “Famine is imminent" in Gaza, UN food agency warns - Christian Aid 18.03.24405092
- Projected famine in Gaza: FAO urges immediate access to deliver urgent and critical assistance at scale - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 18.03.24402879
- Explainer: How can we get more aid into Gaza? - Islamic Relief 17.03.24402902
- U.S. Central Command Conducts 13th Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza - USCENTCOM 17.03.24413505
- PCHR Sends Urgent Appeal to Save the Lives of Patients with Blood Diseases and Genetic Disorders in the Gaza Strip - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights 17.03.24414761
- UNRWA Situation Report No.91 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 17.03.24402903
- UAE announces the arrival of first aid ship to Gaza through maritime corridor from Cyprus - United Arab Emirates 17.03.24402901
- oPt Health Cluster: Partner Presence (April 2024) - Health Cluster 17.03.24408101
- Humanitarian Response Report PRCS 1/3/2024 - 10/3/2024 - Palestine Red Crescent Society 16.03.24402970
- The rise of deadly epidemics following the Rafah invasion: Israeli attacks that began in October caused damage to Gaza's water and sanitation infrastructure worth around $210…413588
- U.S. Central Command conducts 11th Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza - USCENTCOM 15.03.24413506
- Funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency and Additional Support for Gaza - Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia 15.03.24402898
- Gaza: “I cannot take any more deaths. I’ve lost too many loved ones.” - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 15.03.24402899
- Gaza Strip Health Cluster: Partner Presence (April 2024) - Health Cluster 15.03.24408135
- UNRWA Situation Report No.90 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 15.03.24402896
- Humanitarian Access SCORE Report: Gaza - the first six months - Humanitarian Outcomes 15.03.24402897
- Gaza: 23 million tonnes of debris ‘will take years to clear’; acute malnutrition doubles in a month - UN News Centre 15.03.24402900
- Delivering assistance to patients in Gaza - American Friends Service Committee 15.03.24402960
- Kidney failure patients face slow death amid Israel’s genocide in Gaza - Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor 14.03.24402912
- UCPM and EU humanitarian aid response to the situation in the Middle East - DG ECHO Daily Map 14/03/2024 - European Commission 14.03.24402910
- Mercy Relief plans second wave of humanitarian aid for Palestinian refugees - Mercy Relief 14.03.24402907
- ‘Humanitarian islands’ for Rafah civilians like forcing the entire population of Birmingham out of the city - Christian Aid 14.03.24402908
- Combined Forces Complete 10th Humanitarian Airdrop into Gaza - USCENTCOM 14.03.24413507
- CARE warns: Babies and toddlers in North Gaza dying slow and painful death from starvation - CARE International 14.03.24402911
- Delivering aid to Gaza: "We are now in the most difficult phase." - Terre des hommes 14.03.24402909
- U.S. Central Command conducts ninth humanitarian airdrop into Gaza - USCENTCOM 13.03.24413508
- Major humanitarian push as 150 tonnes of UK aid enter Gaza, including more than 13,000 blankets and 840 family-sized tents, have entered Gaza today - GOV.UK 13.03.24402883
- Gaza: Airdrops and sea routes are no alternative to aid delivery by land - INTERSOS 13.03.24405465
- Major humanitarian push as 150 tonnes of UK aid enter Gaza: Around 150 tonnes of UK aid, including more than 13,000 blankets and 840 family-sized tents, have entered Gaza tod…405090
- Rami Khouri: U.S. Airdrops & Floating Pier Plan Are “Not Serious Responses” to Gaza Suffering - DN! 13.03.24402411
- In response to universal demand from the aid community, INSO Palestine has reopened to support vital NGO coordination across Gaza and the West Bank alongside a range of safet…402964
- “Complete psychological destruction”: Children in Gaza have suffered “relentless mental harm” during five months of war - Save the Children 12.03.24402959
- For the first time in weeks, UN aid teams reach Gaza City - UN News Centre 12.03.24402966
- Latest Medical Aid Shipment Arrives in Gaza - Direct Relief 12.03.24402965
- Israel's war casts dark shadow on Ramadan in Gaza - Al Majalla Magazine 12.03.24402040
- Children without parental care evacuated from Rafah, Gaza - SOS Children's Villages International 12.03.24402963
- March 12 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza - USCENTCOM 12.03.24413509
- Inclusive Needs Assessment: Situation of the Conflict-affected Persons with and without Disabilities in the Gaza Strip (March 2024) - Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children 11.03…401821
- Humanitarian Needs and Response Update | 5 - 11 March 2024 - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 11.03.24402957
- It is necessary and urgent to increase humanitarian aid in Gaza to prevent children from dying of hunger - Plan International 11.03.24402958
- March 11 USCENTCOM Conducts Humanitarian Airdrops into Gaza - USCENTCOM 11.03.24413510