Gaza Humanitarian Crisis
Nonstop bombardment and the complete blockade and siege of Gaza has resulted in a spiralling humanitarian crisis for Gazans who are running out of food, fuel, medicine, and water.
➡️ 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 ⬇️
- An Update on Anera’s Staff in Gaza - American Near East Refugee Aid 12.01.24 394951
- UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 14 (Escalation): 04 - 10 January 2024 - UNICEF 12.01.24 394949
- HI provides aid in 110 shelters in Gaza: HI and partners have provided aid to more than 3,500 people since October 7 in Gaza - Handicap International - Humanity & Inclusion 1… 394953
- Palestine Situation Report (January 12, 2024) - American Near East Refugee Aid 12.01.24 394950
- Trócaire partner reports harrowing injuries and serious malnutrition in Gaza hospital - Trócaire 11.01.24 394968
- Regional Response to the Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory: Situation Report No.15 - 11 January 2024 - International Organization for Migration 11.01.24 394969
- UNRWA Situation Report No.63 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 11.01.24 394967
- Time is Running Out for Thousands More as Threat of Famine Escalates in Gaza - Mercy Corps 11.01.24 394965
- oPt Emergency Situation Update 20 (As of 11 January 2024 at 13:00) - World Health Organization 11.01.24 394970
- UCPM and EU humanitarian aid response to the situation in the Middle East - DG ECHO Daily Map | 11/01/2024 - European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations 11.01.24 394966
- ‘It’s like living in a mortuary, waiting for someone to bury you’ - +972 Magazine 11.01.24 399034
- Gaza: Blocking food supplies to Gaza will have life-long impacts on children with malnutrition rising - Save the Children 10.01.24 395013
- Gaza Crisis 2023 - Shelter Situation Update, 7th January 2024 - Shelter Cluster 10.01.24 395009
- UNRWA Situation Report No.62 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near E… 395012
- Israel-Palestine: Israel denies permits to aid missions to Gaza, further threatening Gazan hospitals - UN News Centre 10.01.24 395011
- Aid mission denials are latest threat to Gaza’s hospitals: OCHA - UN News Centre 10.01.24 395007
- Aid relief is arriving in Gaza but ‘too little, too late’, warns WHO - UN News Centre 09.01.24 395028
- Gaza now the world’s worst hunger crisis and on the verge of famine - Islamic Relief 09.01.24 395029
- Health Catastrophe Unfolding in Gaza as Humanitarian Space Shrinks - VOA 09.01.24 393119
- Israel is starving Gaza - BTSELEM 08.01.24 393121
- Israel-Palestine: As the number of wounded in Gaza rises, a new hospital runs out of supplies - UN News Centre 08.01.24 395030
- More aid without a ceasefire in Gaza is not the solution - Médecins Sans Frontières 08.01.24 395027
- Rising hunger in Gaza ‘turning children into skeletons’ - Le Monde 08.01.24 393122
- The Palestine Red Crescent Society calls on the international community to provide protection for its headquarters and medical and EMS teams in Khan Yunis - Palestine Red Cre… 404791
- More than 10 children losing legs in Gaza every day as dire health crisis grows, aid groups say - CNN 07.01.24 393120
- UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 13 (Escalation): 28 December 2023 - 03 January 2024 - UNICEF 06.01.24 395051
- UN warns Gaza is now ‘uninhabitable’ as war continues - Guardian 06.01.24 392691
- Statement: 3 months on, time is running out for children in Gaza - Plan International 05.01.24 395150
- Gaza: “Profoundly Alarming” Mental Health and Medical Needs - Project HOPE 05.01.24 395151
- Intensifying conflict, malnutrition and disease in the Gaza Strip creates a deadly cycle that threatens over 1.1 million children - UNICEF 05.01.24 395149
- Gaza: MSF sets up clinic in Rafah to support overwhelmed hospitals - Médecins Sans Frontières 05.01.24 395152
- Regional Response to the Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory: Situation Report #14 - 04 January 2024 - International Organization for Migration 05.01.24 395148
- US uses humanitarian aid to prolong Gaza genocide - The Electronic Intifada 05.01.24 392595
- Tweet: Intensifying conflict, malnutrition and disease in the Gaza Strip is creating a deadly cycle threatening over 1.1 million children. The world cannot stand by and watc… 393760
- Jordan backs South Africa ICJ genocide file against Israel - The New Arab 05.01.24 392596
- WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report No.12 (4 January 2024) - World Food Programme 04.01.24 395154
- Israel-Palestine: Gaza crisis worsens and aid convoys face delays and obstacles - UN News Centre 04.01.24 395158
- Children who lost parents in the war are brought to the SOS Children’s Village in Gaza - SOS Children's Villages International 04.01.24 395155
- #HearTheirVoices – The Struggle for Proper Health Care in Shelters in the Gaza Strip - UNRWA 04.01.24 395153
- In Gaza 'safe zone,' Palestinians are living out their nightmares, they are struggling to find food, water, and shelter amid the war and winter cold - +972 Magazine 04.01.24 392598
- UNRWA Situation Report No.60 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 04.01.24 395157
- 80% of global famine is in Gaza due to Israeli siege -Doha News 04.01.24 399037
- Medical Aid for Palestinians and International Rescue Committee Emergency Medical Team report serious malnutrition and harrowing injuries in Gaza hospital - International Res… 395156
- Project HOPE: Israel-Hamas Conflict Situation Report No.5 (3 January 2023) - Project HOPE 03.01.24 395209
- Gaza Emergency Situation Updates (Last updated: 3 January 2024) - Medical Aid for Palestinians 03.01.24 395211
- Burying the Future Under the Rubble That Is Gaza - CD 02.01.24 395668
- Israeli Assault Causing Disease, Hunger to Rapidly Spread Across Gaza - CD 02.01.24 395695
- They're Saying It Out Loud': Israeli Minister Backs Mass Eviction of Gazans - CD 02.01.24 395679
- First UK maritime shipment of lifesaving aid for Gaza arrives in Egypt - Government of the United Kingdom 02.01.24 395160
- Gaza Market Monitoring - Flash Update 5 - January 2024 - World Food Programme 02.01.24 397625
- Everyone is hungry in Gaza now: UN humanitarians - UN News Centre 02.01.24 395161
- UNRWA Situation Report No.59 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 02.01.24 395162
- First UK maritime shipment of lifesaving aid for Gaza arrives in Egypt - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office 02.01.24 391950
- Aid to Gaza meets only 10% of population needs - Middle East Monitor 01.01.24 399035
- Aid to Gaza meets only 10% of population needs - Middle East Monitor 01.01.24 392599
- Fauda and the Israeli occupation of Palestine: Gender, emotions, and visual representations of complicity in international politics - Review of International Studies 01.01.24 410584
- Half of Gazans Are at Risk of Starving, U.N. Warns - NY Times 01.01.24 391708
- Israel Offers To Ease Naval Blockade On Gaza With Proposed Sea Corridor From Cyprus - Greek City Times 01.01.24 392665
- QRCS provides vital winterization aid for displaced families - Qatar Red Crescent Society 31.12.23 391948
- Israel says it's ready to let ships bring aid to Gaza - Reuters 31.12.23 392663
- UNRWA Situation Report No.58 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 31.12.23 391949
- Israel Expands Operations in Southern Gaza Amid Worsening Humanitarian Crisis - WSJ 29.12.23 391702
- The Gaza Strip: UNRWA calls for unimpeded and safe access to deliver much needed humanitarian aid - UNRWA 29.12.23 391530
- Regional Response to the Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory: Situation Report No.13 - 28 December 2023 - International Organization for Migration 29.12.23 391526
- oPt Emergency Situation Update 19 (As of 29 December 2023 at 13:00) - World Health Organization 29.12.23 391529
- UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 12 (Escalation): 21-27 December 2023 - UNICEF 29.12.23 391528
- Humanitarian crisis deepens in Rafah as Palestinians flee Gaza - Middle East Eye 29.12.23 391707
- United Nations World Food Programme welcomes Government of Canada grant in support of Gaza - World Food Programme 29.12.23 391947
- Threat Of Famine In Gaza Is Increasing Daily - Forbes 29.12.23 391709
- UN deplores aid barriers as Israel’s Gaza onslaught steps up - Al Jazeera 29.12.23 391705
- “Absolutely Unimaginable”: Children in Gaza Face Amputations Without Anesthesia, Death & Disease - DN! 28.12.23 391912
- UN agency says 40 percent of Gaza’s population ‘at risk of famine’ - Al Jazeera 28.12.23 391706
- Gaza residents forced to resort to carts for transportation: Palestinians are resorting to the primitive transportation without hesitation, finding relief from some of the ha… 392662
- Video: W.H.O.: Gaza hospitals 'on their knees' as humanitarian crisis deepens - CNN 28.12.23 391703
- UNRWA Situation Report No.57 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 28.12.23 391527
- UN agency says 40 percent of Gaza’s population ‘at risk of famine’ - Al Jazeera 28.12.23 392664
- oPt Emergency Situation Update 18 (As of 23 December 2023, 12:00) - World Health Organization 28.12.23 391531
- 2023: The Year Humanity Died - CD 27.12.23 393564
- UNRWA oPt Flash Appeal Progress Report (7 October - 13 December 2023) - UNRWA 27.12.23 391557
- WHO teams deliver supplies to hospitals in Northern and Southern Gaza - World Health Organization 27.12.23 391558
- Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) and specialized supplementary food and MNs supplementation TWG - Nutrition Cluster 26.12.23 391554
- Mother and Baby Areas Guidance for the State of Palestine (December 2023) - Nutrition Cluster 26.12.23 391553
- Why Doesn’t the US Air Drop Supplies into Gaza? - Freedom Flotilla Coalition 26.12.23 405526
- Infant, and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies (IYCF-E) Standard Operating Procedures - State of Palestine (December 2023) - Nutrition Cluster 26.12.23 391552
- SoP Nutrition Cluster Bulletin - State of Palestine (16 Oct-22 December 2023) - Nutrition Cluster 26.12.23 391551
- #HearTheirVoices – The walk to school used to be fun, but all that is lost - UNRWA 26.12.23 391556
- Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Breast Milk Substitute (BMS) Management for the State of Palestine (December 2023) - Nutrition Cluster 26.12.23 391555
- Video: A child of Gaza: The war through a child’s eyes - Al Jazeera 25.12.23 391646
- Israel-Hamas war updates: ‘We are not stopping,’ vows PM Netanyahu - Al Jazeera 25.12.23 396804
- Photos: The staggering human toll of Israel’s war on Gaza - Al Jazeera 25.12.23 391119
- ‘Escape This Hell’: One Family’s Painful Journey Out of Gaza: How a family made the difficult decision to leave homes and loved ones behind as they fled to Australia - WSJ 25… 392666
- Video: IDF expands ground operations in Gaza as humanitarian crisis grows - CNN 25.12.23 390704
- UNRWA Situation Report No.56 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 24.12.23 391559
- Staying warm in Gaza: A battle for survival - Al Jazeera 24.12.23 396807
- Food aid failing to reach Gaza residents despite ‘catastrophic’ hunger crisis - Guardian 23.12.23 390707
- UNICEF State of Palestine Humanitarian Situation Report No. 11 (Escalation): 21 December 2023 - UNICEF 23.12.23 391560
- Famine by February: How bad is Gaza’s hunger crisis under Israeli attacks? - Al Jazeera 23.12.23 390705
- Without a Truce, U.N. Resolution May Do Little for Gaza, Aid Groups Say - NY Times 23.12.23 390708
- The UN just declared it’s highest-level warning of a famine in Gaza – branding the situation ‘catastrophic’ - Canary 22.12.23 390895
- UK steps up humanitarian aid commitments to Gaza, The Foreign Secretary will visit Al Arish as the UK continues to urge Israel to increase the flow of aid into Gaza through a… 391572