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
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- New Order of Malta humanitarian aid delivery reaches Gaza - Malteser International 24.07.24 425179
- Gaza Humanitarian Response Update 8-21 July 2024 - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 24.07.24 425188
- On-the-record update No.6 on situation in Gaza, Palestine, Wednesday 24th July 2024 - Norwegian Refugee Council 24.07.24 425187
- UNRWA Situation Report No.123 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 24.07.24 425189
- We do not have the necessary conditions in the Gaza Strip for a robust humanitarian response. The flow of aid must be unimpeded and access must be regular and safe, UNICEF E… 425183
- Poliovirus is detected in Gaza as “dire” conditions ignite fears of infectious diseases spreading - BMJ 24.07.24 424658
- 16/36 hospitals partially functional, inpatient bed capacity 1532, down from 3500 before the war - World Health Organization 23.07.24 425199
- Palestine Situation Report (July 2024) - American Near East Refugee Aid 23.07.24 425200
- Where do I go now, ask Gazans uprooted by new Israeli evacuation orders - Global Issues 23.07.24 424410
- Gaza: the lives of pregnant women and newborns are in danger - Médecins Sans Frontières 22.07.24 424250
- Palestine - Conflict ETC Situation Report No.38 (Reporting period: 16/07/2024 to 22/07/2024) - Emergency Telecommunications Cluster 22.07.24 424249
- The virus that causes polio has been found in Gaza. Here’s why that is grim news - Science 22.07.24 424655
- Israel’s war on Gaza updates: 70 killed in Israeli assault on Khan Younis - Al Jazeera 22.07.24 427135
- WHO 'extremely worried' about possible Gaza polio outbreak - BBC 22.07.24 424654
- UNRWA Situation Report No.122 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 19.07.24 423860
- Variant type 2 poliovirus isolated from sewage samples in Gaza - Global Polio Eradication Initiative 19.07.24 423859
- Polio stalks Gazans as ‘anarchy’ spreads, humanitarians warn - UN News 19.07.24 423529
- Polio stalks Gazans as 'anarchy' spreads - UN News Centre 19.07.24 423846
- Living conditions threaten the lives of pregnant women and newborns in Gaza - Médecins Sans Frontières 18.07.24 424166
- Baitulmaal Sends Medical Teams to Gaza - Baitulmaal 18.07.24 424173
- Gaza: Repeated mass casualty events put hospitals under severe strain - International Committee of the Red Cross 18.07.24 424167
- At Nasser Hospital, the last functional maternity ward in southern Gaza - Médecins Sans Frontières 18.07.24 423842
- Gaza: Repeated mass casualty events put hospitals under severe strain - International Committee of the Red Cross 18.07.24 423855
- Gaza: UN reduces food rations due to lack of supplies - UN News Centre 18.07.24 423854
- 13 international NGOs reveal that obstruction of humanitarian aid in Gaza prevents humanitarian operations - Plan International 18.07.24 424172
- Expansion Of War In Gaza And Ukraine Have Dangerous Humanitarian Consequences - Daily Excelsior 18.07.24 427822
- In Gaza, UNRWA teams continue to provide health care at the risk of their lives - UN News Centre 18.07.24 424171
- oPt Emergency Situation Update 36 (7 Oct 2023 - 22 July 2024 at 16:00) - World Health Organization 27.07.24 425167
- Aid to Flow to Gaza via Land Route From Israel's Port of Ashdod - U.S. Department of Defense 17.07.24 424174
- oPt Health Cluster: Partners Presence (July 2024) - Health Cluster 17.07.24 424186
- Gaza: Team Affected by Airstrikes: Project HOPE team narrowly escaped the fallout of an Israeli airstrike within the humanitarian zone in Khan Younis - Project HOPE 17.07.24 423851
- 'I Am Not a Terrorist': Letters From Gaza Children Decry Daily Horrors of Israeli Assault - CD 16.07.24 424365
- Gaza: pregnant women threatened by displacement, food shortages and access to hospitals: OCHA - UN News Centre 16.07.24 424183
- Gaza: “Massive influxes of injured almost every week” - Médecins Sans Frontières 16.07.24 423843
- Guidance on Site Management Minimum Activities in Gaza - CCCM Cluster 16.07.24 424182
- Regional Response to the Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory: Situation Report No.29 - 27 June - 10 July 2024 - International Organization for Migration 16.07.24 424195
- Conclusion of Temporary Pier Operations in Gaza - U.S. Central Command 18.07.24 429992
- UNRWA Situation Report No.121 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 16.07.24 424181
- oPt Emergency Situation Update 36 (7 Oct 2023 - 15 July 2024 at 16:00) - World Health Organization 15.07.24 423841
- “Every space was occupied by the injured or bodies of the dead”: Voice notes from Gaza: “Horrific” mass casualty event at Nasser Hospital - Médecins Sans Frontières 15.07.24 424212
- Protecting aid delivery in Gaza: An explosive ordnance disposal officer from MAG has been assisting in the safe passage of vital humanitarian convoys in Gaza - Mines Advisory… 424211
- Palestine - Conflict ETC Situation Report No.37 (Reporting period: 09/07/2024 to 15/07/2024) - Emergency Telecommunications Cluster 15.07.24 424209
- ETC Palestine Factsheet: July 2024: support access to reliable shared communications services for humanitarian organizations operating in Gaza - Emergency Telecommunications … 424207
- Humanitarian Action for Children 2024 - State of Palestine, Revision 3 (June 2024) - UNICEF 14.07.24 424200
- WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report No.26 (11 July 2024) - World Food Programme 14.07.24 424204
- Visiting the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis yesterday, I witnessed some of the most horrific scenes I have seen in my nine months in Gaza, Deputy Humanitarian Coordina… 424205
- Education matters, July 2024 - Impact needs assessment of halted education process on the conflict affected children with and without disabilities - Education Cluster 13.07.24 424244
- oPt: Humanitarian Fund Dashboard (June 2024) - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 12.07.24 424241
- Guidance on the UN 2720 Mechanism - UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza (As of 11 July 2024) - UNOPS 12.07.24 424229
- UNRWA Situation Report No.119 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 12.07.24 424232
- Gaza: WHO chief highlights health risks of latest evacuation orders - UN News Centre 11.07.24 424224
- Humanitarian staff warn against Israeli order to evacuate Gaza City - UN News Centre 11.07.24 424223
- Birth under Bombs – 9 Months of Hell in Gaza: 9 months on from escalation of violence in Gaza, pregnant women 3 x more likely to miscarry(1) and 3 x more likely to die in chi… 424215
- Gaza Humanitarian Response Update 24 June - 7 July 2024 - UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 10.07.24 424237
- Tweet: "Working Under Unbelievable stress with limited Resources... Not PAid for 9 month - @_FilipeNeves 10.07.24 435254
- No end in sight: The repeated trauma of displacement for people in Gaza - Médecins Sans Frontières 10.07.24 424213
- Palestine - Operation Overview Infographic, May 2024 - Logistics Cluster 09.07.24 424291
- Gaza nine months on, pregnant women carry the burden of conflict - International Planned Parenthood Federation 09.07.24 424287
- Palestine - Gaza Response, Operation Overview, 1 April - 31 May 2024 - Logistics Cluster 09.07.24 424292
- Crisis in Palestine: UNFPA Palestine Situation Report, Issue No.9, 03 July 2024 - United Nations Population Fund 09.07.24 424286
- Anera’s Healthcare and Medical Aid Efforts in Gaza Amid War - American Near East Refugee Aid 09.07.24 424283
- Birth under bombs: 9 months of hell: 9 months on from the escalation of violence in Gaza, women there are now 3 times more likely to miscarry and 3 times more likely to die i… 424288
- UNRWA Situation Report No.119 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 09.07.24 424284
- On-the-record update No.5 on situation in Gaza, Palestine, Monday 8th July 2024 - Norwegian Refugee Council 08.07.24 424310
- Dr Mads Gilbert on the underestimation of Palestinian deaths - 08.07.24 423425
- UNRWA Annual Operational Report 2023 - UNRWA 08.07.24 424277
- Palestine - Conflict ETC Situation Report No.36 (Reporting period: 02/07/2024 to 08/07/2024) - Emergency Telecommunications Cluster 08.07.24 424313
- Women self-inducing labour and facing life-threatening complications in pregnancy after nine months of Gaza conflict - Save the Children 08.07.24 424309
- The last comprehensive care hospital in southern Gaza, on the limit due to the large influx of patients and the lack of supplies - Médecins Sans Frontières 05.07.24 424306
- Supply shortages and patient influxes leave Nasser hospital at breaking point - Médecins Sans Frontières 05.07.24 424302
- UNRWA Situation Report No.118 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 05.07.24 424299
- Gaza Crisis: Older people face a catastrophic situation: The ongoing conflict has devastated every aspect of life – and left older people amongst the most vulnerable - HelpAg… 424295
- Gaza: Nasser hospital on the verge of collapse - Médecins Sans Frontières 05.07.24 424290
- WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report No.25 (04 July 2024) - World Food Programme 04.07.24 424333
- Update on the UN 2720 Mechanism - UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza (as of 26 June 2024) - UNOPS 04.07.24 424328
- Palestinian writer Susan Abulhawa on the underestimation of Palestinian flights - Gaza Freedom Flotilla 04.07.24 423426
- “You lose everything sweet – memories, loved ones” Children spend the larger part of their days on the streets, always bored, always fighting. Parents are exhausted - Norwegi… 424318
- UNRWA Situation Report No.117 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 03.07.24 424320
- Gaza 'cut in two' as civilians and humanitarians adjust lives and aid efforts - UN News Centre 03.07.24 424324
- Cash Assistance IS working in Gaza, despite the skepticism: Here’s why - CALP Network 03.07.24 424325
- About 90% of people in Gaza displaced since war began, says UN agency - Guardian 03.07.24 422648
- Why Israel ordered yet another evacuation of Gaza’s Khan Younis - Al Jazeera 02.07.24 423181
- Tens of thousands displaced in new Gaza City escalation - Relief Web 01.07.24 421031
- Support and safe corners for Palestinian children: Traditional games and songs - psychological support rooted in heritage - International Federation of Red Cross And Red Cres… 420620
- Palestine (Gaza Strip) ETC Services Dashboard July 2024 - Emergency Telecommunications Cluster 01.07.24 420623
- Palestine - Conflict ETC Situation Report No.35 (Reporting period: 26/06/2024 to 01/07/2024) - Emergency Telecommunications Cluster 01.07.24 420624
- Regional Response to the Crisis in Occupied Palestinian Territory: Situation Report No.28 - 30 June 2024 - International Organization for Migration 01.07.24 420615
- Israel prevents the UN from collecting Gaza garbage, causing “extremely terrible” conditions - UN News Centre 29.06.24 420613
- Returning to “hell”: a UN humanitarian’s journey to devastated Gaza - UN News Centre 28.06.24 420606
- UNRWA Situation Report No.116 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem - UNRWA 28.06.24 420612
- Winterization Recommendations 24/25 for winterization support as part of the Shelter Cluster's efforts to mitigate the risk of humanitarian suffering during the winter month … 420604
- On-the-record update No.4 on situation in Gaza, Palestine, Thursday 27th June - Norwegian Refugee Council 27.06.24 420375
- Gaza: The EU and Belgium team up to deliver humanitarian supplies amid the ongoing crisis - European Commission 27.06.24 420377
- WFP Palestine Emergency Response External Situation Report No.24 (26 June 2024) - World Food Programme 27.06.24 420378
- Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict - UN News Centre 27.06.24 420605
- QRCS doctors in Gaza perform 18,927 medical interventions since eruption of war - Qatar Red Crescent Society 26.06.24 420359
- We will never abandon Gaza, vows UN aid chief - UN News Centre 26.06.24 420370
- The European Union and the World Health Organization sign an agreement of EUR 2.88 million to support the Palestinian Health System - World Health Organization 26.06.24 420365
- UNRWA Situation Report No.115 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 … 420381
- “My baby’s due date marked his death” - pregnant women enduring “catastrophic conditions” in Gaza – report - Christian Aid 24.06.24 420385