Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

13 April

• Statement by the Secretary-General regarding attacks by the Islamic Republic of Iran targeting Israel (OSSG)
• Guterres condemns Iran’s attack on Israel, calls for immediate end to hostilities (UN News)

12 April

• Mr. Muhannad Hadi of Jordan – Deputy Special Coordinator and Resident Coordinator, Office of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process (UNSCO)
• In Gaza, it’s chaos and ruin everywhere (UNICEF)
• Gaza: No improvement in aid access to north, insists senior UN aid official (UN News)

11 April

• UN relief chief says safety of aid workers and civilians “remains paramount” in Gaza (OCHA)
• Widespread destruction across Khan Younis as Gazans ‘struggle to survive’ (UN News)
• ‘Repeated trauma’ means long road to recovery for Gaza’s children (UN Video)
• Ceasefire the only way to end killing and injuring of children in Gaza: UNICEF (UN News)

10 April

• Khan Younis destruction – 10 April 2024 (OCHA)

9 April

• UN continues to face aid access denials in Gaza (UN News)

8 April

• Security Council urged to ‘end the bloodshed’ in Gaza (UN News)
• Palestinian request for UN membership in spotlight amid fears for Rafah invasion (UN News)
• Saudi contribution to WFP will Provide Life-saving Food Assistance to around 378,000 Internally Displaced Palestinians in Gaza (WFP)
• UNRWA USA resumes funding to the UN agency for Palestine refugees, providing $5 million in support for life-saving humanitarian relief in Gaza (UNRWA)

7 April

• Hope grows for UN mission to ‘flood’ Gaza with food, despite fears of imminent Rafah invasion (UN News)

6 April

• Gaza: ‘Systematic dismantling of healthcare must end’ says WHO (UN News)
• Planning the post-war reconstruction and recovery of Gaza (UN News)
• Six months of war leave Al-Shifa hospital in ruins, WHO mission reports (WHO)
• Six months on, the war in Gaza is a betrayal of humanity (OCHA)
• Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Mr. Jamie McGoldrick (OCHA)

5 April

• Secretary-General’s Press Encounter on Gaza (OSSG)
• Gaza: ‘No protection’ for civilians, aid workers, Security Council hears (UN News)
• Israel must allow ‘quantum leap’ in aid delivery UN chief urges, calling for change in military tactics (UN News)
• Israel’s Genocide Must Not Go Unpunished, Speakers Say as Civil Society Organizations Conference Working on Question of Palestine Concludes (UNGA)
• Gaza: Human Rights Council resolution urges arms embargo on Israel (UN News)
• SG Spokesperson noon briefing highlights (OSSG)
• Mr. Ramesh Rajasingham, Director, Coordination division, UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, on behalf of Mr. Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)
• Speakers in Security Council Condemn Deadly Israeli Airstrikes on Aid Workers in Gaza, Urge Immediate Action to End Violations of International Humanitarian Law (UNGA)
• Protecting Palestine refugee herding communities in Area C amidst heightened levels of settler violence (UNRWA)
• Human Rights Council Adopts Resolutions: Text Calling for an Immediate Ceasefire in Gaza, Urging States to Prevent the Continued Forcible Transfer of Palestinians Within or From Gaza, and Calling on States to Cease the Sale or Transfer of Arms to Israel (UN HRC)
• Gaza: FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation (FAO)
• Occupied Palestinian Territory/Israel: Vital need to ensure humanitarian aid and protect humanitarian workers (OHCHR)