麻豆APP

4 December 2025

OCHA says that the humanitarian scale-up is well underway in Gaza,* even as insecurity persists, with frequent reports of attacks across the Strip causing casualties – including among civilians – and further destruction.

On Monday, partners leading on shelter and protection support distributed critical items to thousands of households – including thousands of winter clothing items and hundreds of bedding kits – as well as tents, tarpaulins and kitchen sets. About 1,100 people were also??that day with individual protection services, ranging from psychological support to legal consultations. Also on Monday, partners set up 30 activity tents in different locations across Gaza to provide safe spaces where children can access psychosocial support and structured activities.

In November, the UN and its partners distributed monthly food parcels to more than 60 per cent of Gaza’s population – about 1.3 million people out of 2.1 million. Humanitarians are also supporting community kitchens, bread production, and other activities critical to addressing food insecurity.

Throughout November, mine action partners conducted just over 130 assessments of explosive hazards across priority humanitarian locations – including warehouses, distribution points, major transport corridors and key infrastructure – classifying their findings as low, medium or high risk. This mapping exercise has been essential to enable the UN and its partners across all sectors – food, water, health, shelter, education and beyond – to scale up operations based on the plan for the initial period of the ceasefire.

Mine action partners also continue to educate people, especially children, on how to stay safe around explosive hazards, reaching thousands of people every week.

At the same time, OCHA warns that humanitarians in Gaza continue to face impediments to their efforts to fully implement the scale-up. OCHA urges full respect for the ceasefire to ensure that the safety of all civilians – including aid workers – is fully guaranteed. In addition, more crossings must open so that higher volumes of more diverse supplies can enter Gaza through multiple routes, and without delays or other impediments. The work of all humanitarian partners – including UNRWA and NGOs – must be facilitated. To that end, customs currently imposed on humanitarian supplies should be waived and restrictive registration requirements lifted.