Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

What you need to know about the United Nations response to the conflict in the Middle East.

29 December

  • The Republic of South Africa institutes proceedings against the State of Israel and requests the Court to indicate provisional measures (ICJ Press Release)

28 December

  • UN report: Türk warns of rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the West Bank, calls for end to violence (OHCHR)

27 December

  • Voices from the frontlines A journalist’s journey through war, loss, and unyielding hope (UNDP)

23 December

  • UNDP Administrator’s statement in response to 22 December Security Council resolution (UNDP)

22 December

  • Security Council adopts key resolution on Gaza crisis; Russia, US abstain (UN News)
  • Facts and figures: Women and girls during the war in Gaza (UN Women)
  • Statement on the killing of UNDP staff member and family in Gaza (UNDP)

21 December

  • FAO expresses deep alarm over acute hunger in the Gaza Strip (FAO)
  • Gaza grapples with catastrophic hunger as new report predicts famine if conflict continues (WFP)
  • Lethal combination of hunger and disease to lead to more deaths in Gaza (WHO)
  • WHO delivers supplies to Al Ahli and Al Shifa hospitals in the north of Gaza, reiterates call for humanitarian space and ceasefire (WHO)
  • UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, calls for the immediate, safe, and unconditional release of remaining hostages after 75 days in Hamas captivity (OSRSG Sexual Violence in Conflict)

20 December

  • INTERVIEW: Destruction, displacement, and grief. Senior UNRWA official reflects on ‘unprecedented’ conflict in Gaza (UN News)
  • Until Palestine Question Is Resolved, Arab-Israeli Conflict Will Continue, Be Passed Down to Next Generations, Speakers Warn General Assembly during Emergency Session (UNGA)
  • UN Human Rights Office – OPT: Unlawful killings in Gaza City (OHCHR)
  • Humanitarian operations at risk as conflict strangles Gaza (WFP)
  • WFP delivers first aid convoy from Jordan to Gaza (WFP)

The UN Charter remains humanity’s best hope for peace.

Amid geopolitical divisions, member countries must uphold it & ensure that the UN lives up to what it was meant to be:

A forum for solutions.

A guardian of international law.

And a force for peace and security.

António Guterres

Secretary-General of the United Nations (27 May 2026)

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