Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

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

4 April

  • Gaza: Resuming night-time aid deliveries, UN reports ‘dire’ conditions (UN News)

3 April

  • ‘Shocking’ increase in children denied aid in conflicts (UN News)
  • Israel/Gaza: UN experts deplore attacks on Al-Shifa Hospital, urge States to stop the massacre (UN HRC)
  • Civil society and civilians must be protected in “harrowing” Gaza conflict (OHCHR)
  • Gaza: Aid worker killings prompt temporary halt to UN operations after dark (UN News)
  • $414 million appeal for Palestine refugees in Syria, Lebanon and Jordan (UN News)
  • Millions of dollars needed to make Gaza safe from unexploded bombs (UN News)
  • WHO Director-General’s opening remarks at the media briefing (WHO)
  • 2024 Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan Emergency Appeal (UNRWA)
  • Social and Economic Situation of Palestinian Women and Girls (July 2020 – June 2022) (ESCWA)

2 April

  • Gaza: Israeli strike on NGO aid team condemned as humanitarians renew access call (UN News)
  • Gaza: UN aid teams still waiting for Israeli green light to relieve stricken northern hospital (UN News)
  • “We need real action”—Palestinian women speak of hope and resilience amid the horrors of war in Gaza (UN Women)
  • Joint World Bank, UN Report Assesses Damage to Gaza’s Infrastructure (World Bank)
  • Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory Mr. Jamie McGoldrick (OCHA)

1 April

  • Israel continues to block aid into northern Gaza; UN sending team to shattered Al-Shifa Hospital (UN News)

30 March

  • UN launches investigation into Lebanon explosion that injured peacekeepers (UN News)
  • Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on incident close to the Blue Line (OSSG)

28 March

  • Gaza: World court issues fresh measures for Israel as crisis deepens (UN News)
  • Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) The Court indicates additional provisional measures (ICJ)
  • Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in the Middle East (UN)
  • Zakat Report shows why UNRWA’s annual Ramadan Campaign matters, as donations pour in (UNRWA)
  • Media Quote by UN Humanitarian Coordinator about increase of Civilian Casualties in South Lebanon (OCHA | UN RC \ HC Lebanon)
  • A silent threat: Gaza’s struggle with solid waste management (UNDP)

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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