Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

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

15 February

  • UN Human Rights concerned by pattern of Israeli raids on Gaza medical facilities (OHCHR)
  • Israel’s symbolic “ban” must not distract from atrocity crimes in Gaza: UN expert (OHCHR)
  • Despite myriad challenges, UNRWA continues lifesaving work in Gaza (UN News)
  • Gaza: Threat of ground invasion looms over Rafah (UN News)
  • Media Quote by UN Humanitarian Coordinator about Increase of Civilian Casualties in South Lebanon (OCHA)

13 February

  • Military operations in Rafah could lead to a slaughter in Gaza and put a fragile humanitarian operation at death’s door – Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)
  • Statement to the media by Philippe Lazzarini, UNWRA Commissioner-General (UNRWA)

12 February

  • UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Israeli operation into Rafah (OHCHR)
  • Gaza: Every day, more and more people are on the brink of famine-like conditions – Interview with FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol on Gaza and other global emergencies including Ukraine and Sudan (FAO)

10 February

  • Verification of damages to schools based on proximity to damaged sites – Gaza, Occupied Palestinian Territory (UNICEF)

9 February

  • Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on Rafah, Gaza (UNICEF)
  • Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) – Public hearings to be held from Monday 19 to Monday 26 February 2024 (ICJ)

8 February

  • War on Gaza: twenty-first century’s deadliest 100 days? (ESCWA)
  • Why Donors Should Not Suspend Aid to UNRWA (UNRWA)
  • Allegations Against UNRWA Staff (UNRWA)
  • Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Nicaragua requests permission to intervene in the proceedings under Article 62 of the Statute (ICJ)

7 February

  • Gaza war enters fifth month amid reports of potential ceasefire deal (UN News)
  • As crisis enters fifth month, further fighting in Rafah risks claiming more lives and exacerbating humanitarian needs – Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)

5 February

  • Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel (UN News)

2 February

  • Stories of loss and grief: At least 17,000 children are estimated to be unaccompanied or separated from their parents in the Gaza Strip (UNICEF).

1 February

  • The Gaza Strip: Humanitarian crisis deepens at a time funding suspensions put UNRWA aid operations in peril (UNRWA)

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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