Gaza: News, Stories & Official Statements

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

31 January

Letter to the United States Congressional Office on Foreign Affairs from the UNRWA Representative Office, Washington (UNRWA)

30 January

  • Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza (IASC)
  • ‘No substitute’ for UNRWA’s lifesaving work in Gaza: Senior Humanitarian Coordinator (UN News)

29 January

  • UNRWA: HR/VP Borrell speaks to UN Secretary General Guterres (EU)

28 January

27 January

  • UNRWA’s lifesaving aid may end due to funding suspension (UNRWA)

26 January

  • Statement by Ms. Alice Wairimu Nderitu, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, on the situation in the Middle East and on the Order of the International Court of Justice (UN)
  • 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 provisional measures (ICJ Press Release)
  • Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on allegations concerning UNRWA (Spokesperson’s office)
  • Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on ICJ (Spokesperson’s office)
  • UN world court calls for prevention of genocidal acts in Gaza (UN News)
  • “Escalation of Hostilities in South Lebanon: Growing Toll on Civilians Deepens their Struggles” Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator in Lebanon Mr. Imran Riza (OCHA)
  • Serious allegations against UNRWA staff in the Gaza Strip (UNRWA)

25 January

  • Senior UN official in Gaza: civilians trapped amid intensified attacks in Khan Younis (OCHA oPt)
  • Hunger’s border: Why aid trucks taking humanitarian gear and food into Gaza face long waits (WFP)

24 January

  • UN Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Ms. Pramila Patten, to visit Israel and the occupied West Bank (OSRSG Sexual Violence in Conflict)
  • Hostilities in the Gaza Strip – Call for Action: Denial of Children’s Right to Education in Gaza (UNICEF)
  • Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip (South Africa v. Israel) – Request for the indication of provisional measures (ICJ Press Release)

23 January

  • Secretary-General’s remarks to the Security Council – on the Middle East (Spokesperson’s office)
  • Bombardment, displacement and collapsed health care: a crisis for women and girls in Gaza (UNRWA)
  • WHO and partners bring fuel to Al-Shifa, as remaining hospitals in Gaza face growing threats (WHO)

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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