UN response to the conflict in the Middle East

31 July

Report: Palestinian detainees held arbitrarily and secretly, subjected to torture and mistreatment (OHCHR)
Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on the Situation in the Middle East (OSSG)

30 July

We have reached a tragic and devastating milestone that I was hoping we would never cross.

Since the war began in October 2023, we have lost 202 UNRWA colleagues, all killed in Gaza.

May they rest in peace.

They were teachers, doctors, nurses, social workers, engineers, support staff, logisticians, and technology and communications workers.

They were dedicated to serving their communities.

Message from the Commissioner-General : Fallen UNRWA colleagues in Gaza (UNRWA)

Experts hail ICJ declaration on illegality of Israel’s presence in the occupied Palestinian territory as “historic” for Palestinians and international law (OHCHR)
Gaza’s displaced people face a new peril: Hepatitis A outbreak (UNRWA)
WHO and United Arab Emirates evacuate 85 patients from Gaza (WHO)

29 July

New forced displacements have continued in Gaza as regional tensions escalate after a deadly strike in the Syrian Golan Heights, where 12 youngsters were killed over the weekend, UN humanitarians have said. (UN News)
Report: UNDP/PAPP’s Emergency Response to Solid Waste Management (UNDP)

28 July

Note to correspondents: In response to questions on the attack in the Israeli-occupied Golan (OSSG)

26 July

Regional Health Ministers rally to support immediate steps to stop polio from paralyzing children in the Gaza Strip (WHO)
Briefing to the United Nations Security Council by UNRWA Deputy Commissioner General, Ms. Antonia De Meo (UNRWA)

24 July

Israeli authorities must stop targeting Palestinian human rights defenders: Special Rapporteur (OHCHR)
Statement by UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell on the situation in the Gaza Strip (UNICEF)
Fifteen children from Gaza to receive urgent medical care in Spain (WHO)

22 July

A UN convoy has been hit by “heavy shooting” from Israeli forces at a checkpoint while en route to Gaza city, the United Nations agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday. (UN News)

A displaced Palestinian woman washes clothes in a classroom at shelter run by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza.

UNRWA stresses need to protect humanitarians after convoy hit in Gaza (UNRWA)
On average, one Palestinian child was killed in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, every two days since October 2023, a nearly three-and-a-half-fold increase from the previous nine months (UNICEF)
UN Commission of Inquiry welcomes International Court of Justice Advisory Opinion stating that Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory is now illegal under international law (OHCHR)