29 July
In Gaza, mounting evidence of famine and widespread starvation
“The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza,” UN-backed food security experts said on Tuesday, in a call to action amid unrelenting conflict, mass displacement and the near-total collapse of essential services in the war-battered enclave. (UN News)
- UN agencies warn key food and nutrition indicators exceed famine thresholds in Gaza (WFP)
- UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: The worst case scenario of famine is now happening in Gaza (UNRWA)
- UN Women statement on the escalating humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza (UN Women)
- IPC Gaza Strip Food Insecurity and Malnutrition Alert (WHO)
28 July
- UN chief: Israeli-Palestinian conflict at ‘breaking point,’ urges push for two-State solution (UN News)
- Secretary-General’s remarks to the wrap-up session of the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the two-State Solution (OSSG)
- While Gaza ceasefire remains elusive, UN readies for conference around Israel-Palestine two-State solution (UN News)
- Statement of UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini at the International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the Implementation of the Two-State Solution (UNRWA)
- Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’ (UN News)
- UNRWA welcomes statements of humanitarian pauses and announcements that restrictions on bringing in humanitarian aid to Gaza might be eased (UNRWA)
- Syria: Fragile ceasefire in Sweida ‘largely holding’ amid volatility (UN News)
- High-Level Conference on Implementation of Two-State Solution (UN)
27 July
- Malnutrition rates reach alarming levels in Gaza, WHO warns (WHO)
- Türk calls for pressure on Israeli Government to end carnage in Gaza (OHCHR)
- WFP Statement on Gaza (WFP)
- Statement on Gaza by Tom Fletcher, Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator (OCHA)
26 July
UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: airdrops will not reverse the deepening starvation (UNRWA)
25 July
- Gaza needs immediate ceasefire and massive scale-up in food assistance (WFP)
- WFP food trucks keep moving inside Gaza as hunger deepens and restrictions persist (WFP)
- UNRWA Commissioner-General on Gaza: A constructed and deliberate mass starvation (UNRWA)
- Considerations for the delivery of humanitarian aid during a ceasefire in Gaza (OCHA)
