The United Nations said in a statement Wednesday it needs to mobilize $4.07 billion to meet the most urgent needs of about three million people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including occupied Jerusalem, during 2025.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) launched today an appeal to raise more than $47 billion to provide essential assistance to about 190 million people during 2025, at a time when bloody conflicts and climate change are causing growing needs.
The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, said with the launch of the “Humanitarian Overview 2025” report: “The most vulnerable groups, including children, women, people with disabilities and the poor, pay the highest price in a world on fire.”
The UN and its partners estimate that the actual needs are much greater and that at least $6.6 billion is required to meet them.
OCHA said that crossing points into Gaza remain restricted or closed, humanitarian law and notification mechanisms are not respected, staff are held at gunpoint at checkpoints, and the population is forced to rely on very scarce aid due to the collapse of public order and security within Gaza.
