The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has said that the situation in Gaza remains dire for hundreds of thousands of families in need despite continuing aid deliveries and efforts to expand services.
In a report released on Tuesday, OCHA affirmed that more than one million people in the Strip are in urgent need of shelter assistance, amid widespread destruction of residential areas and a severe shortage of basic needs.
“Sustainable solutions are urgently needed to meet the needs of the more than one million people requiring shelter support, including toolkits to repair people’s homes, materials to create communal heating spaces and equipment to remove debris and rubble to clear land for housing,” OCHA said.
“Since Wednesday, humanitarian partners have reached over 2,300 families with cash vouchers and in-kind winterization support. They have also provided mental health and psychosocial support and case management assistance to hundreds of people,” OCHA added
OCHA also said it managed, along with its humanitarian partners, to reach more than 7,500 families with tents, tarpaulins, sealing-off kits, mattresses and blankets, and child protection partners delivered winter clothes to some 1,400 children across the Strip.
OCHA and its partners also provide bread to at least 43 percent of the population across the Gaza Strip every day, which is free or sold at a subsidized price of under $1 for a two‑kilogram bundle.
On October 7, 2023, the Israeli occupation, backed by the US and Europe, carried out a campaign of genocide in Gaza, killing, starving, destroying, displacing, and imprisoning civilians, ignoring international calls and defying orders from the International Court of Justice to halt the assault.
