Palestine

30 July 2025

Despite the humanitarian pauses since 27 July 2025 in Al Mawasi, Deir Al Balah, and Gaza city, aid delivery through border crossings and airdrops is still limited and insufficient to cover needs. The entire population continues to be food-insecure, facing Crisis (IPC Phase 3) levels or worse. The situation in Gaza is described as the worst-case scenario of Famine (IPC Phase 5), driven by conflict, the Israeli blockade, and continuous displacement. By 29 July, there had been 147 reported deaths from starvation and malnutrition since 7 October 2023. (AP 28/07/2025, IPC 29/07/2025, AJ 29/07/2025)

23 July 2025

Because of the Israeli blockade on humanitarian aid since 2 March 2025, food and water supplies in Gaza have been nearly exhausted, resulting in widespread malnutrition and starvation. The entire population remains at Crisis (IPC Phase 3) or worse food insecurity levels; at least 22% face Catastrophe (IPC Phase 5) conditions. Between 20–22 July, approximately 21 children died from malnutrition. Many other children and adults arrive at hospitals severely weakened or collapse in the streets from hunger. Doctors, aid workers, and journalists are increasingly unable to operate given extreme exhaustion. Insecurity highly restricts access to the limited food available. When Israeli forces grant UN aid convoys entry, starving people rush towards the trucks, seeing the Israeli forces open fire on civilians and aid being looted before reaching distribution centres. In one such instance, nearly 80 people were killed after a WFP aid convoy entered Gaza on 20 July. (IPC 12/05/2025, WFP 21/07/2025, CBS 22/07/2025)

16 July 2025

Insecurity and fuel shortages have severely affected water distribution in Gaza, with only 40% of drinking water facilities operational by July 2025. This has led to a significant decrease in water production, which has fallen below half of March levels. Families are forced to use unsafe water sources, exposing them to waterborne diseases, including cholera, diarrhoea, hepatitis, and dysentery. (IRC 11/07/2025, STC 09/07/2025)

09 July 2025

Settler violence continues to slowly displace Palestinians in the West Bank. Between 2–4 July, armed settlers in an outpost established in the central Jordan Valley harassed the Palestinian community of Arab Al Ka’abneh by stealing about 60 sheep, occupying homes, and vandalising property. As a result, 26 families were displaced from the area. Their immediate needs are likely to include shelter, food, and NFIs. (OHCHR 04/07/2025, SABA 04/07/2025, AJ 07/07/2025)

09 July 2025

By 3 July, Gaza’s health system continued to face a near collapse caused by fuel shortages since 2 March. Hospitals, including Al Shifa, have reduced operations, cutting dialysis and suspending oxygen production. Nearly all public hospitals are damaged or non-operational, and the remaining facilities are overwhelmed, lacking fuel and medical supplies, resulting in high needs for healthcare services. (ICRC 02/07/2025, The New Arab 03/07/2025)

25 June 2025

Access to humanitarian aid at the newly established US- and Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation distribution centres in southern Gaza continues to be highly challenging. Between 27 May and 23 June 2025, violence killed at least 467 people and injured 3,602 while en route to or at the aid sites, indicating extremely restricted access for Gazans to aid, especially food. (ACLED 20/06/2025, UN 18/06/2025, Al Mamlaka TV 23/06/2025)

25 June 2025

Since hostilities escalated between Israel and Iran on 13 June 2025, Israeli forces have imposed a strict lockdown on the West Bank, with up to 800 iron gates, concrete barriers, and roadblocks limiting movement in areas of Hebron, the Jordan Valley, Nablus, Qalqilya, and Ramallah. Livelihoods, medical care access, and aid delivery are disrupted. The lockdown is also preventing farmers from transporting their harvest to markets, forcing them to destroy the harvest instead and leading to income loss and reduced food access. Shortages in medical supplies, such as anaesthesia, and the cancellation of critical surgeries are reported, especially in hospitals in the south, including Hebron. Checkpoints and roadblocks are also forcing patients, including the critically ill, to walk long distances, risking being shot or denied passage. Insecurity at checkpoints and from Iranian air strikes is also restricting aid workers’ movement and aid delivery. (Anera 20/06/2025, MSF 23/06/2025, OCHA 18/06/2025)