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Highlights
- Thousands of trucks – including over 1,000 UNRWA trucks – carrying essential humanitarian aid have crossed into the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire until 26 January.
- Since the start of the ceasefire until 26 January, UNRWA teams have already reached more than 550,000 people with food parcels and nearly 465,000 with a total of 43,000 cubic metres of potable and domestic water in the Gaza Strip. Thousands of families across the five governorates have received non-food items, including blankets, mattresses, floor mats, clothes, kitchen items, and tarps. UNRWA continues to provide essential services, including primary health consultations and psychosocial support activities for adults and children.
- On 24 January, the Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations wrote a letter to the Secretary General ordering UNRWA to cease operations and evacuate all premises in occupied East Jerusalem by 30 January, in line with legislation passed by the Israeli Knesset in October 2024.
- On 27 January, the Israeli Forces withdrew from parts of the Netzarim corridor, allowing displaced people to return to northern Gaza on foot and in vehicles. Since then and as of 28 January, at least 376,000 persons are estimated to have crossed to the north.
- On 28 January, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini addressed the United Nations Security Council highlighting that a full implementation of the legislation against UNRWA, as adopted by the Israeli Parliament last October, “will be disastrous.”