UNRWA Situation Report #158 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information updated for 29 January - 4 February 2025 [EN/AR]

Highlights

• As of 30 January, Knesset legislation against UNRWA started to go into effect. This includes implementing a no-contact policy between UNRWA and the Israeli authorities.
• UNRWA operations however in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank continue, with tens of thousands of staff providing essential services and urgent humanitarian response.
• Following the Israeli authorities’ decision not to renew their work visas, UNRWA international staff were forced to leave East Jerusalem on 29 January.
• Thousands of trucks – including over 1,500 UNRWA trucks – carrying essential humanitarian aid have crossed into the Gaza Strip since the ceasefire entered into effect on 19 January (numbers above valid until 2 February).
• Since the start of the ceasefire, UNRWA teams are estimated to have reached around 1.2 million people with critical food assistance.
• The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) reported that, as areas that have undergone months of military activity have become newly accessible by humanitarians and civilians following the implementation of the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, “it is likely they will become more exposed to the threat posed by explosive ordnance (EO)”.