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UNRWA Situation Report #168 on the situation in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information updated for 16-22 April 2025 [EN/AR]

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  • Since the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza on the night between 17 and 18 March 2025, intense military activities and hostilities have continued to escalate, resulting in hundreds of civilians killed and injured, further damage and destruction to civilian infrastructure, and new waves of forced displacement.
  • Humanitarian aid and supplies have not entered the Gaza Strip for over 50 days now (since 2 March 2025), when the Israeli authorities imposed a siege. As a result, critical humanitarian supplies, including food, fuel medical aid and vaccines for children, are rapidly depleting; UNRWA flour supplies have run out and only 250 food parcels remain.
  • On 22 April, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini stated that, while hunger is spreading and deepening in the Gaza Strip, nearly 3,000 UNRWA trucks of lifesaving aid are ready to enter.