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Highlights
- Since the collapse of the ceasefire in Gaza on the night between 17 and 18 March 2025, intense Israeli Forces activities escalated, resulting in thousands 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 nearly two months (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 and food parcels have run out and around one third of essential medical supplies are already out of stock. This is having a devastating impact on the population, particularly on vulnerable groups including children, women and the elderly.
- On 28 April, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) began advisory proceedings on the “Obligations of Israel in relation to the presence and activities of the United Nations, other international organizations and third states in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory.” UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini welcomed the ongoing hearings and stated that “unlawful restrictions on the work of UNRWA and other organisations hamper the delivery of assistance to people in need,”
- On 29 April, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted on X (previously known as Twitter) that, since the start of the war in the Gaza Strip, over 50 UNRWA staff – among them teachers, doctors, social workers – have been detained and abused.