UNRWA Situation Report #175 on the Humanitarian Crisis in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. All information updated for 5 – 11 June 2025

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 tens of thousands of civilians reportedly killed and injured, further damage and destruction to civilian infrastructure, and new waves of forced displacement.
• According to OCHA, people are confined to ever-shrinking spaces, with 82 per cent of the Gaza Strip now within the Israeli-militarized zone, under displacement orders, or where these overlap. The UN estimates that nearly 665,000 people have been displaced yet again since the breakdown of the ceasefire, including over 227,000 between 15 May and 11 June.
• On 10 June, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted on X (previously known as Twitter) that “Day after day, casualties and scores of injured are reported at distribution points manned by Israel and private security companies.” He added that this “humiliating system” forces thousands of hungry and desperate people to walk very long distance, "excluding the most vulnerable and those living too far,” and stated that “This system does not intend to address hunger.”
• On 10 June, a blackout of internet connectivity and significant disruptions to mobile networks in Gaza city and north Gaza were reported by a major telecommunications and internet service provider. Without the immediate delivery of fuel and engine oil, telecommunications services are expected to shut down imminently, which could lead to a complete collapse of telecommunications and internet services.
• Mass demolitions and accompanying orders, in the context of the Israeli Forces operation that started on 21 January, continued in the northern West Bank. The Director of UNRWA Affairs in the West Bank, Roland Friedrich, published a post on X (previously known as Twitter) about the “mass demolition”, stating that “The West Bank is not a warzone. It is governed by international standards and codes of conduct for law enforcement, which Israeli (Security) Forces have an obligation to uphold. Law enforcement exists for the purpose of safeguarding human rights, not violating them. It should seek to protect the most vulnerable, not further victimise them. Above all, it should preserve human dignity and life.”

Key points

The Gaza Strip

• Since the night between 17 and 18 March, the Israeli Forces have escalated bombardments from air, land and sea across the Gaza Strip and expanded ground operations, resulting in tens of thousands of reported casualties, destruction of civilian infrastructure, and large-scale displacement. Hospitals continue to be hit with extremely severe consequences on the provision of lifesaving treatments, alongside residential buildings, schools, and tents where forcibly displaced people live. According to OCHA, fighting between the Israeli Forces and Palestinian armed groups has been reported. One rocket was reportedly fired by Palestinian armed groups in Gaza toward Israel on 10 June and intercepted.

• Since 19 May, after almost 80 days of siege on the entry of aid and any other supplies into the Gaza Strip – including food, medicine and fuel, the Israeli authorities have allowed only a select number of UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to resume the delivery of limited aid into Gaza. OCHA confirmed that limited amounts of certain food, nutrition supplies, medical supplies, and water purification items have entered the Gaza Strip since 19 May. However, UNRWA has not been able to bring in any supplies for more than three months (since 2 March).

• OCHA reported that limited access, long delays in movement approvals (sometimes up to 36 hours and beyond), constantly shifting, insecure convoy routes, intensified military operations, and a breakdown of public order and safety with a very high risk of looting continue to severely constrain operations to collect aid from Kerem Shalom crossing and are placing humanitarian staff, drivers and trucks at significant risk.

• OCHA reported that the militarized distribution mechanism of food supplies, through the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), began on 27 May at two points set up in Rafah and Deir al-Balah. Since then, thousands of Palestinians reportedly walked towards these distribution sites to receive food packages, but several shooting incidents resulted in mass casualties. According to OCHA, as of 11 June, the Gaza Ministry of Health reported that hospitals have received 224 people killed and over 1,858 people injured from the areas newly designated for food distributions.

• On 10 June, UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini posted on X (previously known as Twitter) that “Day after day, casualties and scores of injured are reported at distribution points manned by Israel and private security companies.” He added that this “humiliating system” forces thousands of hungry and desperate people to walk very long distance, "excluding the most vulnerable and those living too far,” and stated that “This system does not intend to address hunger.”

• The World Food Programme (WFP) stated that, since 19 May and as of 10 of June, it had only transported over 700 trucks of aid to the Kerem Shalom border crossing point. “This compares to 600-700 trucks of aid transported per day during the ceasefire earlier this year. The trucks carried over 11,000 metric tons (MT) of food but only 6,000 metric tons entered Gaza – enough to support less than 300,000 people for a month with minimal daily food requirements. This is a small fraction of what is needed for a population of 2.1 million people and far too low to meet the overwhelming needs.” According to the Food Security Sector as reported by OCHA, most of the 6,000 MT of wheat flour that entered Gaza since 19 May was offloaded by hungry people in dire need, mostly coming from the north, to feed their families, and in some cases by armed criminals, before reaching warehouses or designated distribution points.

• The restrictions on the entry of fuel – now entering its fourth month, continue placing life-sustaining services at severe risk. While forced mass displacement continues, no shelter supplies have entered the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the 11-week-long siege imposed by the Israeli authorities on 2 March. According to OCHA, between 15 May and 9 June, missions to retrieve fuel from northern Gaza were denied by the Israeli authorities 14 times and about 260,000 litres of it were recently looted.

• On 10 June, OCHA reported that a major telecommunications and internet service provider confirmed a critical infrastructure failure, resulting in a blackout of internet connectivity and significant disruptions to mobile networks in Gaza city and north Gaza. The Emergency and Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) warned that, without the immediate delivery of fuel and engine oil, telecommunications services are expected to shut down imminently, which could lead to a complete collapse of telecommunications and internet services.

• The health response in the Gaza Strip continues to face severe operational challenges, including extensive damage to health facilities, obstacles to safe movements and restrictions on the entry of medical supplies. Between 1 January and 31 May 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 76 attacks on health care across the Gaza Strip. According to WHO, only 17 out of 36 hospitals are partially functional and only 61 out of 160 primary health care facilities are functional.

• UNRWA medical services are critically under-resourced. Forty-seven per cent of essential supplies are already out of stock and over one fifth (22 per cent) are projected to run out in under two months.

• All UNRWA international staff are banned from entering the Gaza Strip since the few remaining left at the end of March. This follows the passage of two laws by Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on 28 October 2024[2], which aimed to prohibit UNRWA’s operations in “Israeli territory” and bar any contact between UNRWA and Israeli officials.

• Meanwhile, around 12,000 Palestinian UNRWA personnel in Gaza continue to provide services and assistance to an entire population in need, while spearheading the collective humanitarian response. In the occupied West Bank including East Jerusalem, over 4,000 UNRWA Palestinian local staff continue to provide education, health and other services to Palestine Refugees. No visas have been issued from the Government of Israel to UNRWA international staff since end of January 2025.

• With at least 39 displacement orders issued by the Israeli military since 18 March, about 277.6 square kilometres of the Gaza Strip are now under active displacement orders (the total area of the Gaza Strip is approximately 365 square kilometres). According to OCHA, over four-fifths (or 82 per cent) of the Gaza Strip are within the Israeli-militarized zone, under displacement orders, or where these overlap. The UN estimates that nearly 665,000 people have been displaced yet again since the breakdown of the ceasefire (mid-March), including over 227,000 between 15 May and 11 June alone.

• Between 4 and 10 June, six displacement orders were issued by Israeli Forces. Of these, five affected areas with 83 UNRWA installations.

  • On 10 June, the Israeli Forces issued a displacement order impacting areas of north Gaza ((Al-Karama neighborhood, Ibad Al-Rahman area and Al-Shanti Land area). Three UNRWA installations are located in the affected area.
  • On 9 June, the Israeli Forces issued a displacement order impacting Gaza City (At Tuffah, eastern part of Ad Darraj) and north Gaza (Ar Rawdah, Jabalia El Balad). Seven UNRWA installations are located in the affected area.
  • On 8 June, the Israeli Forces reportedly dropped leaflets in the Al Amal area of Khan Younis, containing a displacement order impacting the same area of the displacement order issued on 2 June 2025. Eight UNRWA installations are located in the affected area.
  • On 7 June, the Israeli Forces issued a displacement order impacting north Gaza (Safatawi, An Nahdah). Two UNRWA installations are located in the affected area.
  • On 4 June, the Israeli Forces issued a displacement order impacting Gaza City (Tuffah, Shaja'iya, Az Zaitoun, Gaza Old City, and the eastern part of Ad Darraj) and the entire north Gaza. Seventy-five UNRWA installations are located in the affected area.

• At least 182 UNRWA installations – or around half of all UNRWA installations in the Gaza Strip – are located within the Israeli-militarized zone, under displacement orders, or where these overlap.

• Despite the lack of aid and existing challenges, UNRWA continues providing services to communities overwhelmed by 20 months of bombardment, forced displacement, and lack of critical resources. However, the resumed bombardment and the 11-week-long siege, which completely banned entry of any basic supplies from UNRWA since 2 March, have further worsened an already dire situation, severely hindering humanitarian actors’ ability to respond to the population’s need for food, water, sanitation, shelter and more.

• According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people – or about 90 per cent of the population – across the Gaza Strip have been displaced during the war. Many have been displaced repeatedly, some 10 times or more. Since the recent displacement orders were issued, more people have been forced to flee in search of safety.

• Between 7 October 2023 and 11 June 2025, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, as stated by OCHA, at least 55,104 Palestinians have reportedly been killed in Gaza and 127,394 have been injured.

• Since the war began 317 UNRWA team members have been confirmed killed.

• OCHA reported that, of the 102 planned aid movements coordinated with Israeli authorities across Gaza from 4 to 10 June 2025, 48 were denied, five were initially accepted but faced impediments, 18 withdrawn, and 31 facilitated. Overall, of the 139 planned aid movements coordinated with Israeli authorities across the Gaza Strip between 1 and 10 June, 72 were denied, nine impeded, 18 withdrawn, and 40 facilitated.