Attachments
Highlights
The Gaza Strip
- On 3 December, the UNRWA Commissioner-General issued a statement on the continued challenges facing people in Gaza, as well as how UNRWA colleagues assist the population – including by supplying 90,000 cubic metres of water to communities and disposing of 9,000 tons of solid waste in November 2025.
- Over the past week, airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire continued to be reported across the Gaza Strip, with most incidents occurring in the vicinity of the so-called “Yellow Line,” resulting in casualties. The Ministry of Health (MoH) reported, according to OCHA, that since the ceasefire, 360 Palestinians have been killed, 922 injured and 617 bodies have been retrieved from under the rubble.
- Over the past week, shifts in the yellow cement blocks marking the so-called “Yellow Line” have prompted new waves of displacement. According to the Protection Cluster, coupled with winter weather, these compounding factors have disrupted service delivery, decreased community participation in planned protection activities, and heightened protection risks and psychological distress, particularly among vulnerable groups including children, persons with disabilities, older persons, and female-headed households.
- UNRWA continues to steadily expand its service delivery across parts of the Gaza Strip. Over 62,000 students have been reached with in-person learning activities over the reporting period. UNRWA also scaled up primary healthcare services in northern Gaza, with 2,600 daily medical consultations delivered across five medical facilities in Gaza City and North Gaza Area.
The West Bank including East Jerusalem
- On 8 December, Israeli police accompanied by municipal officials forcibly entered the UNRWA compound in East Jerusalem, cutting all communications, seizing furniture, IT equipment and other property, and replacing the UN flag with an Israeli flag. The UNRWA Commissioner-General condemned these actions as “a blatant disregard of Israel’s obligation as a United Nations Member State,” while UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Israel to “immediately take all necessary steps to restore, preserve and uphold the inviolability of UNRWA premises.”
- In the northern West Bank, the Israeli Forces ‘Five Stones’ operation continued into a second week in Tubas governate, including in Far’a Camp. According to Israeli Forces, the operation concluded on 5 December.