“Intensified strikes on Gaza Metropolis, together with on tents, residential buildings, infrastructure proceed to inflict heavy casualties,” the UN support coordination company, OCHA, mentioned.
In an replace, the UN company additionally famous that a number of well being amenities have shut in Gaza Metropolis within the north of the enclave this month together with group kitchens, which have additionally closed because the Israeli navy operation continues.
The event adopted an pressing warning concerning the catastrophic affect of the struggle on Gaza’s youngsters – “killed whereas sleeping, taking part in, queuing for meals and water, looking for medical care” – from the UN’s high support official, Tom Fletcher.
“They’ve been bombed, maimed, starved, burned alive, buried within the rubble of their properties, separated from their mother and father…scraping via the rubble for meals, enduring amputations with out anaesthetic,” he mentioned, at a scheduled occasion on the sidelines of the UN Basic Meeting in New York.
To handle this disaster, the Worldwide Courtroom of Justice (ICJ) provisional measures that require Israel to facilitate urgently help all through Gaza have to be carried out, insisted Mr. Fletcher, whereas additionally highlighting the Israeli youngsters killed or taken hostage throughout Hamas-led terror assaults on 7 October 2023.
Different key UN updates from Gaza:
- Amongst many reported assaults within the final week, on 19 September, a four-year-old boy and a five-year-old woman had been killed and others injured when their tent was hit in Al Mawasi, Khan Younis, OCHA mentioned.
- Amid ongoing famine throughout the Strip, a two-kilogramme bundle of bread now prices greater than $9, in contrast with 30 cents at UN-supported bakeries in early 2025.
- Within the week to 23 September, out of 94 makes an attempt to coordinate support missions deliberate actions with Israeli authorities throughout the Gaza Strip, solely 35 went forward.
- No support has been collected in northern Gaza for the reason that Zikim crossing was closed on 12 September. This has compelled support companions who present cooked meals to convey provides from the south regardless of heavy congestion on Al Rashid Street and persevering with safety considerations.
- This week in northern Gaza, there was a discount of about 50,000 every day meals in contrast with 109,000 meals final weekend, after some group kitchens closed because the navy offensive escalates in Gaza Metropolis.
- In southern Gaza, households shelter “squeezed into makeshift tents alongside the seashore” or are packed into overcrowded colleges. Others need to sleep out within the open and amid rubble, whereas fundamental providers are ‘past capability’.
- Preventing between Palestinian armed teams and Israeli forces has additionally been reported in Gaza Metropolis along with rocket hearth by Palestinian armed teams into Israel on 21 September.
- Israeli strikes on residential buildings and tents sheltering internally displaced individuals and other people looking for support have been reported as soon as once more, with reviews of managed detonations.
- In a 48-hour interval between 19 and 20 September, not less than 51 Palestinians had been killed in 18 recorded assaults on residential buildings in Gaza Metropolis; virtually all of these killed had been civilians, in accordance with the UN human rights workplace.
- “Further waves of displacement” significantly from Gaza Metropolis, have been attributable to new evacuation orders by Israel, its ongoing navy floor operations and bombardment, OCHA harassed.
- The important thing Allenby Bridge crossing level for support aid from Jordan through the occupied West Financial institution stays closed after a Jordanian truck driver shot and killed two Israeli troopers.
- In August, a couple of quarter of aid objects coming into Gaza via the UN 2720 mechanism got here through Jordan, together with meals, tents, and different urgently wanted provides.
Newest knowledge from the Gaza authorities signifies that within the week to 24 September, 357 Palestinians had been killed and 1,463 had been injured. Since 7 October 2023, greater than 65,400 individuals have been killed in Gaza and 167,160 have been injured, the well being ministry reviews.
The variety of casualties amongst these attempting to entry support provides has elevated, with 2,531 fatalities and greater than 18,531 reportedly injured since 27 Could 2025, OCHA famous.
As well as, as of 19 September, 440 malnutrition-related deaths together with 147 youngsters have been documented, since October 2023.
