In a press briefing on Tuesday, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric described stories of Israeli army motion as “extraordinarily regarding,” stressing that “we don’t need civilians to be bombed once more” or humanitarian operations “derailed once more.”
Hamas denied that it had any involvement in a reported assault on Israeli forces by Palestinian militants earlier within the day, saying that it remained dedicated to the ceasefire – accusing Israel of violating its phrases.
Response plan continues
The UN reduction coordination workplace, OCHA, mentioned that companions are scaling up efforts underneath a 60-day response plan.
“UN companions offering water and sanitation report that water distribution is increasing in northern Gaza, the place they’re now capable of ship 4,600 cubic metres day by day in 585 totally different areas throughout the governorates of Gaza and North Gaza,” Mr. Dujarric mentioned.
Preparation for the wet season is underway in Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and Gaza governorates, together with clearing stormwater drainage methods.
Vitamin programmes between 1 and 25 October handled greater than 4,300 acutely malnourished pregnant and breastfeeding ladies, whereas preventive help reached over 134,000 moms and kids underneath 5.
In the meantime, Gazans proceed efforts to relocate, many looking for simply to return to shattered houses.
“Greater than 480,000 actions from southern to northern Gaza have been noticed for the reason that onset of the ceasefire, whereas almost 100,500 actions from western to japanese Khan Younis have additionally been noticed,” Mr. Dujarric mentioned.
“To mitigate publicity to the weather, our companions are serving to displaced communities repurpose flour and rice baggage – initially distributed as meals help, clearly – into repurpose these into sandbags to bolster shelters and supply safety towards rain and wind,” he added.
Support delays
Efforts to gather humanitarian cargo from Gaza’s crossings are ongoing.
Nevertheless, help deliveries are dealing with delays as a result of a rerouting of humanitarian and industrial vans by Israeli authorities.
“In response to the rerouting, a number of companies have quickly diminished the variety of vans of their convoys pending an preliminary evaluation of the street situations,” Mr. Dujarric mentioned.
“Groups have additionally already reported congestion and heavy site visitors alongside the brand new route, resulting in delays in help cargo actions,” he added, noting that UN continues to have interaction with Israeli authorities and others to handle the slowdown.
In the meantime, stories from Israeli NGO Peace Now, cited by the UN rights workplace (OHCHR), point out an enhance in settler exercise: 84 new outposts had been established over the previous 12 months, in comparison with 49 the 12 months earlier than, alongside 757 recorded settler assaults within the first half of 2025.
