Gaza ceasefire response

Yesterday, partners specializing in response to gender-based violence distributed 6,450 winterization kits and kits as well as 126 sexual and reproductive health kits.

UNICEF is focused on providing vaccines and support teams for immunization catch-up activities to prevent disease outbreaks, while expanding and scaling up the screening and treatment of malnutrition. More than 350 UNICEF aid trucks have entered the Gaza Strip in ongoing efforts to meet the needs of about 1 million children after 15 months of bombardment. Source

Today, one of our humanitarian partners raised awareness about explosive hazards to people gathering on Al Rasheed and Salah Al Din roads in anticipation for the opening of the Israeli checkpoint. Other protection awareness materials were also provided.

Today, UN partners visited Al Helal Emirati Maternity Hospital and Al Najjar Hospital in the Rafah governorate, where they carried out damage assessments. Both hospitals require significant repairs and medical equipment to become operational.

Today, UNRWA dispatched 3,978 hygiene kits to distribution centres across the Gaza Strip.

Today, UNRWA dispatched 8,160 sacks of flour to the distribution centres across the Gaza Strip.

Today, UNMAS cleared the Rafah logistical base and warehouse as well as the Shaboura clinic of unexploded ordnance, allowing the rehabilitation process to begin.

The United Nations Mine Action Service (UNMAS) reports that, as families return to their homes, they are rapidly increasing their capacity to mitigate the risk of explosive ordnance to civilians and humanitarians alike.

The World Food Programme aims to deliver at least 150 trucks loaded with food into Gaza every day. The trucks are carrying parcels of ready-to-eat meals and bags of wheat flour.

The World Food Programme has enough food pre-positioned and on its way to support over a million people in Gaza for thre months. This includes food parcels, supplies for bakeries, and nutrition supplements for children.