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Today the UN flag is lowered globally in solidarity with over 1,000 aid workers killed in past three years. We lower our flags. We remember our friends and colleagues. We demand accountability for those who killed them.

The United Nations has called for an investigation into the recent “horrific” killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in Gaza who were reportedly targeted by a drone while collecting firewood.

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Two children clear debris outside a tent in Gaza City.

Air strikes and shelling continue in Gaza 

https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/12/1166505 

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3 December 2025 Humanitarian Aid

The UN has called for an investigation into the recent “horrific” killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in Gaza who were reportedly targeted by a drone while collecting firewood. 

This comes as humanitarians continue to receive reports that air strikes, shelling, gunfire and other continuing Israeli military operations in the enclave are causing more civilian casualties, displacement and destruction.

In recent days, hundreds of families were reportedly displaced in two neighbourhoods in eastern Gaza City following strikes and movement of military equipment, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists in New York on Wednesday.

Investigation and accountability

He was asked about the killing of the boys, which occurred on Saturday.  

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) acknowledged the strike in a post on social media, saying troops had identified two terrorists crossing the ‘yellow line’ in northern Gaza, thus posing an immediate threat to them.

The incident was “horrific, to say the least,” Mr. Dujarric said. 

“It's hard to see how two boys, eight and 10, can be considered a threat. And there needs to be an investigation and accountability into what happened.”

Health sector support in Rafah

Across Gaza, the UN and partners continue to aid people in need, wherever access is available, and six additional healthcare service points have opened since Sunday.

“Yesterday in Rafah, a team from the World Health Organization (WHO) also managed to reach the European Hospital, which remains non-operational, to move some vital equipment to functioning healthcare facilities,” he said.

However, the Israeli security authorities continue to deny attempts to gain access to Kamal Adwan Hospital in North Gaza.

WHO also facilitated the referral and transfer of the first patient to the Emirati Field Hospital since before the Rafah incursion last year, which had rendered the facility inaccessible. It is the only functioning medical facility serving the Rafah area.

Winter supplies for vulnerable households

Meanwhile, preparations for winter are a key priority, Mr. Dujarric said, and the UN and partners continue to deliver shelter supplies and other critical items to the most vulnerable households. 

“Since Sunday, some 4,400 families received tents, tarpaulins, blankets, winter clothing and kitchen sets across Gaza through UN-coordinated deliveries,” he said.

“In addition, our partners managing displacement sites report that work is ongoing to help prepare suitable locations for those seeking to leave high-risk areas, including shoreline communities.”

Moving to safety

Humanitarians report that in Khan Younis, an estimated 4,000 households live along the coast, and around 1,000 are at especially high risk due to their proximity to the water line. 

Some of these families have reportedly started to relocate to the two sites deemed safe by the local municipality

Efforts to improve water and sanitation access also continue.  Partners report that 42 truckloads of debris have been cleared over the past 48 hours to reach three wells in Beit Lahiya, North Gaza, and repairs are expected to begin soon.

In the meantime, unexploded remnants of war continue to pose a deadly threat to civilians. Over the past week, partners working in the sector were able to carry out 50 assessments across Gaza to help lower the risks for aid workers. 

Six people were reportedly killed last week, and 10 others injured, in two incidents involving explosive ordnance in Gaza City and Deir Al-Balah. 

"Since the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip took effect on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians there, including at least 119 children, and wounded about 889. The World Food Programme (WFP) reported this past week that it managed to bring into the Strip only about two-thirds of its planned aid and could provide food to just 500,000 people – roughly 30% of its target. The main obstacles are Israel’s draconian bureaucratic restrictions on aid organizations and its ongoing refusal to open the crossings. According to reports, during the 45 days since the “ceasefire” was declared, Israel has demolished roughly 1,500 structures across the Strip, in violation of the agreement. With the sewage system in ruins and heavy rain in mid-November, many IDP tent camps have flooded. Most people in Gaza are homeless, hungry and lacking access to basic services, yet world leaders are standing by, issuing empty statements and enabling the normalization of this unbearable reality. The international community must act now to ensure protection for Palestinians, the immediate entry of humanitarian aid, and accountability for those responsible for the genocide." B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم

B'Tselem בצלם بتسيلم

 

@btselem

 

Since the “ceasefire” in the Gaza Strip took effect on 10 October 2025, Israel has killed at least 345 Palestinians there, including at least 119 children, and wounded about 889. 

 

The World Food Programme (WFP) reported this past week that it managed to bring into the Strip only about two-thirds of its planned aid and could provide food to just 500,000 people – roughly 30% of its target. 

 

The main obstacles are Israel’s draconian bureaucratic restrictions on aid organizations and its ongoing refusal to open the crossings. 

 

According to reports, during the 45 days since the “ceasefire” was declared, Israel has demolished roughly 1,500 structures across the Strip, in violation of the agreement. 

 

With the sewage system in ruins and heavy rain in mid-November, many IDP tent camps have flooded. 

 

Most people in Gaza are homeless, hungry and lacking access to basic services, yet world leaders are standing by, issuing empty statements and enabling the normalization of this unbearable reality. 

 

The international community must act now to ensure protection for Palestinians, the immediate entry of humanitarian aid, and accountability for those responsible for the genocide.

 https://x.com/btselem/status/1993350142963921073

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"UNRWA has food, medicines + other basic supplies ready to go to Gaza. We have enough to provide food for the entire population for the coming three months. Our teams in Gaza are crucial for the implementation of this agreement including to provide basic services like healthcare + education. There are over 660,000 children who are eagerly waiting to go back to school. UNRWA teachers stand ready to help them fulfill that. I call on all member states to support UNRWA to do its work to assist people in need in the coming critical period." Philippe Lazzarini

 UNRWA reposted

Philippe Lazzarini

@UNLazzarini

The agreement to finally secure a ceasefire in #Gaza & release the hostages is a huge relief. 

 

It will bring respite to people who survived the worst bombardment, displacement, loss and grief for two long years. 

 

After their excruciating ordeal, hostages & Palestinian detainees will finally join their families. 

 

@UNRWA  has food, medicines + other basic supplies ready to go to Gaza. 

 

We have enough to provide food for the entire population for the coming three months. 

 

Our teams in #Gaza are crucial for the implementation of this agreement including to provide basic services like healthcare + education. 

 

There are over 660,000 children who are eagerly waiting to go back to school. 

 

UNRWA teachers stand ready to help them fulfill that. 

 

I call on all member states to support UNRWA to do its work to assist people in need in the coming critical period.  

 

#ceasefiregaza

UNRWA

@UNRWA

 

For two years too long, humanitarian workers have been killed in #Gaza. 

 

UNRWA mourns 562 aid workers killed in #Gaza since 7 October 2023, among them 370 from UNRWA. 

 

They were killed while at home with their families. 

 

They were killed while on duty. 

 

They were civilians and should have been protected according to the laws of war. 

 

 #CeasefireNow

 

UNRWA

@UNRWA

 

Children belong in school, not in the rubble. 

 

In #Gaza, around 90% of UNRWA schools were hit or damaged, many while sheltering displaced families. 

 

Nearly 660,000 children are forced out of school for the third year in a row. Half of them used to go to UNRWA schools. 

 

 #CeasefireNow

 

UNRWA

@UNRWA

 

"It would take UNRWA just about 3 hours to get trucks to the borders and then get much needed supplies directly to desperate people in #Gaza” our Juliette Touma tells NPR https://x.com/i/status/1975926687805166015

 

For over 7 months now, the Israeli Authorities have blocked UNRWA from bringing any supplies in. 

 

Our services in Gaza have meanwhile continued thanks to 12,000 UNRWA workers who have not stopped for a day since the war began two years ago. 

 

The siege must be lifted, and the crossings must open.  

 

#CeasefireNow

 

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Gaza death toll surpasses 35,000 amid Israeli onslaught & At least 78,755 other Palestinian men, women, and children have been injured in the Israeli onslaught as of May 10th, 2024

Destroyed buildings due to Israeli attacks are seen as Palestinians, residing in the region, struggle with significant challenges amidst rubbles in Northern Gaza, Gaza on May 10, 2024. [Dawoud Abo Alkas – Anadolu Agency]

The Palestinian death toll from Israel’s ongoing offensive on the Gaza Strip has surged since last October to 35,034 people, the Health Ministry in the besieged enclave said on Sunday, Anadolu Agency reports.

At least 78,755 other people have been injured in the onslaught, the ministry added in a statement.

“Israeli attacks killed 63 people and injured 114 others in the last 24 hours,” the statement said.

“Many people are still trapped under rubble and on the roads as rescuers are unable to reach them,” it added.

Israel has waged a brutal offensive on the Gaza Strip since a cross-border attack by the Palestinian group Hamas last Oct. 7 which killed some 1,200 people.

READ: Israeli forces kill at least 18 Palestinians in Rafah in last 24 hours

Tel Aviv has also imposed a crippling blockade on the Gaza Strip, leaving its population, particularly residents of northern Gaza, on the verge of starvation.

More than seven months into the conflict, vast swathes of Gaza lay in ruins amid a crippling blockade of food, clean water and medicine.

Israel is accused of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). An interim ruling in January said it is “plausible” that Tel Aviv is committing genocide in Gaza, ordering it to stop such acts and take measures to guarantee that humanitarian assistance is provided to civilians in Gaza.

South Africa on Friday asked the ICJ to order Israel to withdraw from the southern city of Rafah, where more than 1.5 million displaced people have been sheltered, as part of additional emergency measures over the war.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20240512-gaza-death-toll-surpasses-35000-amid-israeli-onslaught/

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