24 December 2025
“As part of
these efforts, the UN and its partners offload more
essential supplies at crossings around Gaza every day,” it
said.
On
Monday, humanitarians offloaded nearly 4,000 pallets of aid
at two border crossings – Kerem Shalom/Karem Abu Salem in
the southern Strip and Zikim in the
north.
Food, water and other
supplies
Around 65 per cent of the pallets
contained food supplies, while 12 per cent carried shelter
items. Another 12 per cent were water, sanitation and
hygiene items, and 7 per cent comprised health and nutrition
supplies.
The UN also attempted to coordinate five
humanitarian movements with the Israeli authorities on
Tuesday. While three were facilitated, one was initially
approved but never received clearance to proceed, and
another was cancelled by the organisers.
“As a
result, teams could redeploy staff and carry out some of the
planned collection of food and health supplies from Kerem
Shalom crossing, alongside other missions in areas where
coordination with the Israeli authorities was not
required,” OCHA
said.
Winter kits for
children
On the education front, partners
distributed more than 2,000 winterization kits to children
aged 12 to 14 years, as well as deploying and distributing
58 specialized tents across 16 learning centres.
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The
move aims to expand classroom space and is expected to
accommodate nearly 25,000 children.
Other partners
working in mine action continue inspecting key areas for
potential explosive hazards. In this regard, two assessments
were to support the removal of rubble in Deir al Balah and
Gaza city were carried out on Monday.
West
Bank: Farming families need
support
Meanwhile, more than 72,000 families
in the West Bank who grow crops or raise animals require
urgent emergency assistance, according to a survey by the UN
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
It finds
that around 90 per cent of agricultural families have
recently lost income, mainly due to sharp declines in both
crop and livestock production as well as sales.
FAO
stressed that supporting farmers and herders in the West
Bank is critical to produce food, sustain livestock and
avert a deeper crisis.
“Agricultural families
urgently need assistance – both cash and in-kind – to
mitigate the impacts of widespread settler violence, a
deepening economic crisis and near-ubiquitous loss of
income,” said
Rein Paulsen, Director of FAO’s Office of Emergencies and
Resilience.
Conflict, rising costs and other
challenges
Agriculture remains a vital
lifeline in the West Bank. Of the approximately 700,000
families there, around 115,000 depend on agriculture for
their livelihoods, highlighting the sector’s importance to
food security and income.
The
Data in Emergencies (DIEM) survey also reveals the
mounting pressures facing agricultural families. Nearly 9 in
10, or about 100,000 households, have recently experienced
at least one acute “shock” such as conflict and
violence, rising living costs, and job loss.
Other
challenges they face include limited access to water,
movement restrictions and land access constraints, as well
as high fuel and transport costs.
The survey was
conducted between July and August, marking the second time
it was carried out this
year.
