By Abdullahi Lukman
Families in Gaza are returning to neighborhoods devastated by conflict, where unstable buildings and unexploded ordnance continue to pose deadly risks, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported.
Essential services such as water, food, and medical aid remain critically short.
Humanitarian deliveries have included thousands of pallets of wheat flour, rice, canned food, hot meal supplies, medical equipment, tents, winter clothing, and hygiene kits.
The UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) distributed 329,000 litres of diesel to support hospitals, telecommunications, and food operations.
More than one million hot meals have been served through 170 community kitchens, while 15 UN-supported bakeries are producing tens of thousands of bread bundles daily for shelters and communities.
Safety briefings are underway to mitigate risks from unexploded ordnance, which has caused 150 incidents since October 2023.
Meanwhile, in the occupied West Bank, over 85 settler attacks on Palestinian farmers have disrupted the olive harvest, injuring more than 110 people and damaging over 3,000 trees across 50 villages.
OCHA warned that humanitarian needs in Gaza remain overwhelming despite the aid inflows.
