Amish Alagbarov, a delegate speaking at the United Nations, urged the Security Council to rapidly scale up humanitarian assistance and international support for Gaza and to preserve the current ceasefire.

Alagbarov said the ceasefire — reached after nearly two years of conflict — created an opportunity to "set up a course for a more just and peaceful future" but described the situation in Gaza as "beyond description," calling the ceasefire dynamics "extremely fragile." He urged that "the remaining deceased hostages must be released without any further delay."

The delegate outlined steps the U.N. and partners are taking under a 60-day response plan intended to streamline customs procedures, expand access routes, facilitate entry of humanitarian items, restore essential services and ensure safe movement of humanitarian personnel. He said U.N.-tracked facilitation has enabled a sharp increase in aid flows since the ceasefire, with a 46 increase in tracked aid entering the Gaza Strip in the first week of the truce.

Alagbarov said crucial supplies including food, fuel, shelter and medical items are arriving in greater quantities but that "this is not enough," and listed additional needs: more crossings and functional relief corridors, safe passage for aid workers and civilians, sustained fuel deliveries and operational space for U.N. agencies and non-governmental organizations.

He cited an advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice and said the U.N. secretary-general had welcomed the opinion, noting that the court found obligations on Israel related to facilitating relief operations in Gaza and cooperating with U.N. entities. Alagbarov said reconstruction will require an international, Palestinian-led effort and pointed to the upcoming Cairo Reconstruction Conference co-hosted by Egypt, the Palestinian Authority and the United Nations as a key venue for recovery planning.

The delegate also warned that violence and insecurity risk undermining relief and recovery. He noted "sporadic attacks and strikes by IDF and Palestinian armed groups, as well as apparent killings of Palestinians by Hamas and other armed actors," and said tens of thousands of Palestinians remain displaced in the West Bank after large-scale Israeli security operations and closures around refugee camps. He called for accountability for settler violence that disrupts the annual olive harvest.

Alagbarov pointed to fiscal pressures on the Palestinian Authority, saying Israel continues to withhold about 3,000,000,000 U.S. dollars of Palestinian tax revenues, a sum he said is creating an "unsustainable fiscal situation" and affecting the authority's ability to pay public salaries in full. He urged Security Council members and the international community to commit political and financial resources to support relief, recovery and a political horizon toward a two-state solution.

The delegate welcomed coordination efforts — including a new civil-military coordination center mentioned in his remarks — and urged that humanitarian principles guide access, registration and the work of aid organizations. He closed by stressing that the return to conflict must be avoided and that international support should back Palestinian-led recovery and reconstruction efforts.