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UN says aid flows into Gaza increase; Jenin hospital remains without water and power
Summary
Farhan, the UN spokesperson, said large volumes of humanitarian aid are entering Gaza through the Erez and Zikim crossings in the north and Kerem Shalom in the south.
Farhan, the UN spokesperson, said large volumes of humanitarian aid are entering Gaza through the Erez and Zikim crossings in the north and Kerem Shalom in the south, and that aid cargo and personnel are moving into previously hard-to-reach areas.
“The surge in supplies entering Gaza each day and the return of law and order has allowed aid organizations to scale up the delivery of life saving assistance and services,” Farhan said, noting that partners have resumed monthly food distributions with full rations in central and southern Gaza. He said humanitarian organizations transported 118 trucks of food parcels and flour from UNRWA warehouses to more than 60 distribution points in the south.
UNICEF dispatched high-energy biscuits and ready-to-use foods sufficient for thousands of infants, Farhan said. He added that medical disposables and trauma management kits were distributed to 14 hospitals and reproductive health kits to 28 health facilities, a stock he said was enough for 58,000 people. Fuel deliveries were reported to be powering water wells, desalination plants and sewage pumps; Farhan said seven trucks of fuel were delivered to northern Gaza — the first such shipment since the ceasefire began — and that two of UNRWA’s primary health service points in Gaza City, the Beach Health Center and the Raj Medical Point, reopened yesterday.
On the West Bank, Farhan said the Jenin Government Hospital remains disconnected from water and electricity and that access there is extremely difficult because of road damage. The facility is drawing on dwindling water reserves from emergency tanks installed weeks earlier through an allocation by the Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund, which is managed by OCHA.
Why it matters: increased access and supplies can expand life-saving assistance in Gaza but critical infrastructure and access restrictions continue to limit returns and services. The Jenin hospital’s disconnection underscores persistent humanitarian and access challenges in the West Bank.
Context and next steps: Farhan said more medicines, shelter materials and water, sanitation and hygiene supplies are expected over the coming days. He also said most Palestinians remain at displacement sites either because homes are destroyed or contaminated by explosive ordnance or because movement back to northern Gaza has not yet been allowed.
