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UN briefs on water trucking and winter aid as hundreds of thousands move within Gaza
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Summary
UN and partners reported mass internal population movements in Gaza and described emergency measures including new water points, trucking, fuel deliveries, and tarpaulin distributions to address water and winter needs.
UN officials said more than 565,000 people have moved from southern to northern Gaza since Jan. 27 and that partners are scaling water and winter response measures amid widespread infrastructure destruction.
Tom Fletcher, the UN emergency relief coordinator, reiterated at the briefing that a ceasefire must hold and that civilians and hostages must be protected. The UN’s humanitarian office reported that about 40 new water points were established in the past week and that partners are trucking water to roughly 272 water points in North Gaza. The briefing said these operations delivered more than 1,000 cubic meters of safe drinking water and nearly 900 cubic meters of domestic water to about 177,000 people each day.
UNOPS delivered about 40,000 liters of fuel to Gaza City to power pumps and trucking operations, and the World Food Programme is expanding fuel storage. UNICEF-purchased water pipes are being dispatched to northern Gaza to protect key facilities from overflowing before the rainy season. Humanitarian partners also reported distributions of tarpaulins and winter clothing: more than 2,000 households in northern Gaza, 10,000 tarpaulins in southern Gaza between Jan. 25 and Feb. 2, and recent distributions in Khan Yunis.
