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UN gives winter aid figures for Gaza, says access limits hamper response

United Nations Secretariat (Press Briefing) · January 8, 2026
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Summary

The UN said partners have distributed tents, dignity and hygiene kits, and more than 1.3 million bars of soap across Gaza but warned that Israeli restrictions on essential supplies are slowing scale-up of learning spaces and other relief.

At the United Nations press briefing, the spokesperson (Steph) outlined recent humanitarian deliveries to Gaza and warned that restrictions on entry of supplies were impeding further scale‑up. Steph said partners distributed 7,000 dignity kits, more than 5,600 family hygiene kits and 1,300,000 bars of soap reaching roughly 200,000 people across northern…

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