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UN says Gaza’s humanitarian needs remain urgent as medical evacuations stay limited
Summary
UN officials told reporters that urgent needs in Gaza — including safe water, waste management and medical evacuations — remain acute; the briefing noted efforts to transfer roughly 300,000 metric tons of solid waste and that around 2,100 patients have been evacuated since the ceasefire.
United Nations officials told reporters that humanitarian conditions in Gaza remain urgent, with immediate priorities including safe water, waste management and expanded medical evacuations. The emergency relief coordinator and Palestinian officials "underscored the importance of close collaboration and accelerated efforts to improve the living conditions in Gaza, particularly around safe water and waste management," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson welcomed the milestone that about 41,000 students in Gaza were able to sit for their high school exams this year, but stressed that thousands more need medical services that remain unavailable. She noted that "the medical referral route to the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, remains closed," and that this restriction is "undermining our efforts to expand medical evacuations from Gaza." According to WHO data cited by the briefing, a little more than 2,100 patients had been evacuated since the declaration of a ceasefire.
On sanitation, the spokesperson said UNDP-supported teams had transferred roughly 300,000 metric tons of solid waste from an improvised dumping site to a safer location, while access to sanitary landfills east of the so-called yellow line remains banned. UN Mine Action Service teams and UNICEF also remain engaged on explosive hazard mitigation and hygiene concerns. The briefing said humanitarian partners continue to seek ways to expand life-saving assistance amid limited access and infrastructure constraints.
