GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The UN has said that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached its most “catastrophic” level since the start of Israeli military operations, with ongoing strikes, mass displacement, and severe aid restrictions.
Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a news conference on Friday that “the catastrophic situation in Gaza is the worst it has been” since Israel started its military assault in October 2023.
Dujarric said Israeli strikes have intensified across the coastal enclave, particularly in northern Gaza, where Al-Awda Hospital — the last partially functioning hospital in the area — was forced to evacuate following repeated attacks.
“Displacement continued across Gaza, with nearly 200,000 people displaced in the last two weeks alone,” Dujarric said, adding that renewed Israeli displacement campaign now covers around 30 percent of Gaza’s territory.
Many civilians are also moving “driven by the search for food and necessities, rather than displacement orders,” according to Dujarric.
The spokesman affirmed that the need for humanitarian aid reached “unprecedented levels” after more than 80 days of almost complete Israeli blockade on aid deliveries.
He added that the limited quantities of aid currently allowed into the Gaza Strip are “woefully insufficient” to support the 2.1 million people in desperate need of life-saving assistance.
