OCHA reports 1.5M Gazans receive food parcels since Hamas-Israel ceasefire

By Anjali Sharma

UNITED NATIONS – UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Monday that over 1.5 million people in Gaza have received food parcels since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas began on 19 January,

UN and its aid partners continue to observe movement across the Netzarim corridor that separates the north and the south of the enclave as people return to their neighbourhoods, OCHA stated.

They also re-establish their presence in newly accessible areas across the Strip.

WFP has distributed food parcels, hot meals and cash to more than 860,000 people in Gaza, and partners are providing more meals as community kitchens open in new areas, OCHA said.

It reiterated that repair work continues on water wells across Gaza.

The widespread destruction of infrastructure and shortages of spare parts, generators and solar panels are affecting efforts to increase water production, it noted.

Over 60 health partners provide primary and secondary health services across the Gaza to ensure access

UNFPA is distributing sexual and reproductive health supplies expected to benefit more than 65,000 people over 3 weeks.

UNFPA has supported health partners which have opened three temporary primary healthcare centres in Gaza and a temporary medical point in Jabalya in the north, OCHA said.

OCHA reported that winter storms destroyed at least 5 child-friendly spaces in Khan Younis and the Middle Area in Gaza.

The storms destroyed the Jabalya women and girls’ safe space, the largest such site in the north, serving  500 women and girls each month.