Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq said at a news conference that “the UN and our humanitarian partners continue scaling up our operations in line with the 60-day response plan.”

“Since the resumption of our general food distribution in October, nearly 1 million people have received assistance through 46 distribution points run by our partners working on food security across the Strip, that is half of the total population,” Haq reported.

He noted that “our partners providing protection support report that their services remain under severe strain due to displacement, damage and insecurity, with major gaps in the north. Despite this, they continue to respond wherever possible.”

Emphasizing that “to fully deliver on the 60-day humanitarian plan, the UN and our humanitarian partners need a durable ceasefire, more functional crossings,” Haq stressed the need for “lifting of bureaucratic hurdles, safe and viable routes inside Gaza, sustained funding and unimpeded access, including for NGOs.”

On the situation in the occupied West Bank, Haq cited the UN’s relief chief Tom Fletcher’s appeal “for the protection of Palestinians amid reports of ongoing attacks by Israeli settlers across the West Bank.”

Noting that “many of these attacks are related to Palestinians’ attempts to harvest their olive crops,” Haq added that Fletcher stressed that “the failure to prevent or punish such attacks is inconsistent with international law.”

According to the official Colonization and Wall Resistance Commission, 259 attacks on Palestinians were carried out by the Israeli army and illegal settlers during the olive harvest season from late September to November.

Israeli attacks have escalated across the occupied West Bank since October 2023, killing more than 1,062 Palestinians and injuring 10,300, according to Palestinian figures.

In a landmark opinion last July, the International Court of Justice declared Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territory illegal and called for the evacuation of all settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

Citing the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN spokesperson Farhan Haq told a news conference: “The ongoing scale-up of the aid response is already having a positive impact on people in all areas of the strip. But much more is needed so that we can address the full scale of the needs and leave no one behind.”

Noting that renovation work “is ongoing in four schools,” Haq stated that over the past three days, “the UN and our partners have supported the reopening of five temporary learning spaces in Gaza City.”

Citing the latest analysis by the UN Satellite Center, he said that “some 81% of all structures in the Gaza Strip are damaged.”

“Northern Gaza experienced the largest increases in damage since July 2025, with nearly 5,700 newly affected structures,” he continued, adding that “more than 123,000 structures across the strip have been identified as destroyed, another 50,000 are severely or moderately damaged, and 24,000 are possibly damaged.”

Israel has killed more than 68,000 people in Gaza in more than two years of attacks since October 2023.

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was reached on Oct. 10, based on a 20-point peace plan proposed by US President Donald Trump. Israel, however, has violated the truce multiple times.