UN Relief Chief Warns Against Delay in Delivering Winter Aid to Gaza
- Heavy rains flooded the Gaza Strip over the weekend, killing several people as Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher demanded the immediate opening of all crossings to deliver aid.
- Humanitarian partners have more than 150,000 tents ready outside Gaza, yet Fletcher stressed that waiting for the formation of a Government is "not an acceptable excuse" for delaying aid.
- In Gaza, unemployment reached 85.1 per cent as 252,000 jobs were lost between 2023 and 2025, with ILO Director-General Gilbert Houngbo noting labour income losses totalled $2.77 billion.
- Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov emphasized that humanitarian aid alone cannot restore livelihoods; the Decent Work and Recovery Programme supports emergency employment and social protection.
- Fletcher urged the international community to let vital NGO partners work and allow commercial markets to function across the Occupied Palestinian Territory to end preventable suffering.
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UN chief urges Israel to allow winter supplies for Gaza after flooding
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said Wednesday that waiting for a new Israeli government to form is not an acceptable reason to delay winter supplies for Gaza. His statement came days after heavy rain flooded displacement sites across the Strip. Fletcher urged Israel to open all crossings and let aid groups operate. The UN says more than 150,000 tents are outside Gaza ready to be dispatched, donated by groups such as the from the Egyptian Rel…
UN relief chief warns against delay in delivering winter aid to Gaza
RAMALLAH: The UN has called for all Gaza Strip crossings to open and for increased humanitarian mobilization to address winter needs. UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher stated that the organization has warned for months about the urgent need to deliver winter supplies to Gaza. In a statement on X, Fletcher noted that several foreign ministers and partners reaffirmed their support but…
UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Fletcher has criticised Israel's continued supply of winter supplies to the Gaza Strip.
Foreign minister cites worsening humanitarian situation following flooding
The United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Tom Fletcher, warned of the serious humanitarian consequences of the continued delay in the introduction of basic winter necessities into the Gaza Strip, at a time when hundreds of thousands of people displaced by heavy rains and heavy winds are suffering further, amid a severe shortage of shelter and the necessary means to cope with weather conditions.
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