Palestine — humanitarian situation

One year after the October 2025 ceasefire, Gaza remains in entrenched crisis rather than stabilization, with continued insecurity, destruction, and systemic collapse of services DRC. MSF and MAP warn that violence, blockade of essential supplies, and attacks on healthcare infrastructure persist, with hospitals still struggling to obtain medicines and fuel MSF, MAP. Israeli authorities continue to restrict entry of "dual-use" items, including shelter materials, to just 15 trucks per week from Jordan, meaning 1.65 million people face a fourth winter in damaged buildings and worn tents NRC. Two million people remain displaced across Gaza, many in makeshift sites with minimal access to basic services; as of early June 2026 the Ministry of Health reported more than 74,000 killed and over 175,000 injured since October 2023 (Atfaluna). Over 13 percent of Gaza's population—about 279,000 people—live in 400 flood-prone displacement sites, with a further 2,300 in unsafe buildings requiring demolition OCHA. Household composition has shifted markedly, with women-headed households now representing 1 in 4 households (86,280) compared to 1 in 8 before the war, often due to death, detention, or disappearance of male relatives (UN Women). Food security is deteriorating sharply: hot meal production and household parcel distributions in Gaza will shrink significantly from October due to funding shortfalls (OCHA, Food Security Sector). Regionally, UN Women projects an additional 11.7 million women and girls across 28 countries could face food insecurity by end-2026, driven by Strait of Hormuz shipping disruptions raising energy, fertilizer, and transport costs. Telecommunications remain severely constrained, with roughly 75 percent of Gaza's infrastructure damaged or destroyed since October 2023, hampering coordination and service delivery ETC/WFP. Humanitarian access remains severely restricted, with funding shortfalls compounding operational constraints across shelter, food, and health sectors (OCHA, NRC