The United Nations calls for the opening of all crossings and the financing of the response

The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator stressed the need to open all crossings to Gaza and mobilize the efforts of the rest of the humanitarian community to respond adequately to the needs of the residents of the Gaza Strip during the winter season. Preliminary estimates indicate that more than 200,000 people were affected and needed humanitarian support in Gaza after rain and floods, which led to the death of a number of people and the destruction of shelters for more than 40,000 families. Emergency relief coordinator and UN Humanitarian Secretary-General Tom Fletcher said the organization had alerted for months that essential winter supplies should be brought into Gaza. In a statement posted in a tweet on the X website, he said that a number of foreign ministers and partners assured him of their support, but they reiterated that making progress would be difficult before the Israeli elections were held. “Now we are asked to wait for the formation of a government,” he added. He stressed that this is rejected – under international humanitarian law – “as explained by the international community and the Peace Council.”