"The January 14 announcement of the new Palestinian technical committee to oversee Gaza's reconstruction comes at a critical moment. While states are discussing the governance and reconstruction of Gaza, on the ground, the basic survival of 2.1 million people hangs by a thread. This moment demands immediate action to lift the ongoing and suffocating restrictions that are systematically dismantling the very means for Palestinians to survive."
"Famine conditions in Gaza have moderately stabilised, but the humanitarian catastrophe continues to deepen. Families remain displaced without adequate shelter; children still go to bed hungry; and basic healthcare is out of reach for hundreds of thousands. Winter rains have turned displacement camps into seas of mud, exacerbating suffering and significantly increasing the risk of disease outbreaks. Daily Israeli air attacks and bombardments continue, with more than 480 Palestinians killed since the ceasefire agreement was announced in October."
UNRWA functions as Gaza's largest and most comprehensive service provider, effectively acting as the public sector for more than half of the 2.1 million population. UNRWA's 11,000 staff continue to operate under immense risk, providing healthcare to almost 100,000 people weekly and education to 70,000 children in damaged school premises while schools shelter tens of thousands of displaced families. Displacement, inadequate shelter, child hunger, lack of basic healthcare, muddy camps from winter rains, and ongoing air attacks have deepened the humanitarian catastrophe despite a moderate stabilisation of famine conditions.
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