FAO, UNICEF, WFP and WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire and unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger and malnutrition 22/08/2025- ROME/GENEVA/NEW YORK – More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new Integrated Food...

13 August 2025 – In coordination with the European Union (EU), the World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting the Ministry of Health (MoH) and Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) calculate how health care costs impact financial hardship. Making sure people receive the care they need without facing financial hardship is key to...

30 July 2025, Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva - The worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in the Gaza Strip, according to the alert published this week by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC).   People are foregoing food for days. Others are dying as their undernourished, weakened bodies succumb to disease or organ...

Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva, 27 July 2025 - Malnutrition is on a dangerous trajectory in the Gaza Strip, marked by a spike in deaths in July. Of 74 malnutrition-related deaths in 2025, 63 occurred in July - including 24 children under five, a child over five, and 38 adults. Most of these people were declared dead on arrival at health facilities or...

21 July 2025 - WHO condemns in the strongest terms the attacks on a building housing WHO staff in Deir al Balah in Gaza, the mistreatment of those sheltering there, and the destruction of its main warehouse. Following intensified hostilities in Deir al Balah after the latest evacuation order issued by Israeli military, the WHO staff residence was...

5 June 2025, Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva – WHO warns that the Gaza Strip’s health system is collapsing, with Nasser Medical Complex, the most important referral hospital left in Gaza, and Al-Amal Hospital at risk of becoming non-functional. There are already no hospitals functioning in the north of Gaza. Nasser and Amal are the last two functioning...

22 May 2025 Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva – Israel’s intensified military operations continue to threaten an already weakened health system, amidst worsening mass population displacement and acute shortages of food, water, medical supplies, fuel and shelter. Four major hospitals in Gaza (Kamal Adwan Hospital, Indonesia Hospital, Hamad Hospital for...

12 May 2025, Cairo/Geneva/Jerusalem – The risk of famine in Gaza is increasing with the deliberate withholding of humanitarian aid, including food, in the ongoing blockade. The entire 2.1 million population of Gaza is facing prolonged food shortages, with nearly half a million people in a catastrophic situation of hunger, acute malnutrition,...

6 May 2025, Ramallah - Two new state-of-the-art physical rehabilitation outpatient centers in Ramallah and Qabatiya governorates of the West Bank were inaugurated today, with the presence of the Palestinian Minister of Health, Head of the Representative Office of the Republic of Korea, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Country...

Jerusalem, Cairo, Geneva, 7 April 2025 - On World Health Day, with the theme “Healthy beginnings, hopeful futures,” the Gaza Strip continues to be one of the most dangerous places to be a child and where pregnancy is clouded by fear due to ongoing violence, displacement and lack of medical access.  Between 18 March and 4 April 2025, since the...