Gaza Humanitarian Response Update | 22 June - 5 July 2025

An aid worker standing in front of a truck carrying fortified wheat flour to people in Gaza. Photo by the World Food Programme

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Period: 22 June – 5 July 2025

The information below is provided every other week by Clusters and select Technical Working Groups operating in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT). For an overview of priority needs and activities by cluster, please see the Flash Appeal.

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Food Security Sector (FSS)

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Response

As of 6 July, 269,000 meals were prepared and delivered by 12 partners through 84 kitchens, including 105,000 meals in northern Gaza and 164,000 meals in central and southern Gaza. The increased number of operational kitchens does not directly correspond to increased meal production as output largely depends on the size and available supplies at each kitchen.
Considering the severe shortage and unaffordability of cooking fuel, partners have set up community clay ovens for bread baking, hired women as bakers, and supplied firewood to more than 30 sites. Partners’ assessments will inform the establishment of additional sites.
Between 26 and 30 June, partners assisted about 13,000 households with food assistance. Distributions took place in Gaza city* but were extremely limited given the small volume of stocks that entered through Zikim crossing.*
After truckloads of food were forcefully intercepted by armed groups on 25 June, partners, supported by community leaders,* recovered 51 per cent of the diverted commodities and distributed the aid. The remaining supplies were reportedly rerouted by armed groups and hit by an airstrike on 27 June.

Challenges

The current volume and pace of deliveries remain critically insufficient to meet the needs of Gaza's entire population, who are facing deteriorating high levels of acute food insecurity. Consistent, frequent, large-scale deliveries through multiple crossings are urgently required to meet needs and stabilize availability, pricing, and affordability of wheat flour and other basic staples as well as reduce tensions and rebuild trust within communities. All UN-supported bakeries remain closed.
The lack of fuel is severely constraining the ability of partners to sustain operations, including cargo collection, distributions, and kitchen operations.
Attacks on people attempting to collect food supplies along humanitarian aid convoy routes or from militarized distribution sites continue to be reported, resulting in mass casualties. According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, since 27 May and as of 7 July, casualties among people trying to access food supplies have increased to 758 fatalities and more than 5,005 injuries.
An increase in incidents of organized looting and secondary theft is severely constraining food delivery and distribution and posing significant risks to the population and humanitarian partners. As a result, on 4 July, key FSS partners have again paused the collection of cargo from crossings until further notice.
The current absence and denied entry of veterinary kits, including insecticides, are preventing vector control to address ectoparasite infestation, aggravating public health risks.
Security conditions have also severely affected partners’ storage capacities, preventing access to many functioning storage facilities in the Gaza Strip.

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Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

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Response

During the reporting period, WASH partners continued to distribute water through trucking, albeit at reduced volumes, primarily due to the lack of fuel. Between 22 June and 5 July, based on available data, 27 WASH Cluster partners distributed a daily average of 17,045 cubic metres of drinking water to 1,357 water collection points, compared with a daily average of 22,000 cubic metres distributed to 1,914 water collection points in the preceding two weeks.
Building on the findings of a recent study on chlorination effectiveness in Gaza, the WASH cluster in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), the Palestinian Water Authority, and the Coastal Municipalities Water Utility conducted the first Chlorination in Emergencies training to 35 WASH Cluster partners on 2 and 3 June. The training provided practical orientation for field staff and supervisors to enhance knowledge about how to conduct chlorination, the water safety chain, emergency water standards, and monitoring water quality.
A WASH partner has established a new drinking water production point in central Gaza city, using reverse osmosis treatment units to pump water from a well. It currently provides about 550 cubic metres of drinking water per day area residents, including internally displaced people (IDPs), with plans to expand the volume to 750 cubic metres (full capacity).
In June, the WASH Cluster together with partners, developed a communication brief to support advocacy on the impacts of reduced fuel supplies on the WASH response.

Challenges

The continued blockade on the entry of fuel into Gaza is severely restricting WASH services, with devastating impacts on public health, such as a rise in waterborne diseases and preventable deaths. Throughout May and June, WASH partners received only 25 per cent of the fuel required to sustain effective emergency operations. This has resulted in shorter pumping hours, reduced water production and delivery rates, limited solid waste collection, and sewage pumping being restricted to areas at high risk of flooding (e.g. Sheikh Radwan pond).
As of 4 July, 80 per cent of WASH assets and facilities now fall within the Israeli-militarized zone or in areas that have been placed under displacement orders (often overlapping) since 18 March. This includes 97 out of 121 desalination plants (80 per cent), 52 out of 58 water reservoirs (90 per cent), 302 out of 392 water wells (77 per cent), and 58 out of 70 wastewater pumping stations (83 per cent). Overall, at present, WASH actors are only able to produce from water wells, Mekorot lines and desalination plants less than 50 per cent of the water produced during the ceasefire period in February.
Hygiene items – including hygiene kits and cleaning supplies essential for protecting public health – have been denied entry since the end of the ceasefire. While these items are theoretically approved, the details regarding permissible content and authorized entry routes remain unclear. As such, no hygiene items have entered since 2 March.
The lack of water and hygiene items are constraining the ability of WASH partners to improve household-level WASH services and aggravating public health risks. Currently, 39 per cent of reported illnesses are linked to acute watery diarrhea (AWD).

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