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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) warned on Tuesday that despite a modest increase in humanitarian assistance, humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip remain dire for hundreds of thousands of families in need.
OCHA said more than one million people urgently need shelter support due to widespread destruction and a severe lack of basic resources.
The office stressed the need for sustainable solutions to meet people’s needs, including tools to repair damaged homes, materials to set up shared heated shelters, and equipment to remove rubble.
“The office and its humanitarian partners reached more than 7,500 families with tents, tarpaulins, sealing-off kits, mattresses and blankets, and child protection partners delivered winter clothes to some 1,400 children across the strip,” OCHA said.
The UN office added the United Nations and its partners provide daily bread to at least 43 per cent of Gaza’s population, either free of charge or at subsidised prices of less than one US dollar for a two-kilogram pack. This support is provided alongside monthly wheat flour distributions, with food assistance this month reaching about 1.2 million people.
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