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SvennoJ on 10 January 2025
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UN report paints damning picture of Israeli violence, pressure on Gaza aid missions

The latest Gaza situation report by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) paints a desperately bleak picture of humanitarian operations in the Palestinian enclave and the level of violence and obstruction aid workers face from Israeli troops.

According to the report:

  • At least 369 aid workers have been killed in Gaza since October 2023, including 263 staff members with the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA).
  • Only 19,000 of 220,000 cold weather clothing kits have been distributed in Gaza as child protection workers are “facing severe challenges” bringing much-needed warm clothing into the enclave, amid strict Israeli military restrictions on life-saving supplies entering the territory.
  • Israeli authorities refused 149 of 165 attempts by the UN to reach the north of Gaza, which has been under an Israeli military siege for more than three months. A further 16 attempts to reach the area were impeded by Israel.
  • The lives of patients and newborns are at “grave risk” in hospitals across Gaza as “zero fuel” has reached the facilities to power their electricity generators.



Israeli soldiers facing legal accountability will undo Gaza genocide’s ‘dehumanisation’: Hind Rajab Foundation

The founder of the Hind Rajab Foundation says the pursuit of legal accountability for Israeli soldiers carrying out war crimes in Gaza will undo the dehumanisation associated with genocide.

“Justice and accountability restore the balance,” said Dyab Abou Jahjah, who set up the foundation that reveals the identity and whereabouts of Israeli soldiers of whom it has evidence of perpetrating crimes in Gaza.

“No one is merely a helpless victim who dies in silence and is forgotten, and no one is an untouchable monster with full impunity,” he said.

In a separate post, Abou Jahjah appeared to suggest he expected retaliation against him and his organisation by Israel.

He referred to a report published in The New York Times about the foundation’s work, highlighting a section that said: “Travelling abroad is tremendously important to Israelis … there is this idea that this is actually an unacceptable risk, and that the government-slash-military has to make it go away.”

“The last quote of this New York Times article on us is very revealing,” Abou Jahjah said.