‘Destructive plan’: Israel wants to build 9,000 houses in occupied East Jerusalem

Israeli authorities are expected to advance plans to build 9,000 new housing units in an illegal settlement on the site of the abandoned Qalandiya airport in occupied East Jerusalem in another attempt to cut off Palestinian lands from each other and block any possibility of a contiguous Palestinian state ever emerging.

The so-called Atarot neighbourhood in northern East Jerusalem, reminiscent of the E1 plan to undermine Palestinian statehood, is to be discussed and have its outlines approved on Wednesday by the District Planning and Building Committee, according to Israeli group Peace Now.

The advocacy group said the new settlement is envisioned to be built within a densely populated Palestinian urban area, stretching from Ramallah in the occupied West Bank and Kafr Aqab in the north through the Qalandiya refugee camp, ar-Ram, Beit Hanina and Bir Nabala.

It would build an Israeli enclave in an area where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians live in close proximity, with the aim of blocking development in a key area and further damaging the likelihood of a sovereign Palestinian state being established.

“This is a destructive plan that, if implemented, would prevent any possibility of connecting East Jerusalem with the surrounding Palestinian area and would, in practice, prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state alongside Israel,” Peace Now said.

_{Israeli army excavators demolish a Palestinian house in the village of Qalandiya, south of Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, on December 16}

Israeli settlers set fire to Palestinian vehicles near West Bank’s Ramallah

Israeli settlers have set fire to two vehicles belonging to Palestinian residents of Ein Yabrud village, east of Ramallah city, in the occupied West Bank, according to the Wafa news agency.

The attackers also spray-painted racist slurs on homes before fleeing as residents confronted them.

مليشيات المستوطنين تهاجم بلدة عين يبرود شرق رام الله فجر اليوم، وتحرق مركبات وتخط شعارات معادية. pic.twitter.com/eqSYPw6g5P

— شبكة قدس الإخبارية (@qudsn) December 17, 2025

Translation: Settlers attacked the town of Ein Yabrud, east of Ramallah, at dawn today, burning vehicles and writing hostile slogans.

Groups slam Israel for closing probe into Palestinian child’s death in prison

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs and the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society have condemned Israel for closing an investigation into the death of 17-year-old Walid Ahmed in Megiddo Prison in northern Israel.

The groups said an Israeli court closed the case after determining that “no direct crime” was committed against Ahmed, who was from the town of Silwad near Ramallah in the occupied West Bank.

The teen died in March after suffering a blood clot caused by a “prolonged deterioration in health”, the groups said, citing an autopsy report.

“This is what the court based its decision on, without addressing the confirmed effects of starvation and deliberate denial of medical treatment, which were central to his death,” they said, adding that Israel has imposed a policy of starvation on Palestinian prisoners.

“The two organizations affirm that the case of the martyred child, Walid Ahmed, represents a stark example of the occupation’s policy of killing and slowly executing prisoners within its prisons, in line with the policies of the extremist [Israeli] occupation government.”

Rights groups have documented a long list of Israeli abuses and torture against Palestinians held in Israel’s prisons, particularly since the war on Gaza began. Israeli rights group B’Tselem has described Israel’s prison system as a network of “torture camps”.

German church group slams Berlin for resumption of arms deliveries to Israel

Karl Juesten, the co-chair of the Joint Conference Church and Development, has criticised Germany’s recent decision to resume arms deliveries to Israel, calling it “premature”.

Speaking at a news conference in Berlin, he said his organisation representing both Catholic and Protestant churches called on the German government “not to supply Israel with any military equipment that could be used in the Gaza Strip, even after the very fragile ceasefire, until the situation in Gaza has stabilised sufficiently and there is no longer a clear risk that this military equipment could be used in serious violations of international humanitarian law”.

Germany announced on November 17 that it would lift restrictions on arms exports to Israel, citing what it called a “stabilised ceasefire” in Gaza and recent diplomatic progress in the region.

Germany’s arms exports to Israel have long been contentious and the subject of legal challenges by rights groups.

The European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights, which supported plaintiffs in their legal action, has repeatedly said Berlin’s authorisation of weapons exports to Israel violates international agreements Germany signed.

Germany approves $3.1 billion missile system deal with Israel

The German parliament has approved a $3.1 billion deal with Israel to expand the Arrow 3 long-range missile system, Israel’s Defence Ministry says.

This latest agreement “will complement the initial purchase agreement signed by Israel and Germany approximately two years ago, valued at roughly $3.5 billion”, the ministry said in a statement.

It totals approximately $6.5 billion, making it “the largest Israeli defence export deal ever”, the statement said.

Germany, Israel’s second largest provider of arms after the US, announced on November 17 that it would lift restrictions on arms exports to Israel, citing what it called a “stabilised ceasefire” in Gaza and recent diplomatic progress in the region.

GOP Sens. Accidentally EXPOSE Israel With Australia Responses

"Let's not forget who armed ISIS. Hint: Israel" 

Trump Bans Palestinians From U.S.

President Trump has announced a ban of Palestinians from traveling to the U.S.

The Bondi Attack Cover-Up No One's Talking About

Claims of the Bondi attack being a false flag persist as many questions remain unanswered, but given some of the reactions, does it even matter?

Nobody knows yet who ordered the Bondi attack, if anyone at all. That part is still unresolved, and pretending otherwise would be dishonest. What is already clear, though, is who decided to grab hold of it, who rushed to define what it “meant”, and how quickly a mass killing on the other side of the world has been repurposed into a licence to police dissent elsewhere.

Before investigators had finished their work, foreign intelligence claims were filling headlines, Iran and Palestinians were being dragged into the frame, and British ministers were suddenly talking about cracking down on pro-Palestine marches - as if placards here in the UK caused bullets.

You can see the shape of it straight away. A tragedy happens, the facts are still settling, and power moves faster than evidence. Whether Bondi was a false flag or not almost becomes beside the point, because the aftermath is doing the job perfectly well on its own.

We start with what is known, because the point of this whole exercise is that the facts are fewer than the reactions, and the reactions have already hardened into political opportunity haven’t they? A mass shooting happened on Bondi Beach. At least fifteen people were killed. Authorities and reporting have linked the attackers to a militant ideology associated with Islamic State. That is the factual floor, not the ceiling, because nothing beyond that has been publicly confirmed by investigators in Australia.

There has been no verified evidence that the perpetrators acted on behalf of Iran, or Hezbollah, or Hamas, or any Palestinian organisation. That hasn’t stopped a chorus of foreign intelligence claims being injected into the story, nor has it slowed politicians using the attack to strengthen the hand of the security state at home. And that’s the point. The exploitation has moved faster than the evidence.

I’ll come back to that, because it defines the entire arc of this thing: the people with the least information moved the fastest, and the people who actually know what happened haven’t finished their work. But you can already see how the story has been lifted out of the hands of investigators and repackaged by politicians, intelligence services, and the media to serve agendas that predated the attack.

Nearly 55,000 Gaza families affected by most recent rains: UN

A spokesperson for UN chief Guterres says those families have had their belongings and shelters damaged or destroyed by the storm hitting the Palestinian enclave.

“The rainstorm has also damaged dozens of child-friendly spaces, disrupting or suspending activities related to child protection,” Farhan Haq told reporters in New York.

“The disruption has affected approximately 30,000 children across Gaza. Urgent repairs are needed to ensure these activities can resume without delay.”

UN calls for ‘urgent, unrestricted access’ to Gaza

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) says without that “lifesaving shelter assistance cannot reach people at scale” in Gaza without “urgent, unrestricted access”.

“Winter storms are overwhelming displaced families in Gaza,” the agency said.

As we’ve been reporting, hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinian families are struggling amid freezing winter temperatures and storms that have unleashed fierce winds and heavy rain on their makeshift shelters.

The UN has said it has tents, blankets and other needed supplies ready to enter the Strip, but Israel continues to block crossings.

So many calls, nothing changes on the ground. Why do countries bother to fund the UN when they ignore everything the UN stands for anyway... 

UN, aid groups urge Israel to end ‘impediments’ to humanitarian work

The so-called Humanitarian Country Team in the occupied Palestinian territory – a group of UN agencies and NGOs – has warned that Israeli restrictions “continue to undermine humanitarian operations … or risk the collapse of the humanitarian response, particularly in the Gaza Strip”.

Those impediments include a new Israeli registration process for international NGOs (INGOs) that the country team said “relies on vague, arbitrary, and highly politicized criteria”.

The new system also “imposes requirements that humanitarian organizations cannot meet without violating international legal obligations or compromising core humanitarian principles”, it said.

“Under the current framework, dozens of INGOs face deregistration by December 31, 2025, followed by the forced closure of operations within 60 days.”

The country team warned that the closure of those organisations will have a “catastrophic impact” on Palestinian access to essential services in Gaza because INGOs run or support field hospitals, emergency shelters and other critical infrastructure in the enclave.

“If INGOs are forced to stop operations, 1 in 3 health facilities in Gaza will close,” it added.

Israeli fire injures two Palestinians in Gaza City

Medical sources have told Al Jazeera that Israeli gunfire wounded two people in the Tuffah neighbourhood in eastern Gaza City.

Gaza civil defence warns temperatures set to drop ‘significantly’

A spokesperson for the Palestinian Civil Defence in Gaza says “the bitter cold threatens the lives of young children who lack shelter and heating” in the bombarded enclave.

“What we are experiencing now in the Gaza Strip is a true humanitarian catastrophe. Save the children of Gaza before the cold claims them,” Mahmoud Basal said in a short statement shared on Telegram.

A Palestinian infant froze to death in Gaza this week after going to hospital with hypothermia.

Money talks...

Netanyahu approves $35bn natural gas export deal to Egypt

Prime Minister Netanyahu said he has approved a $35bn natural gas export deal to Egypt, the biggest gas deal in Israeli history. The gas will be delivered to Egypt over the next 15 years by US energy giant Chevron, a key owner of the gas field off Israel’s coast in the Mediterranean Sea.

Half of the proceeds are expected to go to Israel’s state coffers.

Netanyahu said the deal “greatly strengthens Israel’s position as a regional energy power, and it contributes to stability in our region”.

Egypt, which borders both Israel and Gaza, has served as a key mediator between Israel and Hamas, leading up to the US-brokered ceasefire that was agreed on in October.

Cairo has also has been a vocal critic of Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza, which has killed more than 73,000 people and caused widespread destruction in Gaza.

Egypt did not immediately confirm Netanyahu’s announcement.

Gas field off Gaza's coast....

Israel-Egypt gas deal ‘surprising’ given Cairo’s criticism of Gaza genocide: Analyst

Stephen Zunes, a professor at the University of San Francisco, says the question is why Egypt agreed to buy natural gas from Israel instead of from other countries in the region.

“I think the answer is that the United States, which has a lot of leverage on Egypt given the enormous amount of economic aid [it provides Cairo], has basically pressured them into this deal,” Zunes told Al Jazeera.

“This is part of a broader effort by the Trump administration to try to integrate Israel economically into the region and therefore lessen the leverage Arab states might have in support of the Palestinian cause.”

He added that the deal is not likely to go over well in Egypt and the wider Arab world.

“The Egyptians are dealing with a genuine energy shortage, and they are pretty desperate for some relief in this regard.”

US Senate passes defence bill that includes $600m for Israel

The legislation has authorised $600m in security assistance for the top US ally.

That includes funding for joint missile defence programmes, a measure that has long drawn broad bipartisan support in Congress.

But despite continued US support for Israel overall, American lawmakers from both major parties have increasingly questioned unconditional US military assistance to the country as it wages a genocidal war against Palestinians in Gaza. Rights advocates have also been pushing Washington to suspend weapons sales to Israel amid the Gaza war.

For more on the newly passed US defence bill, which now goes to Trump to be signed into law, check out our story here.

Main events on December 17th

• Israel has continued to launch attacks across Gaza in violation of the ceasefire with Hamas, injuring at least 11 people in a strike in Gaza City.
• Gaza’s civil defence agency has warned that temperatures are set to plummet overnight, threatening Palestinian children and families living in ill-equipped and flooded tent encampments.
• Palestinians in the West Bank refugee camp of Nur Shams are bracing for more Israeli home demolitions as 25 buildings are set to be destroyed this week.
• Qatar’s PM has said aid must urgently be allowed into Gaza and the ceasefire deal must move to the next phase during talks with US Secretary of State Rubio in Washington, DC.

Trump, Starmer expose themselves on Bondi Beach attack; ignore hero in tribute

US President Donald Trump and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer have paid special tribute to the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia. However, while they focused on the safety of Jewish community, they did not mention the heroic act of Ahmed El Ahmad, who risked his life to save the lives of so many people. Rifat Jawaid says that first Gaza and now the Sydney attack will no doubt raise plenty of questions on the intention of the leaders of the two most developed nations.

“Globalise The Intifada” Protestors Will Be Arrested

USA rules like the mafia, but 100x worse.

US sanctions more ICC judges, citing ruling on Israeli war crime probe

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/18/politics/trump-international-criminal-court-sanctions

The United States has issued a new round of sanctions against staff members at the International Criminal Court, citing a recent ruling blocking Israel’s effort to halt a Gaza war crimes investigation.

Thursday’s sanctions target two judges: Gocha Lordkipanidze of Georgia and Erdenebalsuren Damdin of Mongolia.

In a statement, US Secretary of State Rubio said the judges “have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals, without Israel’s consent”.

He also faulted Lordkipanidze and Damdin for “voting with the majority” on December 15, when the ICC rejected Israel’s attempt to pause the war crimes probe.

“The ICC has continued to engage in politicized actions targeting Israel, which set a dangerous precedent for all nations,” Rubio said in the statement.

The sanctions are the latest in a series of economic restrictions the administration of US President Donald Trump has placed on ICC members and their associates.

Critics warn such actions could chill investigations across the world and have wide-ranging implications for prosecutors, judges and even witnesses.

In February, for instance, the Trump administration issued broad sanctions targeting ICC staff and anyone assisting the court’s investigations against the US and its allies.The Trump White House continued by issuing individual sanctions against judges and prosecutors it disagreed with.

In June, four judges were sanctioned, two of whom participated in probes regarding US personnel in Afghanistan. The other two were involved in the decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.

Then, in August, the US expanded the sanctions, taking actions against two more judges and two ICC prosecutors.

Even entities outside the ICC have been hit with economic penalties as a result of their participation in its investigations. Last September, Rubio announced that three non-governmental organisations — Al Haq, the Al Mezan Center for Human Rights and the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights — would also face sanctions for helping the ICC “investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute Israeli nationals”.

In a statement on Thursday, the court decried the latest US actions as a “flagrant attack against the independence of an impartial judicial institution”. It nevertheless pledged to carry out its mandate, despite US pressure. “When judicial actors are threatened for applying the law, it is the international legal order itself that is placed at risk,” it said.

Egypt says gas deal with Israel is ‘purely commercial’

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/17/middleeast/israel-gas-deal-egypt-latam-intl

^{Natural gas agreement worth approximately $35bn comes amid frayed relations over Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza}

Egypt has said that Cairo’s natural gas deal with Israel is a “purely commercial” arrangement and that there are no “political dimensions” to the deal.

On Thursday, Egypt’s State Information Service (SIS)  said the agreement was struck by private energy companies under market rules and without government involvement.

“The deal is a purely commercial transaction concluded on the basis of strictly economic and investment considerations, and entails no political dimensions or understandings of any kind,” SIS chief Diaa Rashwan said in a statement.

“The agreement serves a clear strategic interest for Egypt, namely strengthening its position as the sole regional hub for gas trading in the Eastern Mediterranean,” Rashwan added.

Egypt’s announcement came after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the approval of the gas agreement with Egypt on Wednesday evening and called it “the largest gas deal in Israel’s history”.

“Today, I approved the largest gas deal in Israel’s history. The deal is worth 112 billion shekels [$34.7bn]. Of this total, 58 billion shekels [$18bn] will go to the state coffers,” Netanyahu said during a televised address in Israel, alongside energy minister Eli Cohen.

“The agreement is with the American company Chevron, with Israeli partners who will supply gas to Egypt,” Netanyahu added.

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According to CNN, Netanyahu’s announcement of the gas deal on Wednesday comes amid pressure from US President Donald Trump, who has been trying to organise a meeting between Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Netanyahu.

No evidence’ Australia’s Bondi gunmen trained in the Philippines: Official

There is no evidence the suspected gunmen in the deadly Bondi Beach attack received military training in the southern Philippines, Manila’s national security adviser has said, as Australia announced plans to introduce measures to tighten the country’s hate speech laws.

In a Wednesday statement, Philippine National Security Adviser Eduardo Ano confirmed the two suspects in Sunday’s attack in Sydney, Australia – which saw 15 people killed after gunmen opened fire at a Jewish event – were in the country from November 1 to 28 this year.

Ano said immigration records showed that 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram travelled via the Philippine capital Manila to Davao City on the southern island of Mindanao. He added that Sajid had entered the country on an Indian passport, while Naveed entered on an Australian one.

Ano added that there was “no evidence” that the men had received “any form of military training” while in the country. “A mere visit does not support allegations of terrorist training, and the duration of their stay would not have allowed for any meaningful or structured training,” he said.

The men mostly stayed in their hotel rooms when in Davao, according to a report by local news outlet MindaNews. Staff at the hotel said the pair checked in on November 1 and rarely went out for more than an hour at a time during their almost monthlong stay.

Australian authorities announced on Wednesday that Naveed Akram had been charged with 59 offences for his role in the attack, including murder and terror charges, when he woke from his coma. Sajid Akram, his father, was shot dead by police at the scene.

Ano also suggested that reports describing Mindanao – home to most of the Catholic-majority country’s Muslim population, plagued by a decades-long secessionist conflict – as a “hotspot for violent extremism or Islamic State ideology” were “outdated and misleading”.

“Since the 2017 Marawi Siege, Philippine security forces have significantly degraded ISIS-affiliated groups in the country,” he said, referring to a five-month battle in which the ISIL-inspired Maute group seized the southern city and fought government forces.

“The remnants of these groups have been fragmented, deprived of leadership, and operationally degraded,” Ano added.

A 2014 peace agreement, which saw rebels drop their secessionist aspirations in exchange for a more powerful and better-funded Muslim autonomous region called Bangsamoro, has also brought a degree of calm to Mindanao.

But smaller rebel groups continue to carry out sporadic, deadly attacks across the restive southern Philippines’ region.

Good summary of all the 'loose ends' 

Jimmy Dore UNVEILS, Jaw-Dropping PROOF of Bondi Beach Attack in Sydney, Australia

Not much proof, lot of circumstantial stuff that raises valid questions.

Seems the facts are the father immigrated from India, the son was born in Australia. For some reason they were allowed to have 6 high powered quick action hunting rifles despite the son being previously a concern for Australian intelligence in 2019.

Here's a link to raw footage of the terrorist attack
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtzJUzv-D5A

Raw video filmed by a hiding civilian has emerged showing the full sequence of the Bondi Beach shooting, in which a father and son duo fired at least 97 rounds over a six minute period before being injured by police. The footage captures sustained gunfire, intermittent pauses consistent with reloading, and the delayed arrival of law enforcement, followed by chaotic scenes in which civilians rushed the attackers. After the shooting stopped, members of the public assaulted the injured gunmen, while confusion led to a scuffle between civilians after one man was mistakenly identified as an attacker. Authorities continue to investigate the attack as Australia grapples with one of its deadliest mass shooting incidents in decades.

Ceasefire talks in Miami: What to know

The United States Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, will hold talks in Miami, Florida, with senior officials from Qatar, Egypt and Turkiye as efforts continue to advance the next phase of the Gaza ceasefire, even as Israel repeatedly violates the truce on the ground.

A White House official told Al Jazeera Arabic on Friday that Witkoff is set to meet representatives from the three countries to discuss the future of the agreement aimed at halting Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza.

Axios separately reported that the meeting, scheduled for later on Friday, will include Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan and Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty.

At the same time, Israel’s public broadcaster, quoting an Israeli official, said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is holding a restricted security consultation to examine the second phase of the ceasefire and potential scenarios.

That official warned that Israel could launch a new military campaign to disarm Hamas if US President Donald Trump were to disengage from the Gaza process, while acknowledging that such a move was unlikely because Trump wants to preserve calm in the enclave.

PA or any Palestinian representatives are not invited of course, since Palestinians are banned from the USA... These are not peace talks, they're are internationalizing the occupation talks.

Top Hamas official says Miami talks must end ‘ongoing Israeli lawlessness’

Bassem Naim has said the talks in Miami must aim to end Israeli ceasefire violations in Gaza.

“Our people expect these talks to result in an agreement to put an end to ongoing Israeli lawlessness, halt all violations and compel the occupation to abide by the Sharm El-Sheikh agreement,” the Hamas political bureau member told AFP.

During the second stage, Israel is supposed to withdraw from its positions in Gaza, an interim authority is to govern the Palestinian territory instead of Hamas, and an international stabilisation force is to be deployed.

Naim said the new talks should also boost the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza.

He told the news agency the discussions should address how to implement the plan in a way to ensure “sustainable stability, launches a comprehensive reconstruction process and paves the way for a political track enabling Palestinians to govern themselves, culminating in a fully sovereign and independent state”.

IPC says Gaza no longer experiencing famine, warns situation ‘highly fragile’

The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), a global hunger monitor, has said there is no longer famine in Gaza after access for humanitarian and commercial food deliveries improved following the start of the fragile ceasefire in October.

The IPC, however, warned that the situation in Gaza remains critical.

“Under a ⁠worst-case scenario, which would include renewed hostilities and a halt in humanitarian and commercial inflows, the entire Gaza Strip [would be] at risk of famine through mid-April 2026. This underscores the severe and ongoing humanitarian crisis,” the monitor said in a report.

It added that more than 100,000 people in Gaza were experiencing catastrophic conditions, but projected that figure to decline to about 1,900 people by April 2026. It said the entire ‌Gaza Strip was classified in an emergency phase, one step below catastrophic conditions.

“The situation remains highly fragile and is contingent on sustained, expanded and consistent humanitarian and commercial ‌access,” the IPC said.

The latest assessment by the monitor comes four months after it reported that 514,000 people – nearly a quarter of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip – were experiencing famine.

Israel controls all access to the besieged enclave, with international aid organisations stating that Israel has allowed far fewer than 600 trucks a day, in violation of the ceasefire.

Keeping the population on the brink of famine according to plan...

No famine does not mean no misery in Gaza

Gaza is no longer in famine conditions – but that does not mean the crisis is over.

One of the UN aid distribution centres here has shut down and been turned into a mass displacement camp for Gaza’s residents. People are living in unbearable conditions and the UN is still warning that the limited food rations and the ongoing aid restrictions could quickly reverse all recent gains.

So what we can see on the ground is a continuation of the humanitarian miseries families are living in. The displaced people living in makeshift tents are depending on very small food rations.

More commercial goods are coming in rather than aid supplies. UN agencies are still battling to scale up humanitarian deliveries and believe that without them, the situation in Gaza will worsen within the coming week – specifically for the displaced families who are suffering under the current weather conditions.


_{People gather during a search and rescue operation at the site of a house that was partially destroyed during the war and collapsed on Tuesday, at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City}


In Gaza, 1.6 million people still face ‘acute food insecurity’: UNWRA

Despite no famine conditions, Gaza remains in a “hunger crisis”, says Philippe Lazzarini, the commissioner-general of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA.

In a social media post, he said the latest report from IPC “underscores how fragile the gains have been since the ceasefire began in October”.

He added that while the Gaza governorate “is no longer classified as being in famine, 1.6 million people still face high levels of acute food insecurity” and urged for more aid to be let in.

#Gaza remains in a man-made hunger crisis. 

The latest report from @theIPCinfo underscores how fragile the gains have been since the ceasefire began in October. While #Gaza Governorate is no longer classified as being in famine, 1.6 million people still face high levels of acute…

— Philippe Lazzarini (@UNLazzarini) December 19, 2025