Gaza Humanitarian Response | Situation Report No. 15

06 Nov 2025

This daily report outlines UN and partners’ efforts and progress in scaling up the humanitarian response across the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire agreement that entered into effect on 10 October 2025. For all situation reports see here.

HIGHLIGHTS

Nine partners have resumed learning activities in Gaza city as part of efforts to scale up the education response through the establishment of temporary learning spaces (TLSs) for school-aged children.
The total estimated population movement in the Gaza Strip since 10 October rose to 687,593 with more than 80 per cent of these movements from south to north.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On 5 November, the Site Management Cluster observed 5,653 new population movements across Gaza, bringing the total recorded since 10 October to 687,593. Of these, 559,247 were from southern to northern Gaza (67 per cent through Al-Rasheed Road and the rest through Salah al Deen Road), while another 113,260 people moved from western to eastern Khan Younis. At the same time, partner Designated Emergency Shelters (DES) in Al Nuseirat and Deir al Balah have been receiving an average of 30 new families arriving from the north daily.

Between 21 and 30 October 2025, inter-agency field assessments were conducted across ten sites in Gaza, including Jabalya al Balad in North Gaza, Gaza city and Khan Younis. The missions covered over 2,780 households (HHs), with sites such as Halawa Camp (900 HHs) and Batn As-Sameen (500 HHs) among the largest. These areas had been evacuated during recent hostilities, with populations now gradually returning to damaged or makeshift shelters. The assessment aimed to identify urgent humanitarian needs and inform winterization and the wider response.

Across all locations, top needs identified included safe drinking water, sanitation facilities, shelter repair materials, bedding, access to healthcare and medicines, regular food distributions, and protection measures such as lighting and safe spaces. Common observations highlighted severe overcrowding, poor hygiene, lack of privacy, and heightened protection risks—especially for women and children. Most households rely on irregular humanitarian aid and face barriers to accessing health services and markets. Female-headed households, which make up a significant portion (up to 60 per cent in some sites), are particularly vulnerable.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

According to the Logistics Cluster, on 5 November, 163 UN and partner trucks were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, of which at least 41 per cent carried 1,353 metric tons (mt) of food assistance. Via the Egypt corridor, out of 103 trucks that had been manifested for entry, only 71 offloaded.

Based on preliminary data, more than 2,600 pallets of aid, along with 318,800 litres of fuel, were collected into Gaza on the same day. Food supplies represented over 70 per cent of all collected cargo, followed by water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) items - including dignity and hygiene kits, water tanks and containers; winter clothes and tarps; medical items; and infant formula.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Site Management

As part of the winterization initiative and to promote a clean and dignified living environment through community engagement, a cluster partner mobilized DES’ residents to participate in a community-led clean-up exercise. This activity focused on managing garbage and maintaining hygienic conditions at the site, ensuring that displaced persons could reside in a healthier and safer environment. In collaboration with WASH promoters, several awareness sessions were also conducted to enhance displaced persons’ understanding of essential hygiene practices, further supporting the effort to sustain improved living standards at the DES.

Protection

General Protection:
- On 6 November, partners reported reaching a total of 200 people in northern Gaza, and approximately 417 in Khan Younis and Deir al Balah over the last two days. One partner provided documentation training for 17 participants, alternative dispute resolution workshops for 160 people, produced 155 materials of media and awareness content, conducted protection interviews with 120 women, and referred 90 people for Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance.
Child Protection:
- On 5 November, a total of 929 children and 405 caregivers were reached with Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Services (MHPSS) across various locations in southern Gaza. These included structured group sessions, individual psychological counselling, stress management interventions, and recreational psychosocial activities designed to support emotional well-being, strengthen parent–child communication, and promote resilience in displacement contexts.
Gender-Based Violence (GBV):
- On 5 November, GBV partners distributed dignity and menstrual health management kits to 109 women and girls to help meet basic protection and health needs.
- A total of 214 women and girls participated in life skills, psychosocial relief and social cohesion sessions provided by GBV partners. Eleven women also received individualized Psychological First Aid support, while 58 joined group therapy sessions designed to build emotional strength, self-awareness, and coping skills.
- In Khan Younis, GBV partners conducted two awareness sessions reaching 535 women, alongside a psychosocial resilience activity titled “Letter to Myself” with 16 women heads of households at Al-Amal Prep Girls School, a community-based intervention linking MHPSS with GBV risk reduction.

Education

Nine partners have resumed learning activities in Gaza city as part of efforts to scale up the education response through the establishment of TLSs for school-aged children.
Damaged school assessments led by partners and the Ministry of Education in Gaza are ongoing by Explosive Ordnance Risk Education-trained teams. The cluster assessment team will be deployed also to visit a sample of damaged schools to verify and validate the findings.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system, are preliminary and will be reconciled in the course of the ceasefire. Trucks entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.