Gaza Humanitarian Response | Situation Report No. 35

01 Dec 2025

As of 18:00 on 30 November 2025, unless otherwise noted.

This report, issued daily from Monday to Saturday, outlines efforts and progress made by the UN and its partners to scale up humanitarian response across the Gaza Strip under the ceasefire that entered into effect on 10 October 2025. For all situation reports see here.

HIGHLIGHTS

A total of 125,000 households have been reached with Multi-Purpose Cash Assistance since the start of the ceasefire, exceeding the 60-day ceasefire plan target.
The number of functional health service points in the Gaza Strip has increased by 14 per cent since the ceasefire, now totaling 224. This scale-up includes the gradual re-establishment of life-saving tertiary care for children at the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city.
Repairs to 21 of the 38 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) damaged by flash floods have allowed around 8,000 children to resume in-person classes.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

The Site Management Cluster (SMC) currently has records of 940 active displacement sites across the Gaza Strip, with a total population of approximately 1.5 million people. Of these sites, 211 are located in northern Gaza and host a population of about 166,000 people, while the remaining 729 sites are located in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.
South-to-north population movements continue, with over 20,600 people on the move observed by Site Management partners between 23 and 29 November. Overall, since the onset of the ceasefire on 10 October, over 774,000 movements have been observed, of which more than 639,000 from southern to northern Gaza.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED AID ENTRY^*

On 30 November, at least 3,146 pallets of aid administered by the UN and its partners were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, based on data retrieved from the UN 2720 Mechanism dashboard at 18:00 on 1 December. About 52 per cent of these pallets contained food supplies, followed by shelter (35 per cent), water, sanitation and hygiene items (9 per cent), and nutrition supplies (4 per cent). At least 108 truckloads were offloaded at Kerem Shalom and 29 at Zikim crossing.

Between 28 and 30 November, United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) international monitors deployed at Gaza’s crossings verified the collection of at least 9,791 pallets of aid – 8,901 from Kerem Shalom and 890 from Zikim. These comprised inter alia 5,428 pallets of food supplies, including flour, canned vegetables and bulgur, 1,668 pallets of blankets, 550 pallets of tarpaulins, 300 pallets of tents, 471 pallets of winter clothing, 125 pallets of kitchen sets, 100 pallets of mattresses, 887 pallets of hygiene kits and WASH items, as well as 22 pallets of medical supplies and 28 of stretchers and hospital beds.

Overall, between 10 October, when the ceasefire entered into effect, and 30 November, at least 124,155 pallets of humanitarian cargo were offloaded, and 110,234 pallets were collected from the different crossings. Of the collected cargo, 1,951 pallets (2 per cent) were intercepted during transit within Gaza.

All the above data excludes bilateral donations and the commercial sector.

As of 1 December, the Kerem Shalom, Zikim and Kissufim crossings remained operational, with humanitarian cargo offloading and uplifting alternating days between Zikim and Kissufim.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Health

As of 30 November, the number of functional health service points delivering life-saving services across Gaza had risen to 224 out of 592, representing a 14 per cent increase compared to the 197 points operational just before the ceasefire. These include 19 out of 36 hospitals, 10 out of 16 field hospitals, 84 out of 195 Primary Health Centres, and 111 out of 345 medical points. Of the 224 points, 215 are only partially functional and eight fully. This scale-up includes the gradual re-establishment of life-saving tertiary care for children at the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza city; the facility now comprises a seven-bed pediatric intensive care unit, inpatient post operative care for children, hemodialysis services and emergency care.

Food Security

The 18 UN-supported bakeries continue to produce 162,000 2-kg bread bundles daily. To ensure capillary reach, the bread is being distributed for free across hundreds of shelters, community kitchens and other community sites, and sold at a subsidized price by an expanding network of contracted retailers, which have now risen to 125, across the Strip.

Water, Sanitations and Hygiene

Water network repairs and maintenance of water wells and sewage pumping stations continue throughout northern Gaza, including Jabalya and the Az-Zaytoun area of Gaza city.
There is an urgent need for sanitation slabs and related materials as the pipeline remains weak.

Education

Of the 38 Temporary Learning Spaces (TLSs) affected by recent flash floods, 21 have been repaired and reopened, allowing around 8,000 school-aged children to resume in-person classes. The overall number of functional TLSs as of 26 November has reached 305, serving over 155,800 children, or a quarter of the 637,000 school-aged children in Gaza. Work continues on the remaining sites, supported by high-performance tents and tarpaulins donated by a cluster partner.
While the entry of high-performance tents has increased, essential learning supplies - particularly stationery - remain blocked from entering the Strip, hindering quality learning for children in need.

Nutrition

Between 30 November and 1 December, 14 trucks carrying 388 pallets of High-Energy Biscuits are being collected. This stock will support over 30,000 children for one month as a supplementary intervention, with priority given to underserved and hard-to-reach areas.

Protection

Between 26 and 29 November, Protection partners active in Gaza city, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis continued to reach thousands of people with psychosocial support, legal/protection counselling, explosive ordnance risk education (EORE), cash for protection, and referral services, including for Shelter and Multi-purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA). Case management referred 49 people for cash assistance, 93 people for EORE awareness sessions, and provided in-kind distributions for the most urgent cases.
Between 9 and 26 November, jointly with the Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) Network and with support from other clusters, Safeguarding Protection Teams conducted 24 monitoring visits to various distribution sites to ensure that assistance reaches the most vulnerable people without causing harm.
Child Protection
- Between the beginning of October and 30 November, Child Protection partners distributed 140,000 child-focused winter items across the Strip, including shoes, clothes, blankets and towels, as well 7,000 baby kits.
- In the last ten days of November, 160 activity tents were dispatched to CP partners across the Strip, enabling thousands of children to access mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) activities and case management services.
Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response
- The provision of services addressing GBV are ongoing across 36 Women and Girls’ Safe Spaces in the Strip, reaching approximately 870 people on 29 and 30 November. These services include psychosocial support, GBV case management, legal awareness sessions, and psychosocial first aid.
- On 28 November, seven women-headed households affected by flooding and facing heightened risks of GBV were referred for Shelter support. They received new tents and relocation support to a dedicated camp that has been established in Khan Younis.
Mine Action
- On 29 and 30 November, 16 Explosive Hazard Assessments (EHAs) were completed in Deir al Balah and Gaza city, most of them in support of rubble removal activities.
- Explosive Ordnance Risk Education activities continue through five partners in Deir al-Balah, Khan Younis, and Gaza city.

Shelter

Between 26 and 30 November, Shelter Cluster partners reached almost 4,300 families with tarpaulin sheets, bedding items, tents, and kitchen sets across the Strip, including 2,500 families in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis, and 1,760 families in northern Gaza. About 400 of these families also received winter clothing vouchers.
During the same period, partners reported the entry into the Strip of 23,000 tarpaulins, 2,000 mattresses and 9,000 bedding items. The Cluster pipeline is full, yet material entry into Gaza remains restricted, leaving available humanitarian supplies insufficient to meet urgent shelter needs as the winter sets in.

Site Management Cluster

A mapping exercise has identified 450 active sites located in flood-prone areas. The Cluster is coordinating with several partners to support the relocation of highly vulnerable populations living along the shoreline, particularly those situated within the wave line and on unstable sandbanks. Currently, the only available materials for flood mitigation are recycled flour bags donated by Food Security Sector partners.

Multi-purpose Cash Assistance (MPCA)

Following the ceasefire on 10 October, MPCA assistance surged significantly with 125,000 households reached (686,000 people) with a multipurpose cash transfer of NIS 1,250 (USD 382) amid drop in prices and enhanced digital payment environment - exceeding the sixty-day ceasefire plan target of 120,000 families two weeks ahead of its completion.

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