Gaza Humanitarian Response | Situation Report No. 37

03 Dec 2025

As of 18:00 on 2 December 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

During the month of November, Food Security Sector partners reached 65 per cent of Gaza’s population with monthly general food assistance.
As part of ongoing winterization efforts, Child Protection partners distributed 6,000 child winter clothing kits on 1 December.
Throughout November, Mine Action partners conducted 132 Explosive Hazard Assessments and reached nearly 116,000 people, almost half of them children, through Explosive Ordnance Risk Education sessions.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

On 3 December, the Israeli authorities announced that the Rafah crossing would open in the coming days “exclusively for the exit of residents” from the Gaza Strip to Egypt. The Israeli statement indicated that exit would be facilitated “through coordination with Egypt, following security approval by Israel and under the supervision of the European Union mission”, similarly to the mechanism operational in January 2025.

On the afternoon of 3 December, a casket containing the apparent remains of one of the last two deceased hostages from Israel still believed to remain in Gaza was handed over to the Israeli authorities. As of 19:00 local time, the identity of the deceased had not been ascertained yet.

Over the past 48 hours, reports of airstrikes, shelling, and gunfire continued across the Gaza Strip. On 1 December, OCHA helped to coordinate the rescue of injured people in the At-Tuffah neighbourhood of Gaza city, following a distress call received from the area by Civil Defence teams.

UNITED NATIONS-COORDINATED AID ENTRY^*

On 2 December, at least 4,362 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 3 December. About 68 per cent of these pallets contained food supplies, followed by shelter (19 per cent), water, sanitation and hygiene items (11 per cent), and health supplies (3 per cent). At least 133 truckloads were offloaded at Kerem Shalom and 26 at Zikim.

On the same day, UNOPS international monitors present at Kerem Shalom between 07:30 and 14:18 verified the collection of at least 3,026 pallets of aid. These comprised inter alia 1,753 pallets of food supplies, including flour, canned corn, fresh fruit and vegetables, 507 pallets of hygiene and dignity kits, 395 pallets of tarpaulins and ropes, 62 of tents, 166 of clothes and blankets, 100 of water tanks, as well as animal fodder.

Overall, between the announcement of the ceasefire on 10 October, and 2 December, at least 132,547 pallets of humanitarian cargo were offloaded, and 117,050 pallets were collected from the different crossings. Only 2 per cent of all uplifted aid was intercepted during transit within Gaza, while over 115,000 pallets safely reached warehouses for onward distribution to people in need

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

As of 3 December, the Kerem Shalom, Zikim and Kissufim crossings remained operational, with humanitarian cargo offloading and uplifting alternating days between Zikim and Kissufim.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

During the month of November, partners distributed monthly food parcels to more than 273,000 families (1,365,000 people), representing 65 per cent of all 2.1 million people requiring monthly food assistance in Gaza.

Shelter

On 1 December, Shelter partners distributed shelter items to 1,950 households across the Strip. This includes 628 bedding kits, 82 tents and 70 kitchen sets distributed to 780 families, as well as 366 tarpaulins to 122 families in Khan Younis; 168 tents, 237 winter clothing vouchers and 145 tarpaulins to 483 families in North Gaza and Gaza city; and 1,695 tarpaulins to 565 families in Rafah.

Protection

On 1 December, in a single day, approximately 1,117 people were reached with individual psychosocial support, legal consultations, and group awareness activities: 100 received protection awareness sessions, 203 adults accessed mental health and psychosocial support services, 5 cases required adult case management, 45 people received legal aid, and over 800 people received dignity kits, clothing, blankets, and food parcels.

Child Protection

On 1 December, Child Protection partners continued large-scale winterization efforts across the Strip, distributing 6,000 winter clothing kits to help children cope with the harsh weather conditions.
On the same day, partners set up 30 activity tents across the Strip to ensure safe spaces where children can access psychosocial support and structured activities.
As part of strengthening meaningful child engagement, partners delivered training on child participation for 40 frontline staff from child protection service providers, equipping them with the skills needed to lead child consultations on children’s vision for the future of Gaza.

Mine Action

Throughout November, Mine Action partners conducted 132 Explosive Hazard Assessments (EHAs) across priority humanitarian locations, including warehouses, distribution sites, major transport corridors, and key infrastructure. Findings were categorized as low, medium, or high risk, with hazardous areas marked, mapped, and reported through the Mine Action information management system. Partners also supported 17 inter-agency missions, providing technical expertise on Explosive Ordnance (EO) threats and conducted 6,861 Explosive Ordnance Risk Education (EORE) sessions to sensitize the population on EO risks, reaching 115,917 people, nearly half of them children, across all five Gaza governorates. Additionally, a Training of Trainers session on EORE was delivered to seven humanitarian partners to enhance their capacity and strengthen community outreach efforts. Overall, during the month, five EO incidents were reported, leading to 17 causalities – 6 killed and 11 injured - in Deir al Balah and Gaza city.
Between 2 and 3 December, another 11 EHAs were conducted, mostly in support of rubble removal efforts, while EORE activities reached at least a further 2,326 people, nearly 30 percent of whom were children, in Deir al Balah, Khan Younis and Gaza city.

* 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.