Gaza Humanitarian Response | Situation Report No. 67

13 Feb 2026

As of 18:00 on 11 February 2026, unless otherwise noted

This report, issued every Friday, outlines efforts and progress made by the UN and its partners to scale up the humanitarian response across the Gaza Strip following the ceasefire that entered into effect on 10 October 2025. The next report will be issued on 20 February. For all situation reports see here.

HIGHLIGHTS

The UN has begun removing solid waste from the Firas Market dumping site in Gaza city, where more than 300,000 cubic metres had accumulated; teams are disposing of it at a temporary site that meets environmental standards.
At least 48,000 children have benefited from learning materials that humanitarian partners took into Gaza for the first time in two years.
Between 4 and 10 February, the Shelter Cluster reached almost 5,500 households with 1,730 tents, 1,420 tarpaulins, and thousands of bedding and kitchen items; however, distributions have decreased significantly because of lengthy approval processes and restrictions on partners’ operations.

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Between 6 and 11 February, airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued across the Gaza Strip, reportedly resulting in civilian casualties and damage to civilian objects. According to the Ministry of Health in Gaza (MoH), 20 Palestinians were killed, and 80 others injured during this period, bringing the total casualty toll reported by MoH since the ceasefire came into effect on 10 October 2025 to 1,591 killed and 1,578 injured. On 10 February, an UNRWA staff member was killed in an airstrike while walking on the street east of Deir al Balah.

Since the reopening of Rafah Crossing in early February for the limited movement of people, the UN and partners have supported the medical evacuation of 108 patients and 165 companions through this route.

Separately, 269 people returned to Gaza. Returnees were provided with a range of services at a reception area by the UN and partners, including medical care, protection support and information, psychosocial services, food, water and other basic items, as well as transportation assistance.

The UN continues to engage with all relevant stakeholders to ensure that movements are safe and dignified and calls for the freedom of movement for more people to voluntarily exit and enter Gaza.

Efforts to address immediate weather-related and conflict-related needs through joint distributions continue. Between 5 and 11 February, aid workers in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis provided tents, tarpaulins, bedding and blankets, hygiene products, cereals, plastic sheeting, and clothes to 289 displaced families whose shelters and belongings were damaged by heavy rains. In Khan Younis, a humanitarian team is supporting five families whose shelters and belongings were destroyed by an accidental fire with joint distributions.

Between 18 and 31 January, the Site Management Cluster recorded nearly 6,500 population movements within the Gaza Strip. Some displacement is believed to have been caused by military activity in or near residential areas. Since the ceasefire agreement, nearly 827,000 population movements have been observed, including some 690,000 from southern to northern Gaza. OCHA assesses that the population in northern Gaza has increased by over 10 per cent since late December, likely as people from Deir al Balah moved towards the north.

HUMANITARIAN AID ENTRY^*

Between 6 and 11 February, at least 9,784 pallets of aid administered by the UN and its partners were offloaded at Gaza’s crossings, based on data retrieved from the UN2720 Mechanism dashboard at 11:00 on 12 February. About 65 per cent of these pallets contained food supplies, with other categories being shelter items (13 per cent), nutrition supplies (9.5 per cent), water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) assistance (7 per cent), health items (2.5 per cent), and education materials (1 per cent).

During the same period, international monitors with the UN Office for Project Services (UNOPS) deployed at Gaza’s crossings verified the collection of 10,338 pallets of aid – 7,115 through Kerem Shalom Crossing and 3,223 through Zikim Crossing. These included 5,726 pallets of food assistance, more than 2,802 pallets of shelter items including tents, blankets, tarpaulins and kitchenware, 818 pallets of WASH items, 644 pallets of education materials, 190 pallets of solid fuel and firewood, 136 pallets of nutrition supplies, and some medical items and fuel tank sensors.

Overall, between the announcement of the ceasefire on 10 October 2025 and 11 February 2026, at least 293,188 pallets of humanitarian cargo were offloaded, and 295,505 pallets were collected from the various crossings. Some 1,532 pallets, less than one per cent of all collected aid, were intercepted during transit within Gaza.

The above data does not include bilateral donations and the commercial sector.

Between 5 and 10 February, UNOPS distributed 738,466 litres of diesel to partners – 462,820 litres in the south and 275,646 litres in the north – to support critical water and sanitation, health, logistics, rubble removal, shelter, site management, telecommunications, education, nutrition, cash assistance and protection operations. More than 768,000 litres of fuel were collected into the Gaza Strip during the same period.

Between 6 and 11 February, the UN attempted to coordinate 48 humanitarian missions with the Israeli authorities inside Gaza. Of these, five were denied outright. Of the remaining attempts, 25 missions (52 per cent) were facilitated, and 11 (23 per cent) were approved but faced impediments – including 9 that were fully accomplished despite the impediments and two that were only partially accomplished. Another seven missions (15 per cent) had to be cancelled by the organizers due to operational, logistical, or security reasons.

With Rafah closed for cargo and Nitzana closed to UN and international NGOs since 1 January, truck movements from Egypt continue to be routed from Egyptian Rafah to Kerem Shalom. However, humanitarian partners have continued to face high return rates through this route. Of the 211 aid trucks manifested between 5 and 10 February, only 59 per cent could be offloaded at Gaza’s crossings. This is an increase from 39 per cent between 12 January and 5 February.

HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE

Food Security

As of 8 February, Food Security Sector (FSS) partners had reached almost 70,000 families (350,000 people) with household‑level general food assistance as part of the monthly distribution cycle. Throughout January, rations covered 100 per cent of minimum daily caloric need. However, since 1 February the ration size has been progressively adjusted: between 1 and 4 February, partners provided two food parcels and one 25‑kg bag of flour per family, covering approximately 75 per cent of minimum caloric needs; it was rations were further reduced from 5 February to one food parcel, one bag of flour, and 2.5 kg of high-energy biscuits, covering about 50 per cent of minimum caloric needs. Current stocks in the Strip are insufficient to sustain even the reduced rations for the rest of the month, requiring an increase in aid flows. In recent weeks, upstream humanitarian supply entry from Egypt has remained critically low, significantly constraining partners’ response capacities. The Food Security Sector also continues to advocate for the resumption of the Government‑to‑Government (G2G) direct convoy modality from Jordan to enable the delivery of larger humanitarian volumes.
As of 7 February, FSS partners continued to prepare and deliver 1.8 million hot meals every day through 180 kitchens across the Strip, including 560,000 meals through 46 kitchens in northern Gaza and 1.2 million meals through 134 kitchens in southern and central Gaza.
As of 11 February, FSS partners supported the production and distribution of over 160,000 two-kilogram bread bundles every day through 19 subsidized bakeries. Of these, 70 per cent are sold at subsidized prices through 147 retailers, while the remaining bread is distributed together with cooked meals. FSS partners also conducted food safety and quality control training for all participating bakeries last week.

Health

As of 9 February, 246 health service points were functioning across the Gaza Strip, 234 of them only partially, including 19 hospitals, 12 field hospitals, 102 primary health centres, and 113 medical points. On 5 February, one hospital resumed operations in Gaza city, bringing the total number of hospitals in the Gaza governorate to 13, while no hospitals are operational in North Gaza.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has begun deploying prefabricated modular PHC recovery units (two 250-square-metre units per site), with the first installation underway in Gaza city.
From 5 to 9 February, WHO and partners facilitated the medical evacuation of 86 patients alongside companions from Gaza based on patient lists established by the Ministry of Health in Gaza: 63 patients through three movements via the Rafah Crossing to Egypt, and 26 patients via Kerem Shalom to Italy.
A total of 35 emergency medical teams, including two national teams (305 personnel) and 91 international staff, were present in Gaza as of 9 February.
The health response continues to face major constraints, with key medical items deemed dual-use, including laboratory and imaging equipment, still not cleared and access restrictions on national and international NGOs limiting health service point functionality, referral pathways, and essential services such as trauma care, sexual and reproductive health, mental health and psycho-social support (MHPSS), child care, and rehabilitation.
Disease surveillance also remains severely constrained: although during the first five weeks of 2026 an average of 145 facilities continued reporting through WHO’s Early Warning, Alert and Response System – designed to improve disease outbreak detection – the entry of basic equipment, including tablets and laboratory supplies, remains restricted, and the Outbreak Response Assessment (OBRA) team cannot rule out low‑level residual poliovirus transmission due to insufficient immunization coverage. High surveillance sensitivity must be maintained for 12 consecutive months with no detections before the next OBRA can take place.
Access to assistive devices and rehabilitation services is similarly limited. The UN and partners could only take into Gaza some 300 prostheses since December 2025, despite more than 6,000 amputation cases reported, and existing stocks at the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center (ALPC) and ICRC facilities are expected to last just three months. The UN and partners have not been able to take in any new prosthetics or orthotics materials since the ceasefire entered into effect.

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

For the first time since October 2023, UNDP has been approved to and has begun to remove solid waste from the Firas Market improvised dumping site in Gaza city, where over 300,000 cubic metres have accumulated since municipal crews lost access to Gaza’s main landfill in Juhr ad Dik, near the Israeli perimeter fence. This process is expected to take six months and is part of ongoing efforts to improve environmental conditions and public health. Teams are moving the waste to a newly identified temporary dump site that meets environmental standards. Located in Abu Jarad, south of Gaza city, it covers roughly 75,000 square metres and is designed to receive both accumulated and daily waste flows.
The valve on the Gaza city Mekorot supply line from Israel was reopened on 2 February following repairs facilitated by the Israeli authorities. The current flow is approximately 7,000 cubic metres per day, up from the 6,000 cubic metres estimated last week, but still well below pre‑damage levels of 14,000 cubic metres per day. Two leak points have now been identified and coordination for repairs is ongoing.

Shelter

Between 4 and 10 February, the Shelter Cluster reached over 5,463 households with emergency shelter and non-food items (NFI) assistance through in-kind and voucher-based modalities. In-kind distributions included 1,730 tents, 1,420 tarpaulins, 2,292 bedding items, 775 bedding kits (comprising four mattresses, four blankets, six mats and six pillows), and 2,393 kitchen kits. However, restrictions on the operations of certain organizations and a slow approval process have led to a reduction in available stocks. As a result, distributions have decreased significantly compared with January and December, when 20,000 households were reached every week.
Joint emergency distributions to families whose shelter and belongings were damaged by heavy rains was very timely, as indicated by post‑distribution monitoring in Gaza city: 96 per cent of the 540 households surveyed (about 14 per cent of the 3,984 households supported) received assistance within 48 hours of the event. However, only 48 per cent of respondents rated tents as effective during heavy rainfall, mainly because waterproofing was insufficient, though 99 per cent of respondents reported that tarpaulins significantly enhanced shelter protection, reducing flooding, limiting exposure to rain and cold, and compensating for the limitations of tents. While these findings highlight the strength of combining tents with tarpaulins in winter response, the Shelter Cluster still calls for more durable solutions that require equipment and materials that are currently difficult to bring into Gaza.
In a positive development, since January 2026, partners have taken into Gaza 864 durable flat-pack shelters – commonly referred to as Relief Housing Units (RSUs) – including 264 on 10 February.
Based on the latest reports by Shelter Cluster partners, the current aid pipeline includes about 14,000 tents, 110,000 tarpaulins, and 1.5 million NFIs. However, pipeline bottlenecks – including customs and donation‑number requirements, long advance notifications for items deemed “dual-use,” repackaging rules, repeated re‑submissions, and registration issues affecting international NGOs continue to delay or block the movement of relief items, limiting both planning and response capacity. As a result, shelter materials inside Gaza, especially tents and tarpaulins, have nearly depleted.

Nutrition

In January, 89,855 children under five were screened for malnutrition. Of these, 4,435 received treatment, including the 3,565 diagnosed with moderate acute malnutrition and the 870 diagnosed with sever acute malnutrition.
Nutrition partners provided counselling on optimal infant feeding and caring practices to 57,128 pregnant and breastfeeding women (PBW) and offered blanket supplementary feeding services to 231,883 children under five and 88,103 PBW.
Partners are planning a SMART survey to verify and validate the nutrition situation across Gaza; however, it cannot be carried out accurately because the entry of anthropometric equipment is still pending Israeli customs clearance at Ashdod Port. This limits the ability to inform effective, life‑saving nutrition services. The scale and quality of nutrition services is also limited by the deregistration of international NGOs.

Site Management

Over the past week, Site Management Cluster partners continued the rapid displacement site review that started on 3 February. In each location, they verify the site’s status, what services are available, and assess living conditions. Initial findings from the 224 sites assessed to date point to dire living conditions, marked by severe overcrowding and inadequate shelter. The high population density within limited spaces continues to exacerbate protection, health, and safety risks, significantly undermining dignity and well‑being. Fire incidents remain a recurring concern: with no access to safe cooking facilities, many families cook over open fires, leading to repeated tent fires and loss of already scarce shelter materials and household items.

Protection

Child Protection
- Between 5 and 10 February, partners working on child protection (CP) provided 5,500 children and caregivers with community-based mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) sessions. They also distributed 466 winterization kits to vulnerable families, supplied clothes to 1,905 children, and provided blankets to 3,810 girls and boys.
- During that period, partners provided 60 high‑risk children with individualized case management support – including identification, assessment, case planning, follow‑up, and referrals to specialized services; they focused on girls and boys affected by violence, neglect, family separation, and other protection risks. Across Gaza, partners delivered mind-body psychosocial workshops to 3,250 children and adolescents. They also provided targeted MHPSS to nearly 100 frontline workers, to enhance their resilience and coping capacity.
- Partners identified 11 locations in Rafah and Khan Younis where children climb onto moving trucks to obtain supplies, leading to injuries and reported fatalities. This behaviour is driven by poverty, food insecurity, trauma, limited access to education, and gaps in aid distribution. These factors place children at high risk of accidents, exploitation, and harmful coping mechanisms. In response, partners launched a campaign on child safety across all identified locations. They are using interactive awareness sessions, puppet theatre, art activities, public murals, and street outreach. The campaign has so far reached more than 7,000 children and community members. More generally, CP partners are working to scale up multi‑sectoral interventions, strengthen road‑safety measures, expand child‑friendly and MHPSS services, and improve access to education to reduce life‑threatening street risks.
Addressing Gender-Based Violence (GBV)
- Between 5 and 10 February, partners addressing GBV assisted 2,590 women and girls, including those with disabilities, across northern Gaza, Deir al Balah and Khan Younis through psychosocial support, psychological first aid, and mental health awareness activities.
- Hotline services remained active, with 329 calls received during that period. GBV case workers conducted family mediation interventions and provided case management support to survivors and complex protection cases.
- Partners established two more safe spaces for women and girls, one in Gaza city and the other in Al Maghazi Camp, in Deir al Balah. This has brought to 56 the overall number of such spaces across Gaza.
- Awareness‑raising on GBV and available services continued, with 17 awareness sessions conducted on GBV concepts, reaching 579 people. Some 200 frontline staff providing direct services benefitted from four recreational days.
- A total of 1,222 dignity kits and 491 menstrual hygiene management kits were provided to women and girls at risk.
Mine Action
- Between 5 and 10 February, partners conducted 87 explosive hazard assessments in support of debris removal activities, covering more than 32,000 square metres. Just over half of this area was assessed as low risk and thus safe for rubble removal and other humanitarian uses, including schools, hospitals, and public facilities. As part of these activities, mine action teams also supported UNDP’s physical damage assessment project by evaluating building structures and marking confirmed explosive ordnance (EO) items.
- Partners continue to lack authorization to conduct explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) activities in Gaza and bringing in EOD-related equipment remains banned. As a result, partners are only able to conduct threat assessments and mark at-risk sites but cannot neutralize threats.
- Explosive ordnance risk education (EORE) sessions to civilians continued, reaching over 10,900 people across Gaza city, Deir al Balah, and Khan Younis between 8 and 12 February. Since the reopening of the Rafah Crossing, mine action partners distributed EORE pamphlets to people crossing, raising awareness about EO-related risks.
- During the same period, one incident where explosive ordnance detonated was recorded in Gaza city, injuring three people. Overall, 34 explosive ordnance incidents have been reported since October 2025, resulting in nine deaths and 68 injuries.

Education

Between 27 January and 9 February, the UN and partners took into Gaza 2,264 school-in-a-carton kits (including mostly stationary) and 872 early childhood development kits (including mostly toys), adding to the 3,725 recreational kits (including items for individual and team sports) and 250 school-in-a-box kits taken in during the previous two weeks. These are the first school supplies that partners have been able to take into Gaza for the past two years. Distribution of the kits is ongoing, with at least 48,000 children having thus far benefited from these learning materials in the 459 temporary learning spaces currently functional across Gaza.

Emergency Telecommunications

On 9 February, the Emergency Telecommunications Cluster (ETC) and partners reconfigured and successfully connected the secure Very High Frequency (VHF) radio link from the Khan Younis Training Centre (KYTC) repeater to the Jerusalem Security Operations Centre (JSOC), following its relocation and installation. This has improved coverage across southern Gaza. ETC also assessed the security communications system installation and advanced efforts to standardize radio configurations in line with UN requirements.
Recurring fibre breaks continue to underscore the extreme vulnerability of Gaza’s connectivity infrastructure. A major fiber cut occurred along the Erez Crossing route in northern Gaza on 31 January, and while it remained unresolved, another temporary break occurred on 2 February along the Gaza city to Khan Younis route, causing a four‑hour communications blackout affecting the Gaza city and North Gaza governorates. The initial 31 January cut was later restored by the internet service provider’s technical team on 4 February.

Logistics

Between 5 and 10 February, the Logistics Cluster facilitated the transport of 1,880 pallets of aid inside Gaza from Kerem Shalom and Zikim on behalf of four partners. These movements included shelter, WASH, food assistance, and health items.
At the Kerem Shalom platform inside Gaza, the cluster continues to conduct twice-weekly physical counts, depending on access and security conditions. The most recent count was completed on 7 February.
During the same period, the cluster’s common warehouses across Gaza received 34,694 cubic metres of aid for storage on behalf of three partners.
The cluster has increased its common storage capacity to seven warehouses, totaling more than 9,000 square metres.
Through Jordan, the cluster continues to coordinate Back-to-Back (B2B) convoys via both the King Hussein / Allenby Bridge and the Sheikh Hussein Bridge / Jordan River crossing. Between 5 and 10 February, the cluster facilitated five B2B convoys for two partners, with 111 trucks offloaded at Gaza crossings.

* All figures solely refer to UN and partner assistance dispatched through the UN-coordinated system and are preliminary. Supplies entering through bilateral donations and the commercial sector are not reflected.