The allocation, announced Monday by Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher, will support the immediate scale-up of aid operations in the Gaza Strip, including food, water, health care and shelter for civilians affected by two years of conflict.
This follows an allocation of $9 million last week to ensure fuel supplies to hospitals and essential services, bringing the recent total CERF funding for Gaza to $20 million.
The announcement comes as the ceasefire brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt continues to hold, alongside the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees, offering what the UN secretary-general described as “a fragile hope of calm after months of devastation.”
Urgent scaling is needed
The UN and its partners are rapidly scaling up operations across Gaza as access improves, providing lifesaving aid to areas that have been cut off for months. However, a massive increase in funding is needed in the face of overwhelming needs.
Mr Fletcher warned that without further contributions to CERF, essential aid could not continue to reach the people who need it.
Speaking from Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt, on the eve of a summit on Gaza, he said the UN’s stepped-up humanitarian aid was underway in what he called “a moment of precarious hope” for many.
“This is a moment of opportunity, but also a moment that requires determined patience, creativity and sustained generosity,” he said.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), UN teams have now secured Israeli approval for 190,000 tonnes of aid, with cooking gas entering Gaza for the first time since March and more food, tents and medical supplies arriving daily.
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