色库TV

20 August 2026

OCHA continues to receive reports of civilians in?Gaza?being killed, injured or otherwise affected by air strikes, shelling and gunfire. Yesterday, a 13-year-old girl was reportedly among those killed in air strikes.

Today, the bodies of 50 people, including 19 children, killed over two years ago were finally laid to rest after being recovered from under the rubble in Gaza city in recent days.

Efforts to remove rubble and retrieve bodies in Gaza remain limited by restrictions on entry of heavy machinery, spare parts, lubricants and other critical supplies, as well as by restrictions on access to vast areas within the Strip.

The UN continues to call for the protection of civilians and civilian infrastructure. Civilians should never be targeted or used for military purposes.

Meanwhile, humanitarian partners working on shelter??today that 94 per cent of Gaza’s 2.1 million people need shelter and basic household assistance.

More than four out of five families face critical or catastrophic living conditions in their current shelters which lack fuel, energy and essential household items. These constraints affect people’s ability to sleep, cook, wash, store food and water, have adequate lighting, and coping with heat and cold.

Nearly two in every three families live in tents or makeshift shelters that rapidly deteriorate in harsh weather, as they are designed only for short-term use.

Last winter, more than 70 per cent of families experienced flooding. Ahead of the cold and rainy season, humanitarian partners are working to ensure adequate shelter for families. However, restrictions on the entry of materials and equipment, combined with funding shortfalls, have kept assistance far below the level of need.

Shelter partners estimate that US$562 million is needed for the emergency response. Of this amount, they have requested $165 million to address the most acute cases, but just over a quarter of this funding has been secured so far.

Meanwhile, the UN Development Programme??this week that since May – with the help of humanitarian partners – it has expanded pest control activities to more than 3,000 displacement sites, markets and hospitals across Gaza.

Humanitarians stress that sustained access to rodenticides remains critical. It is also urgent that heavy machinery, lubricants and essential equipment are allowed into Gaza to facilitate trash removal.