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53 UN member states and organisations urge Israel to open Gaza to aid
A group of 53 countries and organisations urged Israel to allow unrestricted aid into Gaza on Thursday.
The appeal was led by Britain, Qatar and Jordan and directed at Israel’s incoming government.
The group says aid has not reached levels called for under a UN-backed plan, which calls for immediate deliveries at least as high as those agreed in January 2025.
It wants supplies to enter through all available crossings and land routes, and humanitarian corridors through Egypt and Jordan to operate fully and predictably.
Many displaced Palestinians face cold, flooding and preventable illness because they lack adequate shelter and medical supplies.
A nine-month-old baby died of hypothermia in a displacement tent in Khan Younis, according to the child’s father and a doctor.
The signatories called for faster aid access and protection for health workers and aid sites, as well as access to Gaza for senior international delegations and journalists.
A group of 53 countries and organisations urged Israel to allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza, including through all available crossings and land routes.
The appeal said shortages of shelter and medical supplies were leaving Palestinians at risk of preventable illnesses as winter approached.
The group called on Israel’s incoming government to facilitate rapid and unimpeded aid access throughout Gaza.
The World Health Organization warned that respiratory illnesses were rising amid overcrowding, flooding and poor living conditions.
A nine-month-old baby died of hypothermia in a displacement tent in Khan Younis, according to his father and a doctor.
- Who
- 53 countries and organisations, led by the United Kingdom, Qatar and Jordan, called on Israel to open Gaza to aid.
- What
- They urged Israel to allow unrestricted humanitarian access and the entry of winter supplies and other essential aid.
- When
- The appeal was made on Thursday, November 12, 2026.
- Where
- The appeal was made at the United Nations in New York and concerned aid access throughout Gaza.
- Why
- The group said shortages of shelter and medical supplies put people at risk of hypothermia, respiratory infections, waterborne diseases and other preventable illnesses.
Gaza aid signatories
Israel
Aid access
Gaza aid signatories
The signatories called for rapid, unimpeded aid access throughout Gaza, through all available crossings and land routes.
Israel
Israel said it was doing what it could to allow winter equipment into Gaza and said allegations about aid restrictions diverted attention from Hamas’s responsibility.
Entry of supplies
Gaza aid signatories
The signatories said constraints on critical shelter items and other life-saving supplies prevented aid organisations from responding at the needed scale.
Israel
Israel said more than 93,000 tents and over 8,600 trucks carrying winter supplies and other essential equipment had entered Gaza.
Heavy rain flooded tens of thousands of tents in Gaza, according to the reports.
UN humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher criticised delays in delivering essential winter supplies to Gaza.
A group of 53 countries and organisations urged Israel to allow unrestricted humanitarian aid into Gaza.
A nine-month-old baby died of hypothermia in a displacement tent in Khan Younis, according to his father and a doctor.
COGAT said more than 93,000 tents and over 8,600 trucks carrying winter supplies and other essential equipment had entered Gaza.
- Signatories
- 53 countries and organisations
- Lead countries
- United Kingdom, Qatar and Jordan
- Baby who died
- Nine-month-old Kinan Ahmed Raqiq
- Location of baby’s death
- Khan Younis, southern Gaza
- COGAT supplies reported
- More than 93,000 tents and over 8,600 trucks
- WHO respiratory illness figure
- 33,000 more acute respiratory infection cases than at the same time last year
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What people are saying
Since the ceasefire, we have seen that progress to improve the humanitarian situation is possible when political will allows
Following elections in Israel, we reiterate our call to the incoming government of Israel to allow and facilitate rapid and unimpeded humanitarian access throughout Gaza and through all available crossings and land routes
In case anyone has any doubt about international humanitarian law, this is not an acceptable excuse, as the international community and Board of Peace have made clear.
Acute respiratory infections are 33,000 cases higher than at the same time last year
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COGAT continues its winterization efforts, in coordination with the @BoardOfPeace, the @UN and international organizations, to address winter-related humanitarian needs in Gaza. So far, over 93,000 tents and more than 8,600 trucks carrying winter supplies and other essential