The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS)
Crisis response in Gaza
The conflict in Gaza has had devastating consequences for the people of the State of Palestine. With the UN and our partners, we’re supporting the emergency humanitarian response.
Since 7 October 2023, severe hostilities in the Gaza Strip have led to significant loss and damage. More than 63,000 Palestinians have died and over 161,000 have been injured*.
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* According to OCHA humanitarian situation update #319 4 September 2025
Severe damage to critical infrastructure combined with ongoing hostilities and limitations on the movement of people, fuel and other goods has seriously impaired the delivery of basic humanitarian aid. Famine and catastrophic food shortages have put over 2 million people in dire conditions and are contributing to a severe malnutrition crisis, particularly among children*.
Against unimaginable hardship, UNOPS is committed to staying and delivering for the people of Gaza, enabling access, enhancing security, and working towards sustainable peace and development.
To address urgent needs and support humanitarian response efforts, we’re working closely with the UN family and our partners to bring life-saving supplies into Gaza and help safeguard critical humanitarian aid efforts.
UNOPS is supporting the operationalization of the UN 2720 mechanism to facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify humanitarian relief consignments to Gaza.
The UN-mandated mechanism is designed to enhance the speed and efficiency of aid delivery into Gaza and involves orchestrating large-scale aid distributions through the various land and maritime corridors.
Latest news and stories
Statement
Statement on UNOPS premises struck in Gaza
Published 21 July 2025
Statement attributable to UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva.
Joint UN statement: World must act with urgency to save Palestinians in Gaza
Published 7 April 2025
UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, Jorge Moreira da Silva, joined heads of OCHA, UNICEF, UNRWA, WFP, WHO and IOM in a joint-statement on the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Statement attributable to Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director. He made the statement after visiting Gaza, as part of a six-day Middle East visit to Lebanon, Syria, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel.
Joint statement on the opening of a maritime corridor to Gaza
Published 21 February 2024
Statement by Sigrid Kaag, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza and Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, welcoming the opening of a maritime corridor to Gaza.
Statement on the Secretary-General’s assignment of UNOPS support to the Office of the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza
Published 27 December 2023
Statement by UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva on the Secretary-General’s assignment of UNOPS support to the Office of the Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza.
Statement by Jorge Moreira da Silva, UN Under-Secretary-General and UNOPS Executive Director, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Aid via the Cyprus corridor, supported by @UNOPS through the UN2720 Mechanism arrived @WCKitchen facilities in Gaza over the past days and is under distribution. Our thanks to @CyprusMFA, @mofa_uae and Amalthea Fund for this partnership to fast-track aid to families in need. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/XSH8Af9gG4
Reports in that @UNOPS premises in central #Gaza was struck today. My immense gratitude & thoughts are with colleagues supporting humanitarian operations in such difficult times.
Aid workers must be protected & all parties must abide by international humanitarian law. pic.twitter.com/Mkyc5fvF6M
— Jorge Moreira da Silva (@UNOPS_Chief) July 21, 2025
Karuna Herrmann, Director of UNOPS Jerusalem, told @BBCNews that only a third of needed fuel is entering Gaza.
"If fuel runs out, the consequences are severe and immediate."
90k litres of fuel just reached north #Gaza for critical water, sanitation, hygiene & telecoms. Fuel stocks in Gaza are running out, so it's all @UNOPS team could deliver. pic.twitter.com/hBWJzldZpk
— Jorge Moreira da Silva (@UNOPS_Chief) July 3, 2025
After weeks of daily attempts, @UNOPS in #Gaza retrieved 280K liters of fuel from storage tanks last night. But this positive step covers only a day's worth of most critical needs. To keep essential humanitarian work running we need sustained access to fuel in Gaza & new supplies pic.twitter.com/Wwu9bfPCDE
— Jorge Moreira da Silva (@UNOPS_Chief) June 19, 2025
The UN is racing against time to expand humanitarian relief and prepare for the monumental task of rebuilding #Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting.https://t.co/LZZiS8SaeFpic.twitter.com/XcTwHQSfaC
Gaza is in crisis: 70% of infrastructure, 60% of homes, and 65% of roads are gone. Clearing 50M tons of rubble is urgent. @UNOPS is committed to both immediate aid and long-term rebuilding. Restoring power, water, hospitals, schools, shelters and roads for the future. pic.twitter.com/sKxOoXYC4i
“We cannot over emphasize the challenges of delivering humanitarian response in Gaza right now. The design and implementation of mechanism matter immensely. We remain committed to action” – Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of @UNOPS, to Security Council pic.twitter.com/0JLUwOBTMi
As Sigrid Kaag said yesterday, the mechanism (supported by @UNOPS) is now taking humanitarian aid shipments from Jordan, Cyprus, Israel, & the West Bank into #Gaza.
However the overall amount of aid getting into Gaza is minimal - we must do more to meet the needs. https://t.co/stE3g4k9Jl
— Jorge Moreira da Silva (@UNOPS_Chief) July 3, 2024
Despite challenges, @WFP & @UNOPS recently delivered fuel to a bakery in northern Gaza, allowing it to function again for the first time in months.
Amid the threat of impending famine, humanitarians call for safe, unimpeded humanitarian access.pic.twitter.com/FJNcbpweDj
Just concluded a joint visit to #Gaza with my colleague @SigridKaag, Senior Humanitarian & Reconstruction Coordinator. @UNOPS was tasked by the @UN SG @antonioguterres to operationalize & manage the mechanism to facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify humanitarian aid to Gaza. pic.twitter.com/GNwZh1Mg9G
Today, 28 of the 31 premature babies, who were evacuated from the Al-Shifa hospital yesterday, were safely transferred in Al-Arish to receive medical treatment in #Egypt. From there, 12 babies were flown to Cairo.
