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. Alongside partners, we're actively supporting the emergency humanitarian response.
To address urgent needs and strengthen humanitarian response efforts, we're working closely with the UN and our partners to bring life-saving supplies into Gaza, including through the implementation of the UN 2720 Mechanism to help safeguard and ensure the swift delivery of critical aid.
This page is continuously updated
- * According to OCHA humanitarian situation update #327 2 October 2025
Latest updates:
9 October 2025
UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva welcomes the agreement to secure a ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza.
“UNOPS stands to help facilitate the immediate scale-up of urgently needed aid across Gaza. We are also ready to support recovery. Clearing roads, restoring power and water, rebuilding homes.” Jorge Moreira da Silva
7 October 2025
Two years on from the 7 October attacks.
“End the suffering for all. I join the Secretary-General in his call for the immediate & unconditional release of all hostages, for an end to the fighting, for a permanent ceasefire, for the provision of all aid to people in Gaza & for a credible process towards lasting peace.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
4 October 2025
UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva welcomes the opportunity to secure a permanent ceasefire in Gaza and deploy all aid to people in desperate need.
“Through UNOPS-managed 2720 Mechanism, with all UN agencies and humanitarians, we are ready to deliver at scale. We have a plan and it worked during the last ceasefire.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
28 September 2025
UNOPS fuel station in Gaza City had to suspend operations after a munitions impact outside the station.
“To keep essential services running for civilians, our teams now make smaller, direct deliveries. Yesterday morning, we delivered fuel to a hospital and a water facility. This critical work must continue.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
20 September 2025
UNOPS successfully delivered 92,000 litres of fuel to Gaza City. The fuel will support health facilities, water and sanitation services, and telecommunications. This fuel is an essential lifeline amid the ongoing Gaza City offensive.
5 September 2025
Aid via the Cyprus corridor, supported by UNOPS through the UN2720 Mechanism, arrived at World Central Kitchen facilities in Gaza over the past days and is under distribution.
“Our thanks to the governments of Cyprus and the United Arab Emirates and Amalthea Fund for this partnership to fast-track aid to families in need.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
22 August 2025
Famine has now been officially declared in Gaza. We need action now: immediate, unhindered and safe humanitarian access to flood Gaza with aid.
30 July 2025
“Aid is finally reaching Gaza, but it’s a drop in an ocean of needs. People are facing starvation, disease and despair. This is an avoidable catastrophe. The UN has shown it can deliver aid. What’s missing is the political will. Let us do our job at the pace and scale required.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
21 July 2025
“Reports in that UNOPS premises in central Gaza were struck today. My immense gratitude and thoughts are with colleagues supporting humanitarian operations in such difficult times. Aid workers must be protected & all parties must abide by international humanitarian law.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
3 July 2025
Around 90,000 litres of fuel just reached north Gaza for critical water, sanitation, hygiene and telecoms. With fuel stocks in Gaza running out, it's all UNOPS could deliver.
19 June 2025
“After weeks of daily attempts, UNOPS in Gaza retrieved 280,000 litres 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 and new supplies.” – Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
12 June 2025
“After weeks of being denied access to our fuel storage tanks in Gaza – and accessible fuel running critically low – a mission to retrieve fuel stocks was finally coordinated this morning. It has been forced to turn back by close proximity shelling, with one fuel truck driver sustaining injury. Meanwhile new fuel stocks have not been allowed in.Fuel is a literal lifeline in Gaza – it runs hospital generators, ambulances, bakeries, water pumps. This is why our team is operating at such great risk, to keep these critical services running. But they will stop functioning in the coming days if we cannot access fuel storage tanks or get new supplies in. We need to be able to run our fuel operation and our team should not have to risk their lives to do so.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
26 May 2025
After more than 11 weeks of blockade, truckloads of UN aid are now temporarily allowed into Gaza.
“It’s a vital step, but a drop in the ocean of urgent needs. Through the #UN2720 Mechanism, we’re working round-the-clock to facilitate the entry & distribution of much-needed aid.” Jorge Moreira da Silva
19 March 2025
“I am horrified by the death and critical injuries of UN/UNOPS colleagues when their compound was struck in Gaza today. I condemn all attacks against UN personnel and call for a full investigation.” –António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
13 February 2025
Our Executive Director concludes his mission to Gaza.
“In the face of the human tragedy in Gaza, we have a collective and urgent responsibility to act - not only to meet acute humanitarian needs, but also to plan for recovery and reconstruction. UNOPS is determined to stay and deliver for the people of Gaza. We continue to call for an immediate ceasefire and the release of hostages, and we will continue to work as part of the UN family to deliver hope, dignity and pathways toward a better future.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
16 September 2024
UNOPS Executive Director Jorge Moreira da Silva addresses the UN Security Council.
“We cannot over emphasize the challenges of delivering humanitarian response in Gaza right now. The design and implementation of mechanisms matter immensely. We remain committed to action.” Jorge Moreira da Silva, UNOPS Executive Director
3 July 2024
The UN 2720 Mechanism, supported by UNOPS, is now taking humanitarian aid shipments from Jordan, Cyprus, Israel and the West Bank into Gaza. However the overall amount of aid getting into Gaza is minimal.
16 April 2024
Despite challenges, the World Food Programme and 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.
17 January 2024
UNOPS Executive Director just concluded a joint visit to Gaza with Sigrid Kaag, Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator. UNOPS was tasked by the UN Secretary-General to operationalize and manage the mechanism to facilitate, coordinate, monitor and verify humanitarian aid to Gaza.
Since 7 October 2023, hostilities in the Gaza Strip have led to significant loss and damage. More than 66,000 Palestinians have died and over 168,000 have been injured*.
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.
To provide immediate assistance, 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.
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.
