Funding shortages are forcing the World Food Programme (WFP) to cut food assistance in Gaza by about one-third, leaving 500,000 people without this support. From October, it is reaching 1.1 million of the most vulnerable people with food and cash, down from 1.6 million in September. Food rations have been halved. Families receiving food assistance will…
CRITICAL OPERATIONS · 500,000 PEOPLE LOSING ASSISTANCE · RATIONS HALVED
A seven-storey residential building in Gaza City, weakened by earlier Israeli strikes, collapsed on 16 September while displaced Palestinian families were sheltering inside. Palestinian Civil Defence said rescue teams recovered 21 people who had died and brought 45 people out alive before the search concluded on 17 September. Eight of those killed were…
RESCUE SEARCH CONCLUDED · SHELTER AND STRUCTURAL RISK ONGOING
A child described as missing in a humanitarian emergency may be unaccounted for, separated from parents during displacement, living without parental care, detained, injured without identification, or believed to be beneath rubble. These categories are not interchangeable, and combining them into one dramatic total can obscure what protection teams…
MSF reports that escalating violence and movement restrictions in Hebron and the wider West Bank are obstructing access to healthcare. Teams continue medical, psychological and community support while monitoring barriers faced by patients and health workers.
Gaza's capacity to produce food locally has contracted further as access to farmland becomes increasingly restricted. A geospatial assessment by FAO and UNOSAT found that, as of 24 June 2026, 4,091 hectares of cropland—27 per cent of the total—could still be reached. Most of that accessible land was not ready for cultivation: 3,643 hectares were damaged…
Humanitarian needs across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continued to be driven by military operations, settler violence, demolitions and movement restrictions. OCHA reported that a two-day operation in Qalandiya Camp injured 51 Palestinians and temporarily displaced six households. Across the 4–10 August reporting period, 89 Palestinians were…
OCHA’s Humanitarian Situation Report dated 2 October and published 5 October 2026 reports continued flooding, shelter and water constraints. For 23–30 September, the Ministry of Health in Gaza reported 29 Palestinians killed and 147 injured. The Ministry’s cumulative reported toll since the 10 October 2025 ceasefire announcement was 1,431 fatalities and…
World Central Kitchen reported continuing to cook and deliver hundreds of thousands of hot meals each day in Gaza despite access, supply and funding pressure. By May 2026, WCK said its teams had served more than 360 million meals to families since the conflict began in 2023.
The United Nations lists 11 current peacekeeping operations: MINURSO in Western Sahara; MINUSCA in the Central African Republic; MONUSCO in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; UNDOF in the Golan; UNFICYP in Cyprus; UNIFIL in Lebanon; UNISFA in Abyei; UNMIK in Kosovo; UNMISS in South Sudan; UNMOGIP in India and Pakistan; and UNTSO across the Middle…
Emergency food assistance. This fundraising appeal was listed on ShareTheMeal’s official campaign page when reviewed on 28 September 2026. The review date is not the disaster date or campaign launch date. Use the linked official page for current details and donations.
CURRENT LISTED APPEAL · REVIEWED 28 SEPTEMBER 2026
Rafah refugee camp was established in 1949 in southern Gaza near the Egyptian border. The recovered WorldsAid archive records that many residents later moved into the adjoining Tel El-Sultan housing project, making the camp difficult to distinguish from Rafah city. It reports an original population of 41,000 and a historical registered population of…