NEW YORK CITY: Fifty-three countries and international organizations on Thursday called on Israel’s incoming government to lift restrictions on shelter materials, fuel and medical supplies entering Gaza.
They warned that as winter sets in, displaced Palestinians faced threats such as hypothermia, respiratory infections and waterborne diseases, and that the levels of aid promised under a US-led peace plan endorsed by the UN Security Council a year ago had yet to materialize.
The call to action was led by the UK, Qatar and Jordan. Britain’s permanent representative to the UN, Sarah MacIntosh, announced it alongside representatives of the signatory countries and organizations.
She said the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, which was endorsed by Security Council Resolution 2803, “provides for the immediate entry into Gaza of full humanitarian assistance at levels no lower than those agreed on Jan. 19, 2025. This has not yet been realized.”
MacIntosh acknowledged that conditions had improved in some parts of Gaza since a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas came into force in October 2025.
“We have seen that progress to improve the humanitarian situation is possible when political will allows,”
