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UNRWA: 92% of Homes in Gaza Destroyed
CrossFireArabia- May 19, 2025
UNRWA reports, Monday that 92% of homes in the Gaza Strip have been damaged or totally destroyed.
It is calling the devastation as “unimaginable” whilst at the same time it stresses that the displacement is widespread and the shelters are scarce.
The news is trending on the social media. “Families in Gaza face unimaginable devastation.”
According to the Protection Cluster, 92% of homes have been damaged or destroyed, countless people have been displaced multiple times, and shelter is scarce,” UNRWA stated. “
“Countless people have been displaced multiple times, and shelter is scarce,” it said, renewing its call for lifting the Israeli siege on the Palestinian enclave.
Since March 2, Israel has kept Gaza crossings closed to food, medical, and humanitarian aid, deepening an already severe humanitarian crisis in the enclave, according to government, human rights, and international reports.
On Sunday, the Israeli army began a broad ground offensive in the war-torn territory according to Anadolu.
Over 300 UNRWA staff have been killed in the Israeli war on Gaza writes the Commissioner-General of the UN organization Philippe Lazzarini.
20 States Call on Israel to Lift Blockade on Gaza Aid
- CrossFireArabia
- May 19, 2025
More than 20 countries and the EU have urged Israel to lift blockade of aid delivery into Gaza Strip and enable the UN and humanitarian organizations to work independently and impartially.
In a joint statement, foreign ministers of the countries including Australia, Canada, Japan and France, stressed that the population faces starvation and Gaza’s people must receive the aid they desperately need.
Recalling that Israel’s security cabinet is said to have approved a new model for delivering aid into Gaza, which the UN and our humanitarian partners cannot support, the statement stressed that humanitarian principles matter for every conflict around the world and should be applied consistently in every warzone.
“ Humanitarian aid should never be politicised, and Palestinian territory must not be reduced nor subjected to any demographic change,” the readout said.
“As humanitarian donors, we have two straightforward messages for the Government of Israel: allow a full resumption of aid into Gaza immediately and enable the UN and humanitarian organisations to work independently and impartially to save lives, reduce suffering and maintain dignity.”
The statement reiterated an immediate return to a ceasefire and working towards the implementation of a two-state solution, “the only way to bring peace and security to Israelis and Palestinians and ensure long-term stability for the whole region.”
The joint statement was signed by EU officials and the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK.
Israel, which abandoned the Jan. 19 ceasefire with Hamas, has kept all crossings into Gaza closed to food, medical, and humanitarian aid since March 2, deepening an already severe humanitarian crisis in the enclave.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said Sunday that Tel Aviv will permit the entry of “a basic quantity of food” for Gaza’s population “to prevent the emergence of a hunger crisis.”
He said a famine “could jeopardize the continuation of Operation Gideon’s Chariot,” referring to a new phase of Israel’s ground offensive in northern and southern Gaza.
The Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive against Gaza since October 2023, killing more than 53,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children according to Anadolu.
Trump May ‘Dump’ Netanyahu Because of Gaza
- CrossFireArabia
- May 19, 2025
The Washington Post reported, Monday, citing an informed source, that people close to US President Donald Trump have made it clear to Israel that “the United States will abandon Israel if the war does not end.”
The source noted that “politically, Netanyahu can end the war with overwhelming support from the Knesset and the public, who both want it, but he doesn’t want it to end.”
A source familiar with the discussions, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press, said that Netanyahu “sold the idea of summarizing the aid at the cabinet meeting on Sunday evening by saying it was just a technical issue.”
He noted that pressure from Trump has increased in recent days as Israel has called up tens of thousands of reserve soldiers, escalated its bombardment of Gaza, and approached the point of no return in the war.
White House spokeswoman Caroline Levitt said that the Trump administration continues to talk to “all parties involved in the conflict” in the Gaza Strip, following talks between Hamas and Washington that led to the release of US citizen Idan Alexander.
“President Trump wants to end the war in Gaza,” Levitt said at a press conference.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated that Israel plans to “take control of the entire Gaza Strip” while resuming the delivery of “minimal” aid to the territory, describing the potential for mass starvation in Gaza as a “red line” that could cost Israel US support.
This evening, Israel announced the entry of five trucks loaded with humanitarian aid, including baby food, into the Gaza Strip through the Karim Abu Salem crossing, the first such delivery since 2 March according to Jo24.