25 February 2026

Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory,?is on a?two-day visit to Gaza?Strip.

In Deir al Balah, he met with?Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ agencies and partners to discuss the challenges to humanitarian access and delivery they continue to face. He heard their concerns about continued security incidents near the so-called ¡°Yellow Line,¡±?which have resulted in civilian casualties.

South of Gaza city, Dr. Alakbarov visited?the?Abu-Jarad dumping site for solid waste and a debris crushing site.?Humanitarian partners have been using this site to dispose of solid waste given access restrictions to Gaza¡¯s main landfills.?Dr. Alakbarov?also?went?to the?Rafah checkpoint and saw people returning to Gaza.

Tomorrow, Dr. Alakbarov will visit the field hospital in Al Mawasi, where the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ and its partners?are helping patients to go to Egypt through the Rafah crossing.

Overall, since the ceasefire and as of?this?Monday, the?has?facilitated?the evacuation of more than 740 patients – including 432 children ¨C?through the Kerem Shalom and Rafah crossings.?However,?18,500?patients ¨C?including 4,000 children ¨C still urgently need to be medically evacuated for specialized?treatment?unavailable in Gaza.

To reduce reliance on evacuations,?WHO continues?to?call for the rehabilitation and rebuilding of Gaza¡¯s health system, including?allowing more medical supplies in,?restoring damaged?facilities?and expanding?essential?services.?It also urges reopening medical referrals to the West?Bank,?including East Jerusalem; ?greater acceptance of patients by Member States for treatment abroad; and ensuring patients?are able to?return to Gaza after their treatments are completed.