UN estimates $1.2bn needed to meet needs of people in Gaza

The United Nations humanitarian office had on 7 October appealed for $294mn to support nearly 1.3 million people but the situation has grown “increasingly desperate”, according to the agency.

“The cost of meeting the needs of 2.7 million people - that is the entire population of Gaza and 500,000 people in the occupied West Bank - is estimated to be $1.2 billion.”