Overview
- Marked on November 29 since 1977, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People prompted marches, vigils and public events worldwide calling for an immediate ceasefire.
- UN leaders described Gaza’s conditions as catastrophic with hunger, disease and widespread destruction, noting the largest loss of UN personnel in the organization’s history and unprecedented journalist deaths.
- The Secretary-General urged full respect for the recent truce, large-scale entry of aid to Gaza and the dignified return of the remains of hostages to families in Israel.
- Official Palestinian figures reported more than 70,000 deaths in Gaza since October 2023, with additional fatalities recorded even after the ceasefire took effect.
- Rights groups detailed ongoing abuses in the occupied West Bank, including alleged extrajudicial killings captured on video in Jenin and Human Rights Watch’s finding that the forced displacement of 32,000 from Tulkarem and Nur Shams amounts to ethnic cleansing.