United Nations launches an appeal to raise $294 million for Gaza and the West Bank

On Thursday, the United Nations launched an urgent appeal to collect donations worth $294 million to help residents of the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank.

The United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said - in a statement - that this amount aims to help more than 1.2 million people in Gaza and the West Bank, warning that humanitarian organizations no longer have the necessary resources to “adequately respond to the needs of vulnerable Palestinians.”