RAMALLAH, February 3, 2025 (WAFA) – Prime Minister Dr. Mohammad Mustafa met on Monday in his office in Ramallah with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, to discuss enhancing coordination and doubling joint efforts in implementing the Government's Relief, Early Recovery, and Emergency Response Plan to address the needs of the Palestinian people in Gaza. The meeting focused on prioritizing temporary shelter, rubble removal, and the rehabilitation of partially damaged homes.

The Prime Minister reaffirmed the importance of joint coordination between all UN agencies and the Government Operations Room for Emergency Interventions for the Gaza Strip and its field teams operating in Gaza to maximize the use of available resources, enhance the humanitarian and relief response, and ensure the broader and more equitable distribution of aid to those in need.

Mustafa also emphasized the need for joint efforts to gradually restore essential services in Gaza, including education, healthcare, electricity, water, and sanitation, as well as accelerating the recovery of economic and commercial activities in the Strip.

Additionally, the Prime Minister addressed the humanitarian situation and ways to provide relief aid to the Palestinian people in the West Bank, particularly in the northern governorates and refugee camps, amid ongoing Israeli occupation aggression, blockades, destruction of infrastructure, and forced displacement of citizens.

The meeting was attended by UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Palestine, Muhannad Hadi; Head of Office of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Jonathan Whittall; Minister of National Economy, Mohammad Al-Amour; Minister of Health, Majed Abu Ramadan; and Minister of Social Development and Relief, Samah Hamad.

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