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Key points  More than  (https://news.un.org/palestine.un.org/en/324294-one-year-after-ceasefire-announcement-killings-continue-across-gaza) 1,400 Palestinians have been killed  in Gaza since the October 2025 Hamas-Israel ceasefire agreement that ended two years of war   Nearly all of Gaza’s 2.1 million people still need shelter assistance as winter sets in, with the UN migration agency, IOM,  (https://www.iom.int/news/nearly-2-million-gaza-need-urgent-shelter-assistance-winter-looms-iom-chief-warns) warning  that current supplies meet only about 17 per cent of needs  Aid into Gaza remains held back by underfunding and Israeli restrictions, including  (https://news.un.org/en/story/2026/10/1168596) limited access  to more than 64 per cent of Gaza’s land: UN relief agency, OCHA  In the West Bank, more than 1,600 Israeli settler attacks were recorded this year as of mid-September, over 4,300 Palestinians have been displaced and, with the olive harvest underway,  (https://press.un.org/en/2026/db261013.doc.htm) UN partners are working to protect farmers    Watch live on UN Web TV:                            ♦ Receive daily updates directly in your inbox - (https://news.un.org/en/content/un-newsletter-subscribe?utm_source=UN News&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=un_news_newsletter) Subscribe here  to a topic. ♦ Download the UN News app for your (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/un-news-reader/id496893005?mt=8) iOS  or (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.un.mobile.news&hl=en) Android  devices.     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