The government is holding a special meeting this evening, Sunday, to raise the level of coordination between the various ministries and official bodies operating in the Gaza Strip, headed by the Ministry of Social Development and Relief, Public Works, Local Government, Health, the Water and Energy Authorities, and the Red Crescent Society, to coordinate the work of the government field teams in the Strip and the various civil and international institutions operating on the ground.

Director of the Government Communication Office, Mohammed Abu al-Rub, said in a phone call with WAFA that there is high coordination between the government and international relief organizations concerned with relief efforts and emergency response in the Gaza Strip, most notably coordination between the Ministry of Public Works and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), to begin the first phase of implementing the plan to remove rubble in vital areas in the Gaza Strip in coordination with local government bodies, in addition to coordination between the Ministry of Health and international organizations working in the health sector to raise the capacity of health institutions to respond to emergencies to provide treatment to tens of thousands of wounded.

Abu al-Rab pointed to the coordination between the Ministry of Social Development and the Red Crescent Society, as it is one of the most prominent bodies responsible for bringing aid into the Gaza Strip. It is expected that the Ministry of Development will receive several batches of aid shipments from the Red Crescent to distribute them to the deserving categories based on the Ministry’s national registry, which includes needy families.

He pointed out the government's directives to the Energy and Water Authorities to expand work on repairing the main water connections and to bring in as many fuel trucks as possible to operate drinking water pumping stations and pump wastewater away from residential areas.

The Director of the Government Communications Office pointed out that the government is expected to issue a detailed statement immediately after the end of the session.