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United Nations OCHA occupied Palestinian territory OCHA is part of the United Nations Secretariat and is led by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator.
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The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, or OCHA OPT, was established in the early 2000s in response to the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the West Bank and Gaza caused by military incursions and closures - mobility restrictions imposed on the Palestinian civilians, local and international service providers. DISCLAIMER: Followers and visitors are welcome to express their opinion on the content of the OCHA OPT page in a courteous and constructive manner. While we are not responsible for the content posted by page followers and visitors, administrators reserve the right to delete any material they deem inappropriate and/or to suspend the user's access to this page. Offensive, obscene, threatening, inciting comments by the followers and visitors, irrespective of their affiliation, will be removed. Comments, questions or reference to external websites on this page does not imply an endorsement on the part of OCHA OPT.

Humanitarian organizations provide emergency shelter and other essential support to Palestinians displaced from their ho...
10/10/2026

Humanitarian organizations provide emergency shelter and other essential support to Palestinians displaced from their homes.

But displacement continues to rise by the year while funding and operational space remain limited.

Read more: ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-25-september-2026

In Gaza, daily hot meal production and monthly household-level parcel distributions will shrink significantly from Octob...
06/10/2026

In Gaza, daily hot meal production and monthly household-level parcel distributions will shrink significantly from October onwards due to funding shortfalls, the Food Security Sector warns.

Over 13 per cent of Gaza’s population lives in flood-prone displacement sites or unsafe buildings; about 279,000 people are sheltering in 400 flood-prone displacement sites and over 2,300 in unsafe buildings requiring demolition.

Funding shortfalls and restrictions on the entry of engine oil, spare parts and equipment continue to pose challenges, reducing desalination in southern Gaza and forcing reliance on donkey carts and UN trucks for solid waste collection.

In the West Bank, demolitions displaced 55 Palestinians, including 32 children, in Jinba on 23 September. In September, homes and other structures in three other Masafer Yatta communities were almost entirely demolished.

More than 100 Israeli settlers damaged properties in Jalud (Nablus), thwarting an attempt by Israeli forces to bring a Palestinian family back home under a court order; the family remained displaced.

Settler violence and access restrictions disrupted education in Hebron and Tubas, leading seven children to relocate and two to drop out in Qawawis, while seven children in Khirbet ar Ras al Ahmar remained without access to in-person education.

Read more in our latest Humanitarian Situation Report: ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-2-october-2026

01/10/2026

Ahead of the olive harvest, Palestinian grove owners are discovering damage to their farmland from settler attacks, threatening their livelihoods.

September 2026 recorded about 1,500 trees and saplings vandalized in that context.

This video was filmed in Area A, where such incidents were once less common.

During the 2025 olive harvest, 185 settler attacks were recorded across 70 communities between 1 October and 30 November 2025, compared with 40-99 attacks during the equivalent period in each year between 2021 and 2023. During that season, more than 6,000 trees and saplings were vandalized in settler attacks.

Humanitarian partners are preparing to support harvesters, taking into account potential protection and access risks, including through the provision of equipment and agricultural supplies.

Read more: www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-18-september-2026

An updated map of the West Bank shows more than 6,000 settler attacks that resulted in casualties, property damage or bo...
29/09/2026

An updated map of the West Bank shows more than 6,000 settler attacks that resulted in casualties, property damage or both since 2023.

Also since 2023, more than 6,500 Palestinians have been displaced due to settler attacks and access restrictions, with 49 communities fully displaced and 83 others partially displaced. About 88,000 trees and saplings – a source of livelihoods for many – and over 3,100 vehicles have been damaged.

Humanitarian partners continue to support affected communities, but stress time and again that Palestinians across the Occupied Palestinian Territory must be protected and allowed to access their homes, olive groves, workplaces, schools and essential services in safety and dignity. Perpetrators of attacks must be held to account.

Full map: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/west-bank-impact-settler-attacks-january-2023-august-2026

Demolitions displaced 147 Palestinians across the West Bank in one week, more than three times the 2026 weekly average, ...
28/09/2026

Demolitions displaced 147 Palestinians across the West Bank in one week, more than three times the 2026 weekly average, including 58 people in South ‘Anata Bedouins, near the area designated for the E1 settlement expansion plan.

Israeli forces’ operations and movement restrictions disrupted access to essential services for thousands of Palestinians in Ramallah governorate, while operations by Israeli forces in Nablus temporarily displaced families and closed schools and a health clinic.

Funding shortfalls threaten mobile health services in Area C: 20 locations are at risk of losing mobile-clinic coverage without continued funding, while 17 locations are already without services.

In Gaza, shortages of cancer medications, chemotherapy and radiotherapy supplies, dialysis materials, insulin and engine oil – caused by underfunding and lack of clearance for limited available medicines to enter Gaza – are disrupting life-saving services.

The new academic year in Gaza began on 19 September with an estimated 200,000 children remaining out of school, amid funding shortfalls. Partners had prepared by removing rubble, cleaning some classrooms and providing bags and stationery. In the Strip, approximately 495,000 preschool and school-aged children are enrolled in learning spaces supported through the UN and partners’ humanitarian response.

Funding shortfalls and restrictions are severely constraining preparations for the rainy season, with very limited available stocks covering only a fraction of the needs; hundreds of child-friendly spaces and protection services face disruptions.

Across the Gaza Strip, 451 displacement sites identified as being at high risk of flooding are hosting an estimated 464,402 people.

Read more in our latest Humanitarian Situation Update: ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-25-september-2026

In , humanitarian partners are helping people prepare for the rains. But efforts remain severely constrained by funding...
24/09/2026

In , humanitarian partners are helping people prepare for the rains. But efforts remain severely constrained by funding shortages and restrictions on the entry of essential materials.

In Gaza city, 21 people, including 12 children, were reportedly killed, and dozens more injured, when a war-damaged resi...
21/09/2026

In Gaza city, 21 people, including 12 children, were reportedly killed, and dozens more injured, when a war-damaged residential building collapsed on 16 September; many remain in unsafe buildings for lack of better housing arrangements.

Search and rescue operations as well as the ability to repair damaged buildings and help those choosing to relocate from flood-prone areas ahead of the rains are limited by shortages of machinery, fuel, engine oil, spare parts and other supplies.

Cases of impetigo, a highly contagious bacterial skin infection primarily affecting young children, continued to increase, with a total of 45,190 reported between 2 August and 12 September. One new case of acute flaccid paralysis was reported, bringing the cumulative total to 21 in 2026.

Two temporary dumping sites have exceeded capacity and closed, raising concerns that Israeli restrictions on access to Gaza’s landfills near the Green Line result in increased public health risks.

While a US$2 million Humanitarian Fund allocation and a 1.5 million-litre fuel grant will help sustain health services and other critical services amid Gaza’s prolonged power crisis, more humanitarian funding is urgently needed alongside approvals for sustainable solutions.

In the West Bank, more than 1,100 structures have been demolished for lacking building permits in 2026, displacing over 1,500 people – over a third of the more than 4,300 Palestinians displaced so far this year.

Settler attacks are affecting an expanding geographic area: 275 Palestinian communities have been affected so far in 2026, nearly as many as the 279 affected during all of 2025, the highest annual figure recorded since 2006.

In Qusra, three Palestinian families have remained largely isolated for more than five weeks following the establishment of a nearby settlement outpost, with restrictions limiting their movement and access to education and humanitarian assistance.

In Umm Safa, settlement outpost expansion and a newly installed settler road gate have further isolated a Palestinian family from the rest of the village, amid recurrent settler attacks and intimidation.

Read more in our latest Humanitarian Situation Report: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-18-september-2026

Today, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, allocated $2 million from the OCHA-managed Occupied Palestinia...
17/09/2026

Today, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, allocated $2 million from the OCHA-managed Occupied Palestinian Territory Humanitarian Fund to health partners so that they can continue supporting Gaza’s medical facilities with fuel.

Through this allocation, partners will provide fuel to sustain dozens of critical health services with back-up generators while the electricity grid is down.

The allocation comes at a critical point, as funding shortages undermine efforts to sustain health care in Gaza. This stop-gap measure will keep life-saving services from being interrupted.

More sustainable solutions are urgently needed, including Israeli approvals to import solar energy equipment and restart operations at the Gaza Power Plant.

More funding is also required, as the need for fuel and other supplies and services goes beyond the health sector. These supplies must be replenished on a sustainable, predictable and regular basis.

You can help: https://crisisrelief.un.org/en/donate-opt-crisis

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙧. 𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙯 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙫, 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 ...
16/09/2026

𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝘿𝙧. 𝙍𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙯 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙤𝙫, 𝙃𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙥𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮, 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙖 𝙗𝙪𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝙂𝙖𝙯𝙖

I am devastated by reports of people trapped under the rubble following the collapse of a building in Gaza, with lives at risk, as search-and-rescue operations led by the Civil Defence continue. An estimated 100 people, including 50 children, were living in the building when it collapsed.

I commend the humanitarian community that has quickly mobilized to support the emergency response. Egypt has provided heavy machinery, while the United Arab Emirates and Qatar are set to deliver relief items. Through the limited stocks available in Gaza, we will support survivors with health, shelter and other critical items and services. Lives may still be saved, and every effort must be made to reach those trapped under the rubble.

Across Gaza, people are living in hundreds of damaged structures assessed as unsafe, for lack of better options. Today’s tragedy underscores the grave risks faced by families living in these structures and the urgent need for safer alternatives. No one should have to risk their life simply to find a safe place to shelter.

Ahead of the rains, the humanitarian community is supporting those who choose to relocate from damaged buildings and flood-prone areas, including through voluntary relocation to safer sites.

I call for urgent approvals for the entry of heavy machinery, specialized equipment, engine oil and fuel needed for search-and-rescue operations. Tents, tarpaulins and other non-food items must also reach the most vulnerable communities in the next four weeks. Every possible effort must be made to save lives, protect people from further harm and provide families with safer places to live. Every minute counts.

On behalf of the humanitarian community, I extend my deepest condolences to those who have lost loved ones and to all those affected by this tragedy. We will remain in solidarity with the people of Gaza and continue working to help those in need.

Between January and August 2026, more than 1,600 settler attacks resulting in Palestinian casualties or property damage ...
14/09/2026

Between January and August 2026, more than 1,600 settler attacks resulting in Palestinian casualties or property damage were documented across 275 communities, averaging 6.7 attacks per day, up from five per day in 2025.

Some 846,000 students began the new school year in the West Bank amid continued access constraints, while regular schooling remains disrupted for more than 4,000 displaced students, and 19 schools remain inaccessible, closed or abandoned.

In Gaza, preparations are underway for the new academic year, planned to begin on 19 September, including through 359 temporary learning spaces.

Two waves of demolitions in three communities in Masafer Yatta between 2 and 8 September displaced 57 people, including 27 children. So far in 2026, about 1,500 Palestinians have been displaced by demolitions across the West Bank.

Vaccination efforts in the West Bank continued in response to the Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak, with nearly 50,000 vaccine doses provided and resources secured to procure an additional 400,000 doses. About 200,000 sheep and goats have received a first dose.

In Gaza, Israeli airstrikes and other attacks continued to hit populated areas, causing casualties and property damage and driving further displacement.

Women now head nearly one in four households in Gaza, a new analysis by UN Women finds, and face greater hardship, including higher levels of inadequate shelter, housing damage, and displacement.

Overcrowding, inadequate shelter and limited access to safe water and sanitation are increasing the risk of communicable disease transmission in Gaza, particularly respiratory infections, acute watery diarrhoea and acute jaundice syndrome.

Winter preparedness efforts at overcrowded displacement sites remain severely constrained by funding shortages and restrictions on the entry of essential materials, leaving families exposed to flooding, strong winds and deteriorating site conditions.

Denials and delays of approvals for engine oil and spare parts threaten generator-dependent water, sanitation, health and waste management services; since 1 March, 13,445 litres have been approved and 92,778 litres remain pending, data from UN 2720 Mechanism indicates.

Read more in our latest report: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/humanitarian-situation-report-11-september-2026

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