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29 May 2025<\/p>\n
The Humanitarian Country Team of the\u00a0Occupied Palestinian Territory\u00a0\u2013 which brings together about 15 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ entities and some 200 NGOs, both international and local \u2013 issued a\u00a0statement<\/a><\/em>\u00a0yesterday reaffirming their position and warning that the new militarized distribution system does not meet the needs of people in Gaza, puts them at risk, and runs contrary to humanitarian principles.<\/p>\n \u201cIsraeli authorities have undermined the capacity of our teams to deliver genuine, principled humanitarian assistance that would reach the most vulnerable groups,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n Despite these challenges, the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and its partners continue to deliver aid where possible. Once again, the Humanitarian Country Team reiterated that fundamental humanitarian principles are non-negotiable.<\/p>\n On the ground, OCHA warns that air strikes and other attacks continue across the Strip. There are reports that scores of people were killed and hundreds injured over the past 24 hours, including children and other civilians.<\/p>\n Earlier today, as attacks intensified, Israeli authorities ordered the medical team in Al Awda Hospital in North Gaza to evacuate. Efforts are ongoing to evacuate patients and medical staff.<\/p>\n Al Awda Hospital is the only remaining partially functioning hospital in North Gaza. The facility is currently overwhelmed with injuries and critically low on supplies. Ongoing hostilities over the past two weeks have damaged the hospital, disrupted access, and created panic, deterring people from seeking care.<\/p>\n Despite intense insecurity, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners\u00a0reached<\/a><\/em>\u00a0the hospital twice in the past week \u2013 on 24 and 27 May \u2013 to assess the situation and transfer 57 critical patients to Al Shifa Hospital. The team also assisted an amputee who had been stranded near the hospital without food, water or companions.<\/p>\n WHO reports that during the first mission, the team was exposed to nearby air strikes, shelling and gunfire.<\/p>\n Yesterday in Khan Younis, the Ministry of Health reported that the Red Cross field hospital in Al Mawasi was hit, causing injuries and spreading fear among patients. The Ministry said that after 600 days of hostilities, the health sector is paying dearly: Intravenous chemotherapy treatment has stopped, leaving 11,000 cancer patients without adequate care, including 5,000 who have urgent referrals for treatment abroad.<\/p>\n OCHA\u00a0reports<\/a><\/em>\u00a0that the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ continues to send supplies to Gaza every day. Yesterday, this included flour, ingredients for community kitchens, and medical items.<\/p>\n However, a Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ attempt to collect cargo from the crossing yesterday was denied by Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n The quantity of supplies being allowed into Gaza is just a trickle of the aid required to meet the immense needs of 2.1 million people, at a time when populations across the Strip are\u00a0at risk<\/a><\/em>\u00a0of famine.<\/p>\n OCHA reports that demolitions and the threat of demolition of Palestinian property in the context of Israeli forces\u2019 operation in northern areas of the West Bank continue unabated.<\/p>\n Today, demolition operations continued in Nur Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm city, where Israeli forces have been active since 5 May. As of yesterday, nearly 50 residential units marked for demolition at the start of the month had already been destroyed. Residents were briefly allowed to enter the camp to collect personal items.<\/p>\n In Tulkarm camp, the Israeli military informed the Palestinian District Coordination and Liaison Office yesterday that 58 residential buildings in the camp are now scheduled for imminent demolition. OCHA reports that residents were given only four hours to retrieve personal belongings from their homes.<\/p>\n OCHA warns that these operations are sweeping in scale \u2013 marked by mass forced displacement and the extensive destruction of Palestinian property and humanitarian infrastructure \u2013 and further fueling needs among affected communities.<\/p>\n According to the latest update from the Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵRWA), as of the end of April, tens of thousands of people have been displaced in the context of operations by Israeli or Palestinian forces in the West Bank.<\/p>\n The Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ and its partners continue to support displaced families, including by providing food, water and sanitation assistance, health services, psychosocial support and cash assistance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 29 May 2025 The Humanitarian Country Team of the\u00a0Occupied Palestinian Territory\u00a0\u2013 which brings together about 15 Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ entities and some 200 NGOs, both international and local \u2013 issued a\u00a0statement\u00a0yesterday reaffirming their position and warning that the new militarized distribution system does not meet the needs of people in Gaza, puts them at risk, and […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[1329],"document-source":[2169],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1769,2057,2005,1741,5200,6870,1745,6251],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-308051","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-press-release","document-source-office-for-the-coordination-of-humanitarian-affairs-ocha","document-subject-armed-conflict","document-subject-food","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-human-rights-and-international-humanitarian-law","document-subject-humanitarian-relief","document-subject-hunger","document-subject-refugees-and-displaced-persons","document-subject-west-bank","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/308051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/308051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308055,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/308051\/revisions\/308055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=308051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=308051"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=308051"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=308051"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=308051"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=308051"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=308051"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=308051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}West Bank: Palestinian homes demolished amid ongoing Israeli operations<\/strong><\/h3>\n