occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file.
occupied Palestinian territory Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Please refer to the attached file. Highlights The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is rapidly deteriorating, the UN Secretary-General warns. In the West Bank, more than one third of essential medicines is out of stock and over 11,000 surgeries have been postponed since the beginning of 2026, the Palestinian Ministry of Health warns. Since January, more than 1,000 settler attacks caused casualties or property damage across more than 230 communities, with over 2,200 Palestinians displaced in this context. Since January, more than 100 incidents of demolition or settler violence have damaged or destroyed over 190 structures related to water and sanitation across the West Bank, increasing reliance on emergency water trucking in vulnerable communities. In Gaza, over 70 per cent of people rely on trucked water, but funding gaps are putting this supply at risk. Displaced families in overcrowded sites, damaged buildings and makeshift shelters will soon be exposed to extreme summer temperatures, while access restrictions and lengthy clearance procedures continue to affect the timely delivery of critical shelter and non-food items and funding shortfalls threaten procurement and pre-positioning of winter supplies. While some 2,000 sites have been treated for pests since mid-May, skin diseases and infections continue to rise owing to limited access to safe water, sanitation and treatment, and access to landfills remaining restricted, causing continuous accumulation of waste in populated areas. Overview The situation across the Occupied Palestinian Territory is deteriorating quickly. This was articulated most recently by Secretary-General António Guterres on 10 June in his remarks to the Security Council. “Despite the ceasefire announced eight months ago,” he said, “Gaza still faces profound uncertainty and immense human suffering. Violence is on the rise, with civilians k
