Occupied Palestinian Territory

Introduction The UN and partners estimate that at least US$6.6 billion is required to address the humanitarian needs of 3.3 million people in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem (any reference to the West Bank…

Introduction This Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) Flash Appeal calls for US$2.822 billion for UN Agencies, INGO, and NGO partners to address the most urgent needs of more than three million people in the Gaza Strip (Gaza) and…

Since 7 October 2023, the situation in Gaza has changed dramatically and is directly affecting the West Bank when Palestinian armed groups in Gaza launched more than 3,500 missiles and rockets towards Israel and breached the…

Key Highlights Humanitarian actors continue to scale up operations across the Gaza Strip. In the first 10 days of February, 360 patients, including 156 children, were medically evacuated from Gaza, while between 12,000 and 14,000 people, including about…

The Humanitarian Situation Update is issued by OCHA Occupied Palestinian Territory twice a week. The Gaza Strip is covered on Tuesdays and the West Bank on Thursdays. The Gaza Humanitarian Response Update is issued every other…

Situation Overview Between the start of the crisis on 7 October and 20 October, approximately 2,100 commercial trucks should have reached Gaza through the Rafah border crossing alone, but none did. Since the re-opening of Rafah border…