Humanitarian Situation Report | 26 June 2026

Highlights

• New displacement recorded amid heightened pressure across the Occupied Palestinian Territory for other communities to forcibly leave their areas.
• Two Bedouin communities in eastern Ramallah governorate face a heightened risk of displacement following escalating settler attacks and disruptions to their water supply. Nearly 1,000 Palestinians have been displaced in the area over the past three years.
• Over 2,600 Palestinians in Kafr ‘Aqab area of East Jerusalem were affected when Israeli authorities demolished a residential building and a road, damaging water, electricity and sewage networks and cutting off vehicular access.
• Israeli forces temporarily evacuated at least four families from their homes during operations in Jenin governorate, while 65 families displaced from Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps were granted limited access to retrieve personal belongings.
• In Gaza, families fled from an area of Beit Lahia when Israeli forces advanced, reportedly setting three tents ablaze by dropping incendiary munition from the air, and placing yellow cement blocks that marked further encroachment of the “Yellow Line.”
• Access-restricted areas in Gaza now take up 65 per cent of the land; most of them are off limits for residents, while for humanitarian organizations, all of them require coordination procedures to access; sea access remains prohibited.
• Skin diseases and acute watery diarrhea continue to spread in Gaza, fueled by overcrowding and poor water and sanitation conditions.
• Notwithstanding restrictions and funding shortfalls, relief efforts continue at scale across all sectors.

Overview

Across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), aid workers continue to respond to people’s needs. For example, they provide food assistance to those who cannot access or afford sufficient, nutritious, and diverse diets. They deliver tents and other shelter items to newly displaced people and to those in protracted displacement whose shelters have been damaged or worn out. They support the local health system by deploying specialized teams and replenishing medical supplies. And they facilitate alternative education for those who have been deprived of schooling opportunities.

However, there are limits to what humanitarian action can achieve. Funding for relief efforts remains insufficient, with less than 25 per cent of the requirements for this year covered so far. Access restrictions on humanitarian partners to people in need and to essential facilities are severe. And above all, the root causes of humanitarian needs remain unaddressed – both in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and in the Gaza Strip.

West Bank

Between 16 and 22 June (the reporting period of the West Bank section of this report), Israeli forces’ operations, demolitions, settler violence, and movement restrictions across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, continued to generate humanitarian needs and displacement amid deteriorating economic conditions and funding shortfalls. Together, these factors are undermining access to housing, livelihoods and essential services, contributing to growing protection and psychosocial support needs, and further constraining both household coping capacities and the ability of humanitarian actors to respond.

Health actors, for example, report shortages of essential medicines, medical consumables, and pharmaceutical supplies, alongside challenges in reaching vulnerable communities. At present, 33 health partners are operational across the West Bank, including 17 providing direct health services and 15 maintaining functional health service points. Through a network of 870 service delivery points, including 59 hospitals, 477 primary healthcare centres, 230 mobile clinics and 16 emergency service centres, partners are supporting the delivery of primary, secondary, emergency and specialized health care. However, checkpoints, other movement obstacles and supply shortages undermine the regularity and reach of services, particularly in underserved areas; some facilities are limiting services or reducing operating hours to a few days per week. This has raised concerns for patients requiring regular treatment and follow-up, including those with chronic diseases.

Child Protection partners currently support over 1,800 children each week, including over 80 children with disabilities, through structured psychosocial and recreational activities, while around 715 caregivers receive mental health and psychosocial support and parenting assistance. Fifteen child-friendly safe spaces remain operational across the West Bank, and partners provide awareness sessions, including explosive ordnance risk education, reaching an average of 290 children and over 80 caregivers per week, in addition to case management, referrals, and cash and in-kind assistance.

The impact of access restrictions on essential services remains evident across sectors. On 20 June, the 2026 high school (Tawjihi) examinations began across the West Bank, with approximately 52,000 students registered. While most students have been able to reach examination centres, humanitarian partners are providing transportation support to a small number of students facing access constraints, highlighting the continuing effects of movement restrictions on access to education.

Casualties and displacement

During the reporting period, Israeli forces shot, killed, and withheld the bodies of two Palestinians, including a 15-year-old boy, after they were reportedly part of a group burning tires and hurling Molotov cocktails toward Karmei Zur settlement in Hebron governorate. Two other Palestinian children were injured in the same incident. In total, 23 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces or settlers during the reporting period.

Separately, Israeli authorities demolished 21 Palestinian-owned structures for lacking Israeli-issued building permits, which are nearly impossible for Palestinians to obtain. This includes 16 structures in Area C and five in East Jerusalem. The demolished structures comprised seven homes (six inhabited) and 14 livelihood-related, water and sanitation, and other structures, displacing seven households comprising 37 people, including 19 children and nine women. Among those displaced were two households whose multi-storey residential building was demolished on 22 June by Israeli authorities in Kafr ‘Aqab, which lies within the Israeli-defined East Jerusalem municipal boundary on the West Bank side of the Barrier. During the same operation, Israeli forces also demolished a main access road in the area, damaging sections of the water, electricity and sewage networks. More than 2,600 people, including over 1,300 children, were affected, with vehicular access cut off and residents forced to rely on alternative pedestrian routes to reach their homes.

Settler attacks and property damage

OCHA documented at least 40 settler attacks during the reporting period that resulted in casualties, property damage, or both. These included four arson attacks. On 17 June, settlers set fire to the ground floor of a mosque in Jiljilya village and shortly afterwards attacked a second mosque in nearby Mazari’ an Nubani, damaging the entrance, attempting to set the building on fire, and spray-painting slogans on the walls of both mosques. In two other incidents, Israeli settlers set fire to two Palestinian-owned vehicles parked near residential houses in Majdal Bani Fadel in Nablus governorate and to more than 100 scrap vehicles in a Palestinian-owned vehicle scrap workshop in Shuqba in Ramallah governorate.

So far in June, OCHA has documented at least ten attacks by Israeli settlers involving arson and the use of flammable materials across Ramallah, Nablus and Qalqiliya governorates. These incidents resulted in the burning of agricultural land planted with wheat and olive trees, damage to at least nine Palestinian-owned vehicles, and attacks on four mosques and other civilian property.

Commenting on the attacks, the Deputy Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, stated that attacks by Israeli settlers on mosques in Jiljilya and Mazari’ an Nubani are unacceptable and must be condemned by all. He noted that the incidents follow a series of recent attacks targeting mosques and Palestinian communities amid a worrying escalation of violence, and called for accountability to prevent further escalation.

Escalating settler attacks raise displacement concerns in Dar Faza’a and East Tayba Bedouins

During the reporting period, OCHA documented a series of attacks affecting Dar Faza’a and the adjacent East Tayba Bedouin community in Ramallah governorate. Following the establishment of a new settlement outpost about 100 metres from Dar Faza’a in early May 2026, residents have reported near-daily incidents, including repeated incursions into residential areas, harassment and intimidation, physical assaults, damage to property and infrastructure, restrictions on movement and access to grazing areas, destruction and confiscation of livelihood assets, including livestock fodder, as well as night-time harassment and attempts by settlers to enter homes. Residents also reported settlers grazing livestock within and around homes and agricultural land.

Since the establishment of the outpost, OCHA has documented at least 11 settler attacks resulting in casualties or property damage affecting the two communities, compared with an average of one incident per month between January and April 2026 and a total of 18 incidents recorded between January 2020 and December 2025. Community members have further reported delays or obstructions affecting ambulance access, attacks and intimidation targeting mobile health teams, and increasing restrictions on access to grazing land and livelihoods. Humanitarian actors have also reported growing challenges in maintaining access to the communities, with protection actors and health providers facing threats and intimidation that have constrained the delivery of assistance.

In May 2026, Israeli settlers reportedly from the newly established settlement outpost took control of the only water points serving Dar Faza'a and East Tayba Bedouin communities and prevented residents from accessing them. As a result, access to water was completely cut off for more than 200 people. Water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) Cluster actors have been providing emergency water trucking despite operational and access challenges, while planning a broader response should current conditions persist.

About 980 Palestinians from 10 Bedouin and herding communities near Road 458 (also known as the Allon Road) have been displaced over the past three years due to sustained settler attacks and related access restrictions (see graph and map below). Nine of these communities have been completely emptied of their residents, while East Tayba Bedouins has experienced partial displacement. Dar Faza’a and East Tayba Bedouins are now the only remaining Bedouin communities in the area that have not been fully displaced. Humanitarian actors warn that the cumulative impact of repeated attacks, restrictions on access to land and services, and the prolonged disruption of water supplies is increasing the risk of displacement for both communities if current trends continue.

The situation reflects broader concerns over the vulnerability of water infrastructure to conflict-related incidents and the growing reliance on emergency interventions. According to the WASH Cluster, more than 100 demolition- and settler violence-related incidents since the beginning of 2026 have damaged or destroyed over 190 WASH structures across the West Bank, disrupting access to water and increasing dependence on emergency water trucking and other measures.

Humanitarian impacts of raids and other operations

During the reporting period, Israeli forces continued to carry out operations across Jenin and Tulkarm governorates involving temporary home evacuations, the requisition of residential property for military purposes, land-levelling activities and raids on Palestinian homes, contributing to humanitarian needs and housing insecurity in affected communities.

In Jenin governorate, on 16 June, Israeli forces evacuated a Palestinian family from their home in Zububa village and converted the property into a military post for three days. On 17 June, Israeli forces carried out land-levelling works in the Jabriyat neighbourhood of Jenin city, during which three nearby families were evacuated from their homes.

Meanwhile, on 16 and 17 June, approximately 65 displaced families from Nur Shams and Tulkarm refugee camps were allowed to enter the camps, following prior coordination with Israeli forces, to retrieve personal belongings from their homes. According to local sources, access was subject to strict inspection procedures. These arrangements took place amid the continued displacement of more than 33,000 Palestinians from Tulkarm, Nur Shams and Jenin refugee camps and surrounding areas following ongoing Israeli forces’ operations since early 2025.

According to the Shelter Cluster, continuing displacement and housing insecurity are generating growing shelter needs, particularly in the northern West Bank. During the reporting week, partners reached an estimated 1,180 people across 228 households through about 224 interventions, including repairs to damaged shelters – mostly those affected by Israeli forces’ operations, particularly in Nablus governorate – shelter protection measures, and cash-for-rent assistance. However, access restrictions and funding shortfalls continue to constrain humanitarian operations and limit partners’ ability to respond to growing needs.

For key figures and additional breakdowns of casualties, displacement, and settler violence between January 2005 and May 2026, please refer to the OCHA West Bank May 2026 Snapshot.

Gaza Strip

The past week saw more casualties and new displacement, amid continued military operations. Most of Gaza’s 2.1 million people remain displaced, lacking sufficient access to essential services or minimum standards of living.

According to the Ministry of Health (MoH) in Gaza, which operates under the de facto authorities, 23 Palestinians were killed, one body was retrieved, one died of wounds, and 137 people were injured between 17 and 24 June. This brings the overall reported casualty toll since the announcement of a ceasefire agreement on 10 October 2025 to 1,029 fatalities and 3,294 injuries, according to MoH. According to the Israeli military, an Israeli working for a contractor company on behalf of the Ministry of Defense in Gaza was killed in an accident on 24 June.

Incidents affecting fisherpeople continue to be reported, including Israeli naval fire near or on the shore. Fishing activities remain effectively restricted as access to the Mediterranean Sea is forbidden, limiting livelihoods and early recovery opportunities. Safe access to the sea is also critical for activities such as bathing and cooling, especially as temperatures rise and with virtually no electricity supply.

Around midnight between 23 and 24 June, about 30 households reportedly fled from their shelters in Beit Lahia area of North Gaza governorate when tanks advanced towards Al Atatra Junction, following which a quadcopter dropped incendiary munition that set three tents ablaze. While most families could return after the troops withdrew, six households remained displaced as of 24 June, because a yellow cement block was set up near their places of residence. The placement of such blocks signals the expansion into populated areas of the so-called “Yellow Line” – where, according to the UN Human Rights Office, lethal force has often been used. For an overview related to the “Yellow Line,” see the section on Gaza’s Access-Restricted Areas below.

Meanwhile, humanitarian partners continue using the Rapid Joint Distribution Mechanism to address the immediate life-saving needs of newly displaced families and those who otherwise lost their belongings. Between 15 and 21 June, partners received alerts on incidents that affected more than 212 households. Of the affected households, 139 were affected by strikes, 67 were displaced amid military activities and shifts of the “Yellow Line” in eastern Gaza city and in one case in Khan Younis, four households were affected by domestic fires, and two households had their shelters flooded. Through this mechanism, partners assisted 135 households, comprising 650 people during the same week (including some identified the week before). Assistance was tailored to people’s individually assessed needs and extent of damage. It included tents and tarpaulins, blankets, hygiene and dignity kits, jerrycans and other items.

Between 14 and 20 June, Health Cluster partners provided 239,355 consultations across 14 services points. They warn of a sustained burden of infectious diseases. Nearly 23 per cent of the consultations were linked to reportable diseases and within that, acute respiratory illnesses and skin diseases remained the most frequently reported conditions, followed by acute watery diarrhoea. Alongside issues affecting relief efforts across all sectors – namely shortages, restrictions or rising costs of fuel, generator oil, and spare parts – medical services continue to be constrained specifically by shortages in medical supplies. For more information, see the section on Shortages in Health Items in the previous report.

Access-Restricted Areas

Most of the Gaza Strip is off limits to Palestinians and heavily restricted for aid workers to reach – leading to congestion in accessible areas. Following the 10 October 2025 ceasefire announcement, a newly introduced “Yellow Line” indicated the area where Israeli troops would remain temporarily deployed, spanning about 53 per cent of the Strip. In practice, it has marked roughly where access restrictions are enforced on most Palestinians, confining them to the remaining 47 per cent. Israeli forces later placed yellow cement blocks loosely along the “Yellow Line,” often west of it (see a recent example above).

On 13 October, Israeli authorities shared with the humanitarian community the map of a separate “Orange Line,” which extended further into populated areas, encompassing an additional 36 square kilometres (about 10 per cent) of the Gaza Strip. They urged organizations to coordinate in advance any movements into or within the 63.2 per cent of the land between the “Orange Line” and the northern, eastern and southern land perimeters. On 12 March 2026, they shifted the line extending restrictions to a further 5.5 square kilometres (1.5 per cent). On 23 June 2026, they shifted it again, extending restrictions to a further 800 square metres.

Israeli forces have used lethal force to enforce access restrictions in those areas, where strikes and exchanges of fire have also occurred. Between 10 October 2025 and early April 2026, the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) verified the killing of 196 Palestinians, including 18 women and 43 children, in Israeli attacks reported near the “Yellow Line.” Many others were injured.

The current “Orange Line” places 64.9 per cent of the Gaza Strip under tighter and more direct Israeli control. Areas between the “Orange” and the “Yellow” lines include dozens of humanitarian facilities – water and sanitation infrastructure, food and health services, schools, and UNRWA sites – as well as tens of thousands of civilians, who are under pressure to leave.

Relief efforts have been constrained and often delayed by the coordination requirements and the frequent shooting. Some partners have had to scale down or suspend life-saving activities, particularly following the killing of service providers in those areas, and suspensions have affected thousands of families in the vicinity. But the impact is felt by everyone in the Gaza Strip. For example, both of Gaza’s sanitary landfills are near the eastern perimeter, well within the access-restricted area, and their inaccessibility for waste disposal has resulted in the accumulation of solid waste in populated areas across the remaining 35 per cent of the Gaza Strip, heightening public health risks, including those related to pests and rodents.

Internal restrictions are imposed alongside the blockade limiting the movement of people and goods in and out of Gaza, as well as the ban on access to the sea (see above). Together, these measures limit people’s access to farmland, fishing areas, land for housing, livelihoods , as well as essential supplies and services. In late May, the Israeli leadership reportedly ordered an expansion of areas under direct Israeli control within the Gaza Strip, to cover up to 70 per cent of the land.

Civilians on the line

Palestinians living within or near the access-restricted areas, typically between the “Orange” and the “Yellow” lines, do not necessarily know where the access-restricted areas begin, as the lines have never been clearly communicated to them. Beyond the occasional presence of yellow blocks, some say they deduce what areas are off limits from where shooting takes place and from where fewer services are available.

One of them, Umm Hussam, told OCHA: “Every day we suffer from gunfire, from shelling. At night,” she added, “we can't sleep because of the dogs and rats… We need a solution to the issue of rats, cleanliness, and the rubbish that keeps piling up on us... We need proper sanitation, clean facilities, bathrooms...”

A Palestinian man said: “As you can see, our homes are all destroyed and bombed. Gunfire from the hill reaches us. We're staying inside, taking cover in our homes. We can't go out. Where would we go? To tents? … When I'm home, and the shooting starts, I gather my children, hold them close, and go inside or down below."

Mohammed, a 13-year-old boy, said: "First, we have no schools here. And second, if we try to play, shrapnel falls on us... Quadcopters come, film us, and drop bombs... Our future is destroyed… We spend the day fetching water. If water comes [by truck], we fill containers. We go and throw the rubbish... We get food aid from the community kitchen if there's any. Sometimes we manage, sometimes we don't… They'd bring around 500 bread bundles for 20,000 people. We all queue, but it's for nothing.”

Incoming Supplies

Between 15 and 21 June, according to the UN 2720 Mechanism data retrieved on 25 June 2026, UN and humanitarian partners offloaded nearly 10,000 pallets of aid at Kerem Shalom, which remains the only operational crossing for the entry of cargo. Meanwhile, partners inside Gaza collected over 8,700 pallets.

While these volumes are similar to those recorded in previous weeks, fewer supplies came from Ashdod Port (Israel) and more supplies came through the Egyptian corridor, compared with the previous week. The decrease in Ashdod is linked to technical issues affecting scanning, while the increase through the Egyptian corridor is related to a rise in offloading rates at Kerem Shalom, from 53 per cent of trucks between 8 and 14 June to 69 per cent between 15 and 21 June.

On the commercial front, data from the Gaza Chamber of Commerce, provided to the Cash Working Group, suggests that between 8 and 21 June, the private sector collected 1,293 truckloads of products into Gaza, of which 439 truckloads were collected between 8 and 14 June and 854 between 15 and 21 June. In the two-week period, 48 per cent of the commercial truckloads contained food items, 9 per cent included hygiene products and 7 per cent included shelter materials. Limited quantities of insecticides, baby care items, and animal feed were also brought in. Notably, 29 per cent of all commercial truckloads included non-essential goods such as hazelnut cocoa spread, instant coffee, and candy bars. This high proportion – which reflects market incentives favouring higher-profit, lower-fee goods – remains concerning as it reduces space for critical supplies.

According to the Chamber of Commerce, overall prices are gradually declining but are still about triple what they were before October 2023. However, some fresh food products like oranges, apples and cucumbers reportedly became more expensive in the second and third weeks of June, compared with the week prior.

The UN is only able to confirm the entry of supplies tracked by UN 2720. For breakdowns of those, see the online UN 2720 Mechanism Dashboard.

For a detailed account of the latest humanitarian operations in Gaza, see Annex 1 below.

Funding

Sources: Financial Tracking System and oPt HF

Annexes

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