麻豆APP

29 April 2026

In the?Occupied Palestinian Territory, OCHA reports that strikes across the Gaza Strip continue to hit residential areas and disrupt basic services.

A recent airstrike reportedly hit NGO workers at a water well in Gaza city. One of them was killed and four were injured. Partners report that the well was heavily damaged, and on-site work has been suspended. Activities are also suspended at another water filling point, Al Mansoura, where two civilian truck drivers contracted by UNICEF were also recently killed.

Despite this, partners working on water say overall water production has not yet fallen and that they are filling gaps by sourcing more clean water to deliver by truck. They stress that people’s water needs are far from being met: some 60 per cent of families can’t access enough clean water.

Humanitarians warn that current arrangements are costly and not sustainable. They rely heavily on increased fuel, oil, generators, spare parts, trucks and a devastated pipe network that is wholly inadequate. The UN is engaging with authorities so these and other critical items can enter Gaza. Without them, water production and other services are at serious risk of collapse.

OCHA stresses that civilians and civilian objects, including critical facilities that people rely on to meet their basic needs, must be protected, in line with international humanitarian law.

Meanwhile, humanitarian operations continue across all sectors. Yesterday, the UN and humanitarian partners collected additional food, medicine, and hygiene items at the Kerem Shalom crossing. They also supported the medical evacuation of two dozen patients and their companions and offered protection and other services to nearly 50 returnees.

Also yesterday, the UN recovered broken trucks from hard-to-reach areas where Israeli forces remain deployed. And nearly 100 humanitarian staff crossed in or out of Gaza, a routine but essential cycle to ease pressure and prevent burnout among frontline teams working in extremely challenging conditions.

Related documents:

• Statement by UNICEF on the killing of two water truck drivers in the Gaza Strip – Question of Palestine
• UN and partners condemn the killing of two civilian contractors supporting UNICEF water deliveries in northern Gaza – Question of Palestine
• OCHA: Mechanical failures threaten essential services – Question of Palestine