24 March 2026

OCHA reports that persistent challenges are preventing the Âé¶¹APP and NGO partners from fully responding to people¡¯s needs across the Occupied Palestinian Territory.

Following a court hearing yesterday, international NGO partners report that their registration status with the Israeli authorities has not yet been resolved.

International NGOs are indispensable. Their work must be facilitated and their registration status?resolved so essential supplies can be brought in, particularly to Gaza, to provide critical humanitarian services.

Since the reopening of Rafah crossing last Thursday, the World Health Organization and its partners have supported the medical evacuation of 16 patients who needed treatment unavailable in Gaza, along with 30 companions. UN teams have also offered services to 20 returnees. That support was provided on Thursday and Sunday, with a scheduled break for the weekend.

Meanwhile, the Humanitarian Coordinator, Ramiz Alakbarov, is engaging with authorities to ensure that the voluntary movement of people in and out of Gaza can continue safely, with dignity, and in accordance with international humanitarian law. The UN¡¯s support for medical evacuation, and returnees, is scheduled to resume on Thursday.

Kerem Shalom remains the only operational crossing for humanitarian and commercial cargo to enter the Strip. The UN calls again for the opening of additional crossings and the lifting of restrictions on humanitarian operations.

In the West Bank, OCHA warns of the harsh humanitarian impact of settler attacks against Palestinians and of Israeli policies that leads to dispossession.

Over the past few days, field teams have recorded multiple attacks by settlers that resulted in casualties, property damage and displacement among Palestinians.

Displacement has also occurred since Friday as a result of forcible evictions carried out by Israeli authorities in Batn al Hawa area of Silwan neighbourhood, in East Jerusalem; this is an area where over 1,000 Palestinians, nearly half of them children, are at risk of forced displacement.

Evictions, demolitions and violence have grave physical, social, economic and emotional impacts and deepens reliance on humanitarian support. Palestinians must be protected and perpetrators be brought to justice.