{"id":238171,"date":"2020-07-30T11:08:21","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T15:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=238171"},"modified":"2020-08-04T11:09:09","modified_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:09:09","slug":"ocha-humanitarian-bulletin-for-occupied-palestinian-territory-june-july-2020","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ocha-humanitarian-bulletin-for-occupied-palestinian-territory-june-july-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"OCHA Humanitarian Bulletin for Occupied Palestinian Territory: June-July 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Overview | June – July 2020<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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One is the ongoing pandemic. Since mid-June, the number of COVID-19 cases in the oPt has increased from nearly 700 to some 15,000 by the end of July, with the number of fatalities exceeding to 80. The epicenter of the surge has been the Hebron Governorate, followed by East Jerusalem and the Bethlehem Governorate. The humanitarian community has continued to support the Palestinian authorities\u2019 response to the pandemic by addressing critical gaps in medical supplies and equipment, supporting the operation of quarantine and isolation centres, providing psychosocial support to those in need, and conducting a communication and community engagement campaign, among other activities. Further information and analysis about the pandemic and related humanitarian interventions are available at OCHA\u2019s COVID-19 online dedicated page.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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End of Palestinian Authority coordination with Israel in response to annexation threat: decision already impacting medical referrals<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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On 19 May 2020, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced that the Palestinian Authority (PA) considered itself absolved of all agreements and understandings it has signed with Israel and the United States. This decision was in response to Israel\u2019s announcement of its intention to annex parts of the West Bank as early as 1 July, subject to the \u201cfull agreement\u201d of the current U.S. administration. The threat of annexation has been widely condemned by the international community and the UN Secretary-General has stated that annexation \u201cwould constitute a most serious violation of international law, grievously harm the prospect of a two-State solution and undercut the possibilities of a renewal of negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe dump site here ruined our lives. The air we breathe isn\u2019t clean and the environment we live in isn\u2019t healthy,\u201d said Abu Ahmad, a father of seven, who lives in Beit Lahia in northern Gaza, next to an informal dumpsite. \u201cI love Beit Lahia. It used to be an agricultural area, where we could eat what we plant. The water was good as well. Now, the area is damaged, and the aquifer is polluted. I really hate saying this, but I wish I could leave.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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On 16 April, 40-year-old Issa Qattash and his brother were severely beaten and injured by a group of Israeli settlers, while having a picnic with their families in a forest outside of Jibya village (north of Ramallah). \u201cOne of the settlers carried a rifle and another an axe\u201d, Issa explained. \u201cMy brother Moussa managed to escape to call for help\u2026 I laid some time injured on the ground and then the settlers began dragging me out of the area\u2026 but then Israeli soldiers arrived and released me, while letting the settlers go.\u201d Fatima Qattash, Issa\u2019s 70-year-old mother, who witnessed the event added: \u201cwe were all shocked and scared\u2026 the children are still having nightmares!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 Beit Lahia dumpsite, northern Gaza. Credit: UNDP In this document Overview | June – July 2020 One is the ongoing pandemic. Since mid-June, the number of COVID-19 cases in the oPt has increased from nearly 700 to some 15,000 by the end of July, with the number of fatalities exceeding to 80. The […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"template-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2469],"document-source":[2169],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[2517,2849,1937,1853,2005,2533,2029,2349],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6544],"class_list":["post-238171","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-bulletin","document-source-office-for-the-coordination-of-humanitarian-affairs-ocha","document-subject-access-and-movement","document-subject-annexation","document-subject-economic-issues","document-subject-environmental-issues","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-health","document-subject-house-demolitions","document-subject-living-conditions","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/238171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/238171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=238171"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=238171"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=238171"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=238171"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=238171"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=238171"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=238171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}