The flash appeal seeks to address urgent needs for over 3 million people in the OPT, most of whom are in #Gaza .

While needs are extensive, we focus on what is achievable in our current context.

We are calling for funding as well as improvements in access and security.

Just out: the annual report of the Occupied #Palestinian  Territory Humanitarian Fund PooledFunds_OCHA.

In 2023, thanks to donors and partners and amid immense challenges, the fund remained steadfast in its mission and impressive in its achievements.

Read more: ochaopt.org/content/occupi…

🔴This week in #Gaza , 3 WFP convoys with enough food and wheat flour for nearly 80,000 people crossed into the north from the Erez crossing for the first time.

🔴So far in April, 392 trucks carrying food have entered Gaza. This is nearly the same rate as March but half that…

The Occupied Palestinian Territory Flash Appeal seeks $2.822 billion to assist over three million people in Gaza and the West Bank, including East Jerusalem. Urgent aid is needed from April to December 2024.

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𝗚𝗮𝘇𝗮 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 | 3 convoys have crossed via Erez crossing point on 14, 15, and 16 April with a total of 25 trucks carrying around 404 metric tons of food parcels and wheat flour.

This is the first time for food supplies to cross into north Gaza through the Erez crossing.

💰Appeal for >3M ppl in #Gaza & #WestBank

⭕World Health Organization (WHO): emergency medical teams scale-up in northern Gaza hindered

⭕UN Women: >1M females at inhumane conditions, health risks

⭕ #WestBank : weekly # of communities affected by settler violence triples to ~37

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'Facilitation of humanitarian assistance is when we reach people wherever they are,' stressed Head of OCHA oPt (Palestine), Andrea De Domenico.

Aid workers continue to face restrictions in #Gaza due to access denial & delay at checkpoints, but that won't stop our efforts to deliver support.

⛔Checkpoints
⛔Earth mounds
⛔Roadblocks
⛔Road gates

Since Oct, 1️⃣1️⃣4️⃣ new closures erected across the #WestBank , inc. #EastJerusalem .

They further disrupt #Palestinian access to services, workplaces & markets, and aid workers' movement.

More: ochaopt.org/content/hostil…

Widespread destruction
Multiple mass displacements
Looming famine
Collapsed health system

Every day is a struggle for survival for people in #Gaza , as the war rages on and needs deepen.

Humanitarians are doing all they can but require more support amid increasing challenges. ⬇️

In #Gaza , people forced to flee their homes have sought safety under the United Nations flag.

Despite coordinates shared on a regular basis, these facilities have been attacked resulting in extensive damage, disruption to services & civilian fatalities at an unprecedented scale.

UN High Commissioner Türk urges States with influence to do everything in their power to halt the horrific human rights & humanitarian crisis in #Gaza , violence & targeted attacks in the #WestBank & the risk of wider escalation of conflict in Middle East.
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Families like Iman's in #Gaza rely entirely on food assistance to get by.

WFP is reaching more than a million people each month, despite enormous challenges.

But to truly have a chance of beating back #famine , we need more access and a humanitarian ceasefire.

.World Health Organization (WHO) and partners transferred two patients from Kamal Adwan hospital in #Gaza to a field hospital in the south yesterday:
- 7 year old girl with severe acute malnutrition and dehydration
- 34 year old woman with multiple facial injuries and fractures

The mission faced severe…

Israeli settlers attacked at least 17 #WestBank #Palestinian villages after a boy from a settlement went missing & was later found dead.

✘ 2 Palestinians killed
✘ ≥45 injured
✘ ≥20 households displaced
✘ damaged homes, vehicles & structures

More: ochaopt.org/content/hostil…

About 90% of ~4,000 buildings along #Gaza ’s eastern border have been destroyed or damaged, according to UNOSAT.

World Food Programme and UNOPS deliver fuel to enable the operation of a bakery in Gaza city.

Large settler attack in the #WestBank .

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'I once dreamt of building a home for my loved ones, but now, with this amputation, the road ahead seems uncertain and bleak' - Ahmad Helayyel, #Gaza .

Everyday, #Gaza faces a relentless stream of injuries due to the ongoing war.

Over 75,900 people have been injured so far -…

We need better coordination, more approvals, more aid, a humanitarian ceasefire, and the release of hostages.

🔊Listen to UN Spokesperson speaking on Friday of things we need in #Gaza to respond to people's humanitarian needs at scale.

After several trials, World Food Programme & UNOPS delivered fuel to a bakery in #Gaza to start producing bread.

Bakeries have been unable to operate for several months due to conflict and lack of access.

We need safe & sustained access to prevent famine.

Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) and partners successfully transferred three critical patients and their two companions from Al-Ahli Hospital in northern #Gaza to two field hospitals in #Rafah .

The team also delivered 19,400 liters of fuel, of which 5000 liters will be provided to As-Sahabah…

This is the largest hospital in south #Gaza - or what is left of it.

Rubble.
Damaged equipment.
No patients.
No staff.
A burning warehouse.
Eerie Silence.

Reconstructing the vital health infrastructure is only possible with a #CeasefireNow .