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The United Nations has said it could expand the delivery of humanitarian aid to people in Gaza if the Israeli occupation authorities lifted the restrictions and obstacles they impose on the entry of relief materials.
According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), Israeli authorities have refused the entry of several essential items into the Gaza Strip, claiming they fall outside the scope of humanitarian assistance or are classified as “dual-use” items.
OCHA said these items include vehicles and spare parts, solar panels, mobile toilets, X-ray machines, and electric generators.
The office noted that since the ceasefire, Israel has rejected 107 requests to bring in relief materials, including blankets, winter clothes and tools and materials to maintain and operate water, sanitation and hygiene services.
October 2025 recorded the highest monthly number of Israeli settler attacks since OCHA began documenting such incidents in 2006, with more than 260 attacks resulting in casualties, property damage or both – an average of eight incidents per day.
Settler violence during this olive harvest season has reached the highest level recorded in recent years, with about 150 attacks documented so far, resulting in the injury of more than 140 Palestinians and the vandalism of over 4,200 trees and saplings across 77 villages.
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator called for the protection of Palestinians in the West Bank amid the rise in attacks by Israeli settlers on Palestinians and their property.
One in every five Palestinians killed by Israeli forces so far in 2025 across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, was a child.
Israeli authorities issued 14 demolition or stop-work orders against approximately one third of structures in Umm al Kheir Bedouin community in the southern Hebron governorate, placing about 70 people, including 30 children, at risk of displacement.
Read more in our latest update: http://ochaopt.org/.../humanitarian-situation-update-337...