OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
Turning to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports limited improvements in the flow of critical supplies into Gaza, even as needs remain immense and people continue to depend heavily on aid.
Data collected through the UN 2720 Mechanism indicate a 33 per cent increase in the volume of supplies that the UN and its partners were able to bring into Gaza in July, compared with June: thatβs more than 55,000 pallets of aid, roughly 35,000 metric tons, or 2,600 truckloads, bringing them closer to the levels recorded before the regional escalation began at the end of February.
About 60 per cent of these supplies were food, followed by smaller volumes of shelter, water, sanitation, hygiene and health items.
Additional supplies were brought in by the private sector.
Still, the UNβs humanitarian partners warn that restrictions remain on the types of supplies allowed into Gaza.
Specifically, UN partners say more approvals are needed to bring engine oil and spare parts into the Strip, because all humanitarian operations depend on vehicles and backup generators that need to be maintained.
Repeated denials of requests to bring in engine oil, combined with insufficient quantities of quality lubricant oil coming in through the private sector, mean that critical operations at hospitals, pumping stations and bakeries could be reduced or forced to stop.
Another restriction is on durable shelter materials. Most of Gazaβs 2.1 million people remain displaced in poor conditions, and so far, the UNβs humanitarian partners have mostly been allowed to bring in tents that do not last long.
To put this in context: A new assessment by the UN Satellite Centre estimates that the number of destroyed structures across Gaza has increased by 9 per cent since the declaration of a ceasefire in October 2025.
Overall, about 82 per cent of the structures in Gaza are damaged. Thatβs more than 200,000 structures that are damaged to some degree, and two thirds of them are assessed to have been destroyed.
Turning to the West Bank, today, UN partners from across the humanitarian community visited Qalandia Camp in Jerusalem to jointly assess peopleβs needs after Israeli forces concluded a two-day operation there.
UN teams identified widespread damage to houses and businesses, and dozens of families reported damage to doors, windows and furniture, after Israeli forces spent time inside their homes. Many reported significant financial losses.
Forces had reportedly taken over some of the homes, pushed families out, and used those properties as interrogation centres.
UN partners with the Palestine Red Crescent Society say that more than 50 people were injured during the two-day operation.
The UN and its partners are mobilizing support for those affected.
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