New York, July 10 (Petra)– The United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday that
ongoing Israeli military operations, increasing movement
restrictions, demolitions, settlement expansion, and settler violence
in the occupied West Bank are continuing to displace Palestinians and
heighten protection risks while limiting access to housing,
livelihoods, and essential services.

OCHA said that since the beginning of July, demolition operations
have displaced 67 people and destroyed 24 structures, including two
donor-funded facilities that had been established to support
vulnerable Palestinian communities.

Since the start of the year, settler attacks and demolition
operations have displaced more than 3,200 Palestinians an average of
17 people per day double the daily average recorded over the previous
three years, according to the UN office.

Regarding Gaza, OCHA cited the World Central Kitchen as saying that
Israeli forces killed a driver working for one of its logistics
partners while he was transporting humanitarian aid from the Kerem
Shalom crossing to the organization’s warehouse in Gaza. The aid
organization called for a comprehensive investigation and
accountability for those responsible for the driver’s death.

OCHA reiterated that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be
protected under international humanitarian law.

On humanitarian funding, the UN office said only 26 percent of the
$4.1 billion requested for humanitarian operations in the occupied
Palestinian territory this year has been received.

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