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19 May 2026<\/p>\n
In the\u00a0Occupied Palestinian Territory, OCHA reports that yesterday, 20\u00a0patients and over 40 of their companions were medically evacuated through the Rafah\u00a0Crossing,\u00a0with support from WHO and its partners.<\/p>\n
As a reminder, thousands of people still need medical services that are unavailable in Gaza. Once referrals to the West Bank resume, including to East Jerusalem, more patients will be able to access care. Meanwhile, scaling up health services within Gaza remains a top priority, which requires facilitating the entry of critical equipment.<\/p>\n
Also\u00a0yesterday,\u00a0the\u00a0International Organization for Migration (IOM)\u202fsaid<\/a> that in collaboration with local partners, it continued to scale up emergency shelter interventions in April, using repurposed wood and metal pallets. This has enabled the production of 73 large family kits which include high-quality, durable plastic sheets, nails, wire and rope for securing materials. It has also enabled the installation of safer and more insulated shelters for high-risk households that include newborns.<\/p>\n About 900,000 people across the Strip remain in need of emergency shelter assistance. At present, partners are managing around one third of the 1,652 sites across the Strip.<\/p>\n In the West Bank,\u00a0OCHA reports that a 32-year-old Palestinian succumbed to his wounds yesterday after being shot by Israeli forces in\u00a0the\u00a0Hebron area, where he attempted\u00a0to access Israel irregularly the day before. According to his family, he was seeking work.<\/p>\n In 2026, and as of April, an average of 11 Palestinians per month have been injured while attempting to cross the barrier. This follows a sharp increase in 2025, when the monthly average rose to 14 injuries per month. Since 7 October 2023, Israeli authorities have revoked or suspended most permits issued to Palestinians to access East Jerusalem and Israel for work and other purposes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 19 May 2026 In the\u00a0Occupied Palestinian Territory, OCHA reports that yesterday, 20\u00a0patients and over 40 of their companions were medically evacuated through the Rafah\u00a0Crossing,\u00a0with support from WHO and its partners. As a reminder, thousands of people still need medical services that are unavailable in Gaza. Once referrals to the West Bank resume, including to […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2477],"document-source":[2169],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[1945,7021,2005,2533,2729,6251],"entity":[1729],"document-language":[6542],"class_list":["post-318444","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-news-item","document-source-office-for-the-coordination-of-humanitarian-affairs-ocha","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-evacuations","document-subject-gaza-strip","document-subject-health","document-subject-shelter","document-subject-west-bank","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318444","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\/299"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":318445,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/318444\/revisions\/318445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=318444"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=318444"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=318444"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=318444"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=318444"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=318444"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=318444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}