The United Nations Humanitarian Office said on Friday that despite the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, personnel and facilities in the Strip “continue to be exposed to shelling”, creating a dangerous situation that hampers humanitarian operations, Anadolu Agency reported on Saturday.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement: “Despite the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, UN personnel and facilities continue to be exposed to shelling, warning that this poses an unacceptable risk to their security.”
OCHA stressed that “civilians, including humanitarian personnel, and civilian infrastructure, including humanitarian convoys, supplies and facilities, must be protected at all times in accordance with international humanitarian law.”
The report said the ongoing attacks “put UN staff, NGO partners, and those dependent on their work at grave risk, including death and injury, and further impede humanitarian operations.”
The United Nations called on all sides to protect and assist civilians, calling on them to “protect civilian lives and allow safe passage of life-saving aid.”
Despite the risks and “other obstacles to the full implementation of the humanitarian scale-up,” the United Nations and its partners “continue to provide services and critical supplies to people in need across Gaza,” OCHA said.
Turning to the occupied West Bank, OCHA said violence “continues unabated” with casualties, damage and displacement reported daily. The movement of Palestinians is increasingly restricted, with “thousands under curfew” and many others facing restrictions that prevent them from accessing work, school, and essential services.
According to OCHA’s latest statistics, more than 1,600 attacks by illegal Israeli settlers have affected more than 270 Palestinian communities since the beginning of 2025. The number of injured Palestinians “now exceeds 1,000,” including around 700 directly injured by Israeli illegal settlers, nearly double the number recorded in 2024.