UN reports pace of settler violence highest on record
OCHA says that the number of settler attacks causing casualties or property damage this year in the West Bank has now surpassed 1,000.
These attacks have affected more than 230 communities across all parts of the West Bank.
More than 2,200 Palestinians have been displaced this year due to settler violence and other access restrictions, alongside hundreds more who have been displaced due to home demolitions by Israeli authorities.
Last week, settler attacks resulted in the injury of more than 30 Palestinians and widespread damage to property, essential infrastructure and livelihoods.
The current pace of settler attacks causing casualties or property damage, an average of six incidents per day, is higher than in any year on record.
Meanwhile, humanitarian partners are supporting people in need, especially in Area C, East Jerusalem and other areas where the Palestinian authorities are not allowed to provide services directly.
The latest report by the World Food Programme indicates that more than 300,000 people across the West Bank received food and cash assistance in May.
Health partners are helping deliver essential services through a network of 870 service points, including 230 locations reached by mobile clinics. They warn that some health facilities in the West Bank have had to reduce their operating days and working hours because of shortages in operational capacity, medicines, medical supplies and consumables, as well as access restrictions.
In Gaza, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society reports today that one of the two ambulance crew members who had remained detained yesterday has been released, while the other was still unaccounted for as of earlier today.
Yesterday, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called for their release.
Mine action partners in Gaza say that in the first week of June, they conducted 50 assessments of explosive hazards. Through these assessments, they supported the removal of debris and other humanitarian efforts. They are also raising awareness among children and adults of the risks associated with explosive ordnance and how to avoid them.
Nutrition partners report that in May, they screened more than 77,000 children aged 6 to 59 months. More than 4 per cent of them were identified with acute malnutrition and admitted for treatment. Of over 53,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women who were also screened in May, just over 3 per cent were admitted for treatment.
*Donations made to UN Crisis Relief help UN agencies and humanitarian NGOs reach people in Gaza and the West Bank with urgent support.
Aid convoy delivers life-saving supplies to isolated communities
OCHA reports that, despite hurdles, aid continues to be delivered in several parts of Sudan.
In South Kordofan State, UNICEF delivered life-saving health, nutrition, water, sanitation and hygiene supplies to the towns of Dilling and Kadugli this week.
The supplies, delivered by an eight-truck convoy, are expected to support nearly 39,000 people who have been largely cut off from humanitarian assistance due to the fighting.
Meanwhile, in Blue Nile State, the World Food Programme and its partners have distributed food rations to some 25,000 displaced people near the state capital, Ed Damazine.
However, violence continues to affect civilians and complicate aid deliveries. Yesterday, drone strikes in the capital of North Kordofan State, El Obeid, reportedly killed at least four civilians and injured many others. In the town of Dilling in South Kordofan State, a vehicle was reportedly struck by a drone, resulting in two deaths.
OCHA reiterates its call on all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and to facilitate rapid, safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access.
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