Palestine

12 August 2026

A 46-hour Israeli raid on Qalandia refugee camp between 5–7 August 2026 disrupted healthcare access, exposed its 19,000 residents to protection risks, and damaged an unknown number of homes and businesses. During the operation, Israeli forces sealed all camp entrances. The Palestine Red Crescent had to treat 51 injured people, including 38 hospitalised after beatings. The Israeli forces arrested or detained more than 60 Palestinians, including women and children, for field interrogation, besides destroying seven commercial shops, further affecting livelihoods and access to essential services. (AJ 07/08/2026, WAFA 06/08/2026)

05 August 2026

By the end of July 2026, Gaza retained only 19% of its pre-war nighttime light levels, dropping to 12% in areas west of the Yellow Line. The near-total absence of electricity is preventing the preservation of food and medication, limiting water pumping capacity, and disrupting hospital operations, bakeries, and communication networks, further deteriorating already-dire humanitarian conditions for the entire population of 2.1 million people. (AJ 28/07/2026, PIC 29/07/2026)

29 July 2026

Israeli operations in and around Nablus between 24–25 July 2026 disrupted healthcare, displaced an unknown number of families, and interrupted education. At least ten incidents obstructed access to emergency healthcare, including forced and complicated childbirths, one foetal death at a checkpoint, and patients awaiting medical evacuation. The clashes, triggered by an operation in nearby Tal village that killed four Palestinians, were followed by the deployment of 26 Israeli battalions, the arrest of more than 80 people, and a raid on Nablus Specialised Hospital. The escalation occurred amid continued settler attacks across the West Bank, bringing settler-related Palestinian fatalities in 2026 to 18, already exceeding the total recorded in 2025, and heightening protection concerns. (HRW 24/07/2026, MAP 27/07/2026, Refugees PS 28/07/2026)

22 July 2026

Humanitarian access is restricted near the Yellow Line and Orange Line, where daily Israeli tank movements, sand embankment construction, gunfire, and the continued northward expansion of yellow marker blocks have expanded Israeli-controlled territory to 64.9% of the Gaza Strip as of 23 June. At least 17 displacement sites in northern Rafah, hosting about 3,000 families (16,500 people), were affected by the extending of the Yellow Line area, including 11 sites in Al Mawasi coastal area that have become completely inaccessible as a result of daily tank movements between 6–13 July. This has exposed around 1,600 IDPs to a risk of secondary displacement. Up to 282,600 people across Gaza will likely be affected by access restrictions and disruption to services if the Yellow Line expands further, especially with Israel announcing operations on 18 July to push the Yellow Line west in the Zeitoun area, eastern Gaza city, forcing more displaced families to evacuate again. Newly displaced families likely need safe shelter, water and WASH support, food, healthcare, and protection. (UN 14/07/2026, OCHA 17/07/2026, UNICEF 20/07/2026)

15 July 2026

Almost the entire Gazan population of 2.1 million remains displaced and is facing a decline in shelter support, with coverage declining by 37% between May–June 2026 as a result of prolonged restrictions on access to shelter materials and funding shortfalls. These shortages are occurring amid restricted humanitarian access, with aid entry falling by 11% in June compared to May. Kerem Shalom remains the only open cargo crossing, while nearly half of the aid trucks entering through the Egypt corridor have been returned. (OCHA 11/07/2026, Logistics Cluster 10/07/2026, UN 06/07/2026)

24 June 2026

On 12 June 2026, Israeli forces expanded the yellow line westwards beyond areas of eastern Gaza City already under their control, displacing dozens of families. Many fled without belongings or shelter materials. Further expansion could trigger additional displacement and increase urgent needs for shelter, food, water, NFIs, healthcare, and protection, besides reducing operational space for humanitarian organisations. (OCHA 20/06/2026, Parlmany 18/06/2026)

17 June 2026

By 11 June 2026, Israeli authorities advanced plans to expand settlements across the West Bank, including through more than 2,100 additional housing units and funding for establishing and expanding 69 settlements and outposts in Area C, the Jordan Valley, and the South Hebron Hills. The expansion is likely to increase displacement pressure on Palestinian Bedouin, herding, and rural communities already affected by settler violence, demolitions, movement restrictions, and limited access to land and water. Between January 2023 and April 2026, approximately 5,910 Palestinians were displaced from 117 Bedouin and herding communities, and at least 38 communities in the Jordan Valley remain exposed to displacement. Since January 2026, more than 100 incidents of demolition or settler violence have damaged or destroyed over 190 water and sanitation-related structures across the West Bank, increasing reliance on emergency water trucking. Continued settlement growth may further restrict access to agricultural land, grazing areas, water resources, healthcare, and livelihoods, increasing protection, WASH, shelter, and legal assistance needs. (Times of Israel 11/06/2026, Amnesty International 10/06/2026, OCHA 13/06/2026)