6 March 2026
OCHA warns that civilians – including aid workers – and civilian infrastructure in Gaza continue to be exposed to airstrikes, shelling and shooting, resulting in reported casualties and damage.
OCHA reiterates that, under international humanitarian law, civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected.
As of yesterday, the Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza remained operational, allowing the delivery of approved supplies. All other crossings, including Rafah, remain closed. Medical evacuations, the return of residents from abroad and the rotation of humanitarian staff remain suspended.
Inside Gaza, humanitarian partners providing health services are prioritizing emergency care, maternal and neonatal services, management of communicable disease and trauma care. They are closely managing?fuel consumption and adjusting operations where needed.
Yesterday, a United Nations Office for Project Services tanker was hit on its way to collect urgently needed fuel for distribution inside Gaza. No one was injured.
Aid workers are taking extraordinary risks every day to keep humanitarian operations and life-sustaining services afloat without the risk of harm.
Fuel must be allowed into Gaza consistently, its delivery facilitated safely and without interruption to keep humanitarian operations and essential services – hospitals, water and sewage systems and bakeries – running.
In the West Bank, increased closure of Israeli checkpoints and road gates since the regional escalation began continues to restrict people’s access to services and workplaces. Emergency services and humanitarian work are also affected.
Meanwhile, operations and violence by Israeli forces and settlers continue, resulting in casualties, damage and displacement.
Yesterday, eight Palestinian families – about 45 people – were forced to leave their community, Shakara, in the Nablus governorate following a series of attacks, threats, trespassing, and intimidation by Israeli settlers from a newly established outpost. Israeli forces had declared the area a ‘closed military zone.’
In response to this development humanitarians have started providing mental health and psychosocial support, legal advice, shelter provisions, as well as livelihood and cash assistance.
OCHA stresses that Palestinians in the West Bank must be protected?and perpetrators of violence must be held accountable.
Document Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Subject: Access and movement, Assistance, Disease, Gaza Strip, Human rights and international humanitarian law, Humanitarian relief, Refugees and displaced persons, Violence, West Bank
Publication Date: 06/03/2026
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