RAMALLAH: UN humanitarian partners have warned that aid operations in the occupied West Bank are facing delays and restrictions due to a network of more than 900 “physical obstacles” imposed by Israeli occupation authorities, including checkpoints, gates, roadblocks and other access restrictions.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said in a statement that the obstacles impede the delivery of humanitarian aid, leaving those in need without sufficient services and assistance.
It added that aid workers and municipal staff are struggling to gain access to three Palestinian families in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus. The families have been trapped there since Tuesday, following the establishment of an outpost near their homes and the tightening of access restrictions in the area.
The UN office warned that efforts to protect Palestinians have been ineffective, citing reports that settlers had reerected a tent that Israeli occupation forces had dismantled last Thursday
The statement added: “In cooperation with municipal staff, UN partners are trying to deliver food, water, baby formula, medicine and hygiene supplies to those trapped inside, but these efforts have not yet been successful.”
