{"id":584992,"date":"2026-08-15T00:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/584992\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T00:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T00:04:06","slug":"900-obstacles-and-counting-west-bank-families-trapped-as-aid-access-shrinks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/584992\/","title":{"rendered":"900 obstacles and counting: West Bank families trapped as aid access shrinks"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the West Bank, aid partners warn that their work \u201cis being delayed and limited by a network of over 900 physical obstacles \u2013 including checkpoints, gates, roadblocks and other restrictions,\u201d UN Associate Spokesperson Daniela Gross told journalists<\/a> in New York.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On Friday, humanitarian and municipal workers were struggling to secure access to three Palestinian families in Qusra village near Nablus who have been trapped since Tuesday<\/a> following the establishment of a settlement next to their homes and the tightening of access restrictions in the area.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Serve and protect\u00a0<\/p>\n

The UN human rights office, OHCHR<\/a>, previously warned that \u201ctime is running out\u201d before the families are forcibly displaced.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ms. Gross said UN partners and municipal workers had been trying to deliver food, water, milk formula, medicines and hygiene items to them, without success.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cOur colleagues warn that efforts to protect Palestinians have been ineffective, with settlers reportedly reinstalling a tent that Israeli forces had dismantled yesterday,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dire situation in the north\u00a0<\/p>\n

She added that the humanitarian situation in the northern West Bank \u201cremains particularly severe\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since January, UN partners have provided psychosocial support, case management, and services for children with disabilities, and other vital assistance.<\/p>\n

Nearly 30,000 children and 15,000 adults have been served during this period.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Support in Gaza\u00a0<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to provide vital aid to the population despite persistent insecurity and restrictions.\u202f\u00a0<\/p>\n

Last week, the UN and partners mobilized rapid support for people who had lost their shelters or were displaced again due to attacks, domestic fires and other incidents.\u202f<\/p>\n

More than a dozen reported incidents linked to attacks affected nearly 290 households, while two households were affected by domestic fires \u2014 a recurring danger in overcrowded shelters where families lack proper energy sources to cook their meals.<\/p>\n

Another five households were affected by the placement of new yellow cement blocks, which often signal expanded areas where access is restricted and can trigger further displacement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Most of the appeals for help last week came from northern Gaza and Deir al Balah, with teams tailoring response to meet families\u2019 specific needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Summer school\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

In other developments, as of last week more than 300,000 children in Gaza continued to participate in summer learning programmes supported by UN partners.<\/p>\n

These organizations have also installed shade structures in 10 temporary learning spaces to address the extreme heat in the Strip.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In the West Bank, aid partners warn that their work \u201cis being delayed and limited by a network…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":544479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-584992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/544479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}