UN humanitarian agencies said they remained deeply concerned about the ongoing Israeli attacks and their impact on civilians and populated areas in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said its partners working on safety and security recorded numerous Israeli airstrikes, as well as artillery fire, demolition explosions, naval fire, and shelling across Gaza governorates, particularly west of the so-called "Yellow Line.
The office reiterated that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected at all times.
The UN and its partners continue to bring in urgently needed supplies to Gaza to prepare for the upcoming winter and rainy season, OCHA said.
they brought in additional fuel, plastic tarpaulins, winter clothing, medicine, and medical supplies. However, the limited supplies are insufficient to meet the needs of the population, the office said.
According to OCHA partners, funding shortages and Israeli restrictions are hampering aid delivery.
In the occupied West Bank, raids on civil society groups raise protection concerns.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said that Israeli forces raided the offices of Palestinian civil society organizations and a medical complex in Ramallah on Tuesday, confiscating files and equipment and detaining several people.
"Israeli authorities must immediately halt the crackdown on Palestinian civil space," the OHCHR said, adding that such raids and the detention of human rights defenders and protection workers have had a chilling effect on human rights activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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