12 May 2026
OCHA warns that restrictions and coercive practices are deepening humanitarian needs, including for psychosocial services in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
Humanitarian partners?operating?a toll-free hotline??a?14 per cent increase?in remote counseling sessions between March and April 2026, reaching?more than 9,600 sessions?last month.
The increase is particularly?pronounced?for cases involving?suicide ideation, which rose by 90 per cent. There’s also a?46 per cent increase?in counseling related to physical gender-based violence and a?34 per cent increase?in counseling for anxiety and fear.
In the Gaza Strip,?the World Health Organization?(WHO)?estimates?that?more than?43,000 people have?potentially life-changing injuries, including spinal cord injury, major traumatic brain injury, major?burn?and limb amputation.
WHO?adds that one in five amputees is a child, and that around 53,000 injuries require?extended?rehabilitation.
While the availability of rehabilitation services has improved since September 2025, WHO reports that capacity?remains?below pre-October 2023 levels. Currently, no rehabilitation facilities are fully functional, and more than 400 patients?are on?waiting lists for specialized inpatient care.
In the West Bank, OCHA reports that last Friday, bulldozers?operated?by Israeli settlers demolished structures belonging to the displaced Palestinian community of Arab al?Khouli?in Qalqiliya governorate.
This community, previously home to more than 20 households, was displaced on 27 February 2026 following recurrent settler attacks.?This?is one of 45 Palestinian communities displaced?in full?since 2023?due to recurrent settler attacks and related access restrictions.
To clarify what we said yesterday about the Jordan Valley:?This year, over?60 per cent of the displacement?that is?linked to settler attacks and related access restrictions has occurred in the?Jordan Valley?area.
OCHA reiterates that Palestinians?in the West Bank?must be protected, as required by law,?and?perpetrators?of violations?must be held accountable.
Related content:
- One in four injuries in Gaza is life-changing while rehabilitation services struggle to keep pace, WHO reports – Question of Palestine
- Podcast: Trauma care during the conflict – The Frontline Shift – World Health Organization (WHO) – Question of Palestine
Document Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Subject: Gaza Strip, House demolitions, Refugees and displaced persons, West Bank
Publication Date: 12/05/2026
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