The situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory is out of control. In Gaza, essential aid is still being severely restricted by Israel. In the occupied West Bank, Palestinians continue to suffer daily attacks by Israeli settlers and journalists & diplomats are being attacked. There must be a credible political path towards lasting peace, ending the occupation and realizing a two-State solution, with Israel & Palestine living side by side in peace & security.

As the cold and rainy season approaches in #Gaza, 94% of the population still needs shelter and basic household assistance, while more than 1,000 displacement sites face inadequate drainage, increasing the risks of flooding and exposure to harsh weather. As part of the wider #UN winter preparedness response, @UNDP’s 2026–2027 Neighbourhood Winter Response Plan will combine urgent shelter support with essential services and measures to reduce environmental and public health risks. Key planned interventions include: ❄️ Transitional shelter solutions and emergency shelter sealing kits. 🏠 Rehabilitation of thousands of partially damaged homes. 🌧️ Flooding and wastewater risk reduction. ♻️ Reuse of crushed concrete to reduce flooding and erosion. 🚛 Solid waste services benefiting 1.8 million people. Winter preparedness goes beyond shelter. Through an integrated neighbourhood approach, UNDP will work with partners to protect vulnerable families, reduce risks and help communities withstand the harsh winter conditions ahead.

Israel must immediately halt the mass destruction of Palestinian villages in Msafer Yatta, South Hebron Hills, and the forcible transfer of the residents, compounding fears of ethnic cleansing in the occupied West Bank. On 23 September, Israeli forces with Israeli Civil Administration bulldozers demolished dozens of Palestinian structures including homes, agricultural infrastructure as well as water tanks and solar panels in the village of Jinba. Three additional villages in Msafer Yatta have already been destroyed, almost entirely, in September 2026. Overall, there are 12 villages in Msafer Yatta housing over 1,100 Palestinians, most of whom have owned and lived on the land for generations. “Our homes were torn down today, wiped from the face of the earth,” one resident of Jinba told UN Human Rights – OPT, “This isn’t the demolition of rocks, this is the destruction of years of hard work and memories.” Israeli demolitions of Palestinian homes and infrastructure have so far displaced 1,500 people in the occupied West Bank in 2026 according to OCHA — over a third of all 4,300 forcibly displaced Palestinians this year. “The forcible transfer of a civilian population from their land by an occupying power is a war crime. The case of Msafer Yatta also raises serious concerns of deepening Israel’s violation of international law’s prohibition of racial segregation and apartheid,” said Ajith Sunghay, the Head of UN Human Rights – OPT. In the 1980s, Israel declared some 30,000 dunums of Msafer Yatta where Palestinians had lived long before 1967 as “Firing Zone 918”. Waves of Israeli eviction and demolition orders have continued in the area since then with Israeli authorities consistently citing the requirement of military training in the designated firing zone. However, Israeli settlers live in at least 11 outposts within Firing Zone 918 without contestation, most of which were created after October 2023. All settlements are unlawful under international law, but outposts are illegal even under Israeli law. The Israeli Government has retroactively regularized at least one of the outposts partially located in Firing Zone 918 in February 2023. “Israel’s toolbox for Palestinian erasure in the occupied West Bank is vast: demolitions, evictions, settlement expansion, settler violence, arbitrary zoning, land confiscations, appropriation of heritage sites, raids, devastating violence,” Sunghay said, “But it is all happening under the same banner — Israel consolidating its annexation of as much Palestinian territory as possible, with as few Palestinians as possible, as fast as possible.” “Member States must act now while they still can, to halt this project and ensure Palestinians are able to exercise their right to self-determination,” he added.On 23 September, Israeli forces with Israeli Civil Administration bulldozers demolished dozens of Palestinian structures including homes, agricultural infrastructure as well as water tanks and solar panels in the village of Khirbet Jinba. Three additional villages in Msafer Yatta have already been destroyed, almost entirely, in September 2026. Overall, there are 12 villages in Msafer Yatta housing over 1,100 Palestinians, most of whom have owned and lived on the land for generations.

One million tonnes is a milestone. But in #Gaza, it also puts the scale of what remains into perspective. @UNDP is working alongside the Ministry of Public Works and Housing, through the Debris Management Working Group, to advance coordinated debris removal across Gaza. With support from Japan, Norway, the Republic of Korea, the European Union and Germany through KfW, this work is helping reopen access to neighbourhoods, homes and essential services. The scale ahead is immense. Sustaining and expanding debris removal is critical to creating the conditions for early recovery.