25 August 2026
OCHA says air strikes and other attacks on civilian areas in?Gaza?intensified yesterday, with reports of casualties, including among civilians, as well as damage.
Four of yesterday¡¯s air strikes hit close to humanitarian facilities: in Ash Shati¡¯ Camp, Al Bureij, and two locations in Deir al Balah. Initial assessments indicate that UN facilities were not damaged, but windows at a guesthouse used by one of the UN¡¯s humanitarian partners were shattered.
On Sunday, an air strike damaged three UN warehouses. Supplies stored inside remained intact.
Civilians and civilian objects, including humanitarian facilities, must always be protected.
In the West Bank, UNRWA reported today that Israeli forces forcibly entered the Kalandia Training Centre in East Jerusalem while about 20 staff members were on site.
UN Special Coordinator ad interim, Dr. Ramiz Alakbarov, strongly?condemned?the unauthorized entry and unlawful seizure, stressing that these are inviolable UN premises that are immune from any form of interference.
Dr. Alakbarov ¨C who is also the Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the Occupied Palestinian Territory ¨C said that these actions impact in particular 340 Palestine Refugee youth from the West Bank.
He urged the Government of Israel to immediately cease all actions affecting UN property, to withdraw from the facility, and to restore its full inviolability without delay. He also called on the Israeli authorities to refrain from taking any further action affecting UN property and assets, in line with its obligations under the Charter of the United Nations and its other obligations under international law.
This is UNRWA¡¯s oldest vocational training centre. It has served Palestine Refugees for more than seven decades. Each year, it provides hundreds of students from across the West Bank with free vocational education and a pathway towards greater economic independence.
According to humanitarian partners, witnesses say that a fire that damaged a factory in the Ramallah area was started by Israeli settlers who had set fire to an aluminum factory in the Palestinian village of Ein Siniya. The fire caused extensive damage to stored materials and the structure itself, and to nearby farmland.
The UN and its partners are mobilizing humanitarian support for those affected by the incident.
Humanitarian partners report this year, an average of over 200 attacks every month by settlers causing casualties or damage have been recorded ¨C the highest monthly average in any year. By the end of July, more than 1,400 such attacks had been recorded.
In the wake of such attacks, humanitarian partners assess people¡¯s needs and respond accordingly, including supporting those forced to leave their communities and those whose access to essential services and livelihoods is disrupted.
Civilians must be protected and perpetrators must be held to account.
Related documents:
- Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Israeli Authorities¡¯ Unauthorized Entry, Interference with UN Palestine Refugee Agency¡¯s Kalandia Training Centre – Question of Palestine
- UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process ad interim condemns the unlawful seizure of UNRWA¡¯s Kalandia Training Centre – Question of Palestine
- UNRWA condemns the unauthorized incursion into the Kalandia Training Centre in occupied East Jerusalem – Question of Palestine
Document Sources: Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Subject: Casualties, Convention: Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, Gaza Strip, Refugees and displaced persons, Settler violence, UNRWA
Publication Date: 25/08/2026
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