oPt: Humanitarian Situation Report | 22 October 2026

Please refer to the attached file. Highlights In the West Bank, 148 Palestinians were injured by Israeli forces or settlers between 13 and 19 October, including 69 in olive-harvest-related settler attacks. Since 1 September, 272 olive-harvest-related settler attacks have been documented, exceeding the totals recorded during the entire 2024 and 2025 harvest seasons. Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Jerusalem governorate, bringing to 14 the number of mosques vandalized by settlers since the beginning of 2026 in the West Bank. According to WHO, 146 attacks on health care were recorded in the West Bank between January and September 2026, resulting in four fatalities and 43 injuries, alongside 131 instances of obstruction to health-care delivery. In Gaza, as of 22 October, eight children had been reported killed and 20 injured in just six days. These are among hundreds of children who have been reported killed since the announcement of the October 2025 ceasefire. According to the Gaza Market Monitoring Committee, the price of food items soared. Potatoes reportedly rose by 72 per cent, and the food basket increased by 20 per cent on average. Due to funding shortages, Food Security Sector partners are only being able to reach less than one million people out of an estimated 2. 1 million in Gaza with monthly food aid from October 2026 onwards. Meanwhile, 60 per cent of funds required by the Shelter Cluster to help people prepare for the cold and rainy season remains unmet and 11 partners might have to cease the delivery of drinking water by truck. Across the Strip, trauma, surgical and rehabilitation supplies, as well as specialized medicines for noncommunicable diseases remain scarce due to ongoing aid entry restrictions. Oncology diagnostics and imaging are severely compromised. West Bank The reporting Period is 13–19 October 2026 unless otherwise specified. The humanitarian situation in the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, remained severe amid operations by Israeli forces, settler violence, demolitions, damage to homes and productive assets, and restrictions on access to land and essential services. No Palestinian fatalities were recorded during the reporting period, while 148 Palestinians, including six children, were injured: 92 by Israeli forces and 56 by settlers. Of those injured, 74 (50 per cent) were in the context of settler attacks, including 69 during olive-harvest-related incidents. On 13 October, during an eight-hour operation in Ramallah city, Israeli forces injured 59 Palestinians, including two children, mainly through tear gas inhalation, and raided and closed the offices of a Palestinian human rights organization. Settler violence remained at high levels, with 83 attacks recorded across 48 communities during the reporting period, resulting in casualties or damage to homes, a mosque, at least 151 olive trees and other property. Since the beginning of 2026, 2, 159 settler attacks resulting in Palestinian casualties, property damage or both have been documented across more than 300 communities, averaging 7. 4 attacks per day, compared with five per day in 2025. On 14 October, Israeli settlers set fire to a mosque in Mikhmas village, northeast of Jerusalem, causing extensive damage to its interior. They also smashed windows, sprayed anti-Palestinian slogans on the mosque’s walls and set fire to a nearby vehicle. Since the beginning of 2026, settlers have vandalized 14 mosques across Palestinian villages in Nablus, Tulkarm, Ramallah and Jerusalem governorates. On 17 October, in Ma’in (Hebron), nine Palestinians, including a woman, were injured during an incident involving Israeli settlers and forces, in which settlers reportedly stole 139 sheep from four animal pens and damaged residential and livelihood assets belonging to four families. During the reporting period, Israeli authorities demolished or forced Palestinians to demolish 21 Palestinian-owned structures, displacing 37 people. Of those displaced, 32 were affected by demolitions carried out for lack of Israeli-issued building permits, which are impossible for Palestinians to obtain. Another five were displaced during an operation by Israeli forces; on 16 October, Israeli forces fired tear gas canisters into a residential apartment in Area B of Kafr Malik village (Ramallah), causing a fire that rendered it uninhabitable. On 13 October, three Palestinian refugee households comprising 16 people, including 10 children, were displaced in At Tur, East Jerusalem, after a residential building was partially self- demolished by its owners and the remaining demolition was carried out by Israeli authorities, citing the lack of an Israeli-issued building permit. Since the beginning of 2026, approximately 1, 790 Palestinians have been displaced by demolitions for lack of Israeli-issued building permits across the West Bank, including 668 (37 per cent) in East Jerusalem. On 22 October, the Acting Special Coordinator, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Ramiz Alakbarov, visited Jenin governorate with diplomatic representatives from 13 Member States to hear directly from Palestinian communities affected by settler violence, access restrictions and prolonged displacement. In Arraba, olive farmers described how recurrent settler attacks and Israeli-imposed access restrictions are undermining their livelihoods, while humanitarian partners briefed the delegation on protective accompaniment and legal assistance. In Qabatiya, the delegation met Palestinians displaced from Jenin Camp since early 2025 who remain unable to return to their homes. Alakbarov called for the protection of Palestinian farmers, accountability for attacks against them, increased humanitarian funding and measures to enable the safe and dignified return of displaced residents.

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