{"id":317641,"date":"2026-05-01T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T15:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=317641"},"modified":"2026-05-05T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T15:21:38","slug":"ocha-gaza-sewage-pours-into-displacement-sites-as-sanitation-system-buckles","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/ocha-gaza-sewage-pours-into-displacement-sites-as-sanitation-system-buckles\/","title":{"rendered":"OCHA: Gaza sewage pours into displacement sites as sanitation system buckles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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1 May 2026<\/p>\n

OCHA continues to receive reports of gunfire and strikes hitting residential areas across\u00a0Gaza<\/a><\/em>, causing civilian casualties.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, in Jabalya Camp, a UN school sheltering displaced families was hit by gunfire, and two people were injured.<\/p>\n

OCHA reiterates that, under international humanitarian law, civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, humanitarians working on sanitation say that four in every five sewage pumping stations are not functioning. As a result, every day, about 40,000 cubic metres of untreated sewage flow into the sea and areas where families are staying. Restrictions on the entry of essential items, such as generators and spare parts, must be lifted so that water can be properly pumped and to prevent further collapse of these systems.<\/p>\n

On food security, the Food and Agriculture Organization\u00a0said<\/a><\/em>\u00a0yesterday that it has now provided cash assistance to every herding household with at least one sheep or goat that survived the hostilities, with more than 2,000 herding households reached, one quarter of them headed by women.<\/p>\n

This has supported local production of milk and protein, which are powerful means of combating malnutrition, especially among children.<\/p>\n

In the West Bank, last week, the Israeli authorities delivered final eviction notices, by mid-May, to seven more families in the Batn al Hawa area of East Jerusalem to make way for settlers to take over the building, placing more than 40 people, half of them children, at risk of imminent displacement.<\/p>\n

So far in 2026, 17 families \u2013 including 30 children \u2013 have been forcibly evicted from their homes in that neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

OCHA calls once again for the protection of civilians. Evictions,\u202fdemolitions\u202fand violence have grave physical, social,\u202feconomic\u202fand emotional impacts, and they deepen humanitarian needs.<\/p>\n

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