The agency does not currently offer guided tours of this destination.

Most of it has been demolished.

Roads, schools, hospitals, water systems, agricultural land, libraries, archives, cemeteries. The standard infrastructure of a place that used to be photographed for postcards.

By the time you read this, the figures will be outdated.

Since October 2023, over 60,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza according to local health authorities. Around 90% of the population has been displaced, many of them multiple times.

A ceasefire was declared on 10 October 2025. According to OCHA, at least 786 further fatalities have been recorded in Gaza in the months that followed.

In the West Bank, settler attacks and military demolitions have displaced over 2,500 Palestinians in the first months of 2026 alone — already approaching the totals of the entire previous year. The International Court of Justice is examining allegations of genocide. Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, B'Tselem, and a 2024 UN Special Committee report have described the situation using terms including apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide.

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FURTHER READING & RESOURCES

For real-time humanitarian data:

→ UN OCHA Occupied Palestinian Territory

ochaopt.org

For documented violations of international law:

→ Amnesty International — Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territories

amnesty.org/en/location/middle-east-and-north-africa/israel-and-occupied-palestinian-territories

→ Human Rights Watch — Israel and Palestine

hrw.org/middle-east/n-africa/israel/palestine

→ B’Tselem (Israeli Information Center for Human Rights)

btselem.org

→ Al Jazeera English

aljazeera.com

For Palestinian voices and culture:

→ Institute for Palestine Studies

palestine-studies.org

→ Mahmoud Darwish Foundation

darwishfoundation.org

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