Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa directed to provide shelter and necessary relief to our people who were forced by the occupation to flee their homes in the northern West Bank governorates, especially in the Jenin, Tulkarm and Nur Shams camps.

Mustafa stressed the need for the governors and emergency committees in the governorates, in cooperation with the Department of Refugee Affairs and the popular committees in the camps, to provide shelter centers for families who do not have temporary shelter, until the occupation forces withdraw from the areas exposed to aggression, while simultaneously preparing the necessary plans and resources to rebuild what the occupation destroyed and strengthen the steadfastness of our people.

This came during the Prime Minister's meeting, today, Monday, with the Minister of Local Government Sami Hijjawi, the Minister of Social Development and Relief Samah Hamad, and the Prime Minister's Advisor for Arab Funds Nasser Qatami, to discuss emergency government interventions in the cities, towns, villages and camps of the northern West Bank, especially in the areas of relief and shelter.

The Prime Minister and the attendees stressed the importance of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) assuming its role and responsibilities towards our people in the camps, calling on the international community to pressure the occupation to enable UNRWA to fulfil its obligations towards the Palestinian refugees.

The Ministerial Committee for Emergency Actions and the technical committee emanating from it discussed today providing the needs of our people in light of the ongoing occupation aggression, especially on the camps in the northern West Bank, including the dispatch of 16 trucks during the past two weeks to provide relief to displaced families with food, health supplies, children’s supplies, mattresses and blankets, and preparing to send other shipments, in addition to the committee allocating financial amounts to secure shelters under the supervision of the governors and partner agencies.

It is noteworthy that the Ministerial Committee for Emergency Actions has implemented, and is still implementing, a number of interventions in the areas targeted by the occupation, including repairing the infrastructure, providing temporary shelter, and other interventions at a cost of more than 28 million shekels from the general budget in less than 3 months, in addition to financial allocations provided by Arab and Islamic funds, and other contributions from community, relief, and international institutions.