The Norwegian Refugee Council said it was unable to reach people in Syria, Yemen and the Gaza Strip, where authorities have imposed strict measures to halt the spread of the virus.
As the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the Middle East, countries have sought to slow the increase of cases by limiting the movements of hundreds of millions of people.
In a bid to stem the novel coronavirus spread, Jordan ordered all shops to close and all people to stay off the streets until at least Tuesday, when it plans to announce specific times for shopping.
Witnesses said they heard an explosion come from a bakery in the Nusseirat camp in central Gaza before a blaze engulfed the bakery and quickly spread to nearby stores, factories and cars parked along the street.
There can be no reasonable explanation behind the latest act of cruelty from the Israeli army.
Tension are high a day after three Palestinians were killed and 16 Israelis injured amid Palestinian anger at US President Donald Trump's Middle East peace plan, unveiled last week with Israel's prime minister at his side.
"Mohammed al Haddad, 17, was killed by a bullet that penetrated his heart in clashes with occupation [forces] in Hebron," Palestinian Health Ministry says.
Israeli forces used rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to break up the marches as protesters take to streets against Trump's so-called "deal of the century."
Hamas political chief Ismail Haniya said he contacted Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss possible joint actions against US President Trump's Middle East plan.
The plan, seen as overwhelmingly supportive of Israeli goals and drafted with no Palestinian input, gives the Jewish state a US green light to annex key parts of the occupied West Bank.
The ‘Deal of the Century’ has gone back on years of promises and negotiations that Palestinians have already endured, and rejected.
The US plan was warmly welcomed by Israel's prime minister, who called it a "historic day" for the Jewish state.
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