UN aid push continues across Gaza despite Israeli airstrikes
“Our humanitarian colleagues tell us that their partners continue their scale-up efforts, despite reported Israeli airstrikes across the…
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UN Condemns ‘Deadly Escalation’ of Fight in Gaza City
The situation “is having an appalling impact on civilians enduring suffering and starvation,” he told journalists in New…
Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now
Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid coordination office OCHA, warned that history will not judge…
Gaza City: Daily bombardment, more displacement amid escalating military offensive
UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said people are once again on the move after Israel placed the entire city…
Gaza: Ceasefire urgently needed as civilians left with ‘no safe place’ to go
“We are witnessing a dangerous escalation in Gaza City, where Israeli forces have stepped up their operations and…
World News in Brief: UN chief condemns Russian attacks on Ukraine, Gaza crisis continues, protecting civilians in DR Congo
Secretary-General António Guterres said it marked a “further escalation” of the conflict. Authorities reported more than 80 civilian…
Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns
Tom Fletcher’s statement amid what he described as “a massive military offensive” by Israeli forces against Palestinians in…
Amid escalating attacks in Gaza, UN rights chief calls on US to withdraw sanctions against Palestinian rights groups
The measures announced on Thursday target Al-Haq group, the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) and Al-Mezan Center…
The ‘unthinkable’ is underway in Gaza City, UNICEF warns
Tess Ingram, Communication Manager for UNICEF’s Middle East and North Africa Regional Office, recently spent nine days there,…
UN rights office worried over escalation in Gaza City, annexation plans for West Bank
Ajith Sunghay, Head of OHCHR’s Office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT), told UN News that the escalation…
Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family
A 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who depends on a wheelchair was among crowds fleeing Israeli military aircraft…
Gaza: With a suitcase for a school bag, classrooms have become shelters
“We carry a bag of clothes instead of a school bag,” she told UN News. Diana and other…
Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
“Military activities continue in and around Gaza City, but also in the south, taking a heavy toll on…
The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
Although the private aid platform run by the US and Israeli-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation continues to receive its…
Israel’s plan to take over Gaza City marks ‘new and dangerous phase’: Guterres
“Israel’s initial steps to militarily take over Gaza City signals a new and dangerous phase,” he told journalists…
UN calls for decisive steps to end conflict as Gaza and West Bank crises deepen
“Today the world looks on in horror as the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory continues to deteriorate…
Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
In an online alert, the UN agency said that disease and hunger will only increase, unless all Israeli…
Killing of journalists in Gaza hospital attack ‘should shock the world’: UN rights office
OHCHR Spokesperson Thameen Al-Kheetan said condemnation of the two strikes by Israeli forces on the Nasser Hospital in…
Gaza: UN calls for probe following deadly strikes on Nasser Hospital
At least 20 people were killed, including four health workers and five journalists, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus…
Driven by hunger in Gaza, amputees are part of the collateral damage
“I was going to buy falafel,” says Mohammed Hassan. “On the way home, I looked up and saw…