Gaza: As last fuel supplies run out, aid teams warn of catastrophe
Speaking from Gaza City in the north of occupied territory, Olga Cherevko from the UN aid coordination office,…
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UN rights office ‘horrified’ by deadly violence at Gaza food distribution sites
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) in the Occupied Palestinian Territory on Wednesday called on the Israeli military…
Humanitarians must be able to deliver aid in Gaza, UN agencies insist
The humanitarian network is currently at a standstill because the internet shut down earlier this week after the…
UN General Assembly adopts Gaza ceasefire resolution by overwhelming majority
The move followed the Security Council’s failure to pass a similar resolution last week due to a lone…
GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly to vote on resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire
The General Assembly meets at 3pm in New York on Thursday in emergency session following the Security Council’s…
Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
Only around 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour have entered the war-torn enclave since Israel began to allow limited…
Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe
The UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Commission of Inquiry (COI) report found that Israeli forces have used…
Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line
Since the end of May, aid distribution in Gaza has been carried out by a mechanism backed by…
Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis
Globally, 1.8 billion people menstruate, yet for many, especially in crises zones, it’s far more than an inconvenience.…
Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres
Ahead of a memorial service at Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists that the men…
In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
Latest data simulations from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) point to the average Gazan eating just 1,400…
US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, Denmark, Greece, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, the Republic of Korea, Sierra Leone, Slovenia, and…
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: US vetoes new resolution calling for immediate Gaza ceasefire, unconditional release of hostages
The United States has vetoed a new draft resolution on Gaza, standing as the lone vote against the…
Gaza: UN relief chief welcomes growing support for aid teams to resume vital work
“We value the support of more and more Member States who are joining our call: Let us work,”…
Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
“Attacks directed against civilians constitute a grave breach of international law and a war crime,” the High Commissioner…
Lifting of Israeli blockade ‘the only way to avert mass starvation’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
Philippe Lazzarini posted on social media saying that aid distribution “has become a death trap,” citing reports from…
Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
More than 30 people were killed and over 100 wounded while waiting in the early morning to get…
Helpless in the face of hunger: Gaza families pray for deliverance – or death
Zeenat and her husband, Moamen Abu Asr, live with their children in a flimsy canvas tent, one of…
Gaza ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
“Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva, stressing that it…
Desperate hunger drives crowd to storm UN food warehouse in Gaza
UN agencies warn that the decimated enclave is teetering on the brink of further chaos after months of…