Over and above the difficulty of actually getting into Gaza, aid teams now face the crushing realization that with a shortage of fuel and dwindling supplies, there is a limit to what they can do to help all those in need, UN aid worker Louise Wateridge told UN News on Friday.... Continue reading
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27 Jun 2024
Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict
Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and partner agencies as the conflict there grinds on amid intense civilian suffering.... Continue reading
25 Jun 2024
New famine alert for Gaza where families go days without food
Gaza remains on famine alert after food security experts warned on Tuesday that more than one in five households “go entire days without eating”.... Continue reading
25 Jun 2024
Security Council: Regional crisis deepens as Gaza war grinds on
While the situation in Gaza remains catastrophic, ongoing Israeli settlement expansion and escalating violence in the occupied West Bank is ratcheting up tension across the whole region, the UN’s Middle East envoy said on Tuesday.... Continue reading
25 Jun 2024
Syria: Security Council highlights escalating crisis and civilian suffering
Syria continues in a state of “grave crisis” with civilian suffering on the rise, the UN Security Council heard during a briefing on Tuesday.... Continue reading
24 Jun 2024
Chief of key UN agency in Gaza warns ‘entire generation’ could be lost
The head of the main UN agency responsible for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued a stark warning on Monday that it “will crumble” unless funding is found quickly, with an “entire generation” of children at risk of being condemned to “poverty…hatred, resentment and future conflict”. ... Continue […]
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21 Jun 2024
‘World cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza’: Guterres
The UN Secretary-General on Friday voiced profound concern over escalating violence and “bellicose rhetoric” between Israel and Hezbollah militants across the frontier with Lebanon, warning that one false move could trigger a catastrophe for the whole region and beyond.... Continue reading
21 Jun 2024
Gaza is more than two million stories of loss: UN agencies
Gaza is “a world of devastation” and still in the grip of war after nearly nine months of conflict, UN humanitarians just back from the enclave reported on Friday, as they described widespread destruction and stories of pregnant mothers forced to request preterm C-sections out of desperation and […]
20 Jun 2024
Gaza today: Scorching heat, visible signs of wasting and heavy fighting
Desperate shortages of essentials in Gaza have left the enclave’s most vulnerable individuals struggling to carry on amid stifling heat, heavy fighting, disease spread and a breakdown in law and order, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.... Continue reading
19 Jun 2024
Independent rights probe highlights Israeli ‘destruction and dislocation’ tactics in Gaza
High-level independent human rights investigators reiterated serious concerns on Wednesday about the legality of the Israeli army’s conduct in Gaza and pushed back at claims that their inquiry has done too little to highlight the ongoing ordeal of hostages captured by Palestinian militants.... […]
19 Jun 2024
Laws of war likely ‘consistently violated’ in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office
A UN probe into the Israeli military’s bombing of Gaza has pointed to the laws of war being “consistently violated” with regard to the use of hugely powerful bombs and an alleged lack of distinction between combatants and civilians, the Organization’s human rights chief said on Wednesday.... […]
18 Jun 2024
Gaza: UN rights chief slams ‘unconscionable death and suffering’
As the war drags on in Gaza, UN human rights chief Volker Türk on Tuesday condemned Israel’s “relentless” attacks across the war-shattered enclave, while repeating longstanding calls for the release of all remaining hostages.... Continue reading
17 Jun 2024
Israel Follow-up – Whistleblowers, Protests and Resignations
Two weeks ago I wrote a piece, “Are the powers-that-be preparing to cut Israel loose?”, speculating on the future of the Israel/Gaza narrative and suggesting that Israel’s days in the “good guys club” might be over soon. I just wanted to do a brief follow-up on this, adding some more interesting […]
14 Jun 2024
‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution
A cautious welcome was given by civilians in Gaza to this week’s Security Council resolution endorsing a ceasefire for hostages deal - mixed with frustration that the fighting continues with both Hamas and the Israeli Government signalling that the three phase plan falls short.... Continue reading
14 Jun 2024
Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP
Escalating fighting in the south and centre of Gaza makes it near-impossible for humanitarians to deliver desperately needed food aid, the Deputy Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Carl Skau, said on Friday at the end of a two-day mission to the enclave. ... Continue reading
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