This article is published in association with United Nations. As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts to deliver urgently needed assistance. On Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher made his way to Rafah on the southern Gaza border, from the Egyptian capital Cairo, describing the main Rafah […]Gaza: UN pushes to scale up aid deliveries
October 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As a fragile ceasefire holds in the Gaza Strip, UN aid teams are intensifying efforts to deliver urgently needed assistance. On Thursday, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher made his way to Rafah on the southern Gaza border, from the Egyptian capital Cairo, describing the main Rafah […]Gaza peace plan ‘at precarious moment’ as killings continue on both sides
October 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN relief chief on Wednesday urged Israel and Hamas to honour their agreement to return deceased hostages and allow aid at scale into Gaza, warning that it should not be used as “a bargaining chip” amid reports of new civilian killings and extrajudicial executions. In a […]Israel restricts Gaza aid, saying Hamas must do more to return deceased hostages
October 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel announced late on Tuesday that it will limit the flow of aid to Gaza, accusing Hamas of breaching the ceasefire agreement by returning only four of the bodies of deceased hostages so far. The Israeli military body which coordinates with the UN and other international organizations, […]UN releases $11 million for Gaza aid as ceasefire, hostage release bring ‘fragile hope’
October 14, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN is stepping up its emergency response in Gaza, releasing $11 million from its Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to meet urgent needs before winter – a move that underscores both the expanding humanitarian effort and the funding shortfall threatening to stall it. The allocation, announced […]Gaza: Aid teams repeat calls for unhindered access to stricken enclave
October 13, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As displaced Gazans jammed the main route leading north on Friday after the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas reportedly came into effect, UN aid teams repeated their call to open all crossings into the devastated enclave to prevent famine spreading. “There is little information available on […]Jubilation in Gaza as news of possible ceasefire deal sinks in
October 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As Gazans and Israelis celebrated the news that a potential ceasefire deal had been reached between the Hamas political leadership and Israel, UN aid agencies on Thursday underscored their readiness to inundate the famine-hit enclave with relief supplies, while urging the immediate release of all hostages. “There […]Two years of Gaza-Israel war bring ‘indescribable’ pain, warn aid agencies
October 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As the Gaza-Israel war enters its third year, sparked by Hamas-led terror attacks on Israel, the UN is appealing for the release of all hostages, an immediate ceasefire and an aid surge to alleviate Palestinians’ suffering – all as talks on a US-driven peace plan continue in […]Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US peace plan
October 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN aid teams in Gaza are “ready to go” with thousands of tonnes of supplies on standby to alleviate famine, widespread hunger and malnutrition, in the event of agreement being reached over the US peace plan in the coming days. That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, […]Drone victims, terror and death: 30 minutes inside a Gaza hospital
October 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN aid teams on Friday highlighted the disturbing situation in Gaza’s makeshift hospitals, where premature babies cry for scant oxygen and medics attempt to save child survivors targeted by airstrikes in their tents and quadcopter victims reportedly shot while fetching bread. Speaking from the war-shattered enclave amid […]Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
October 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday. “These life changing injuries account for one quarter of all […]The world is failing Gaza’s starving children, aid teams war
October 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, reports emerged that another skeletal child whose plight was highlighted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has now died. Her name was Jana and she was nine years old. © UNICEF/Rawan Eleyan […]Israeli settlement activity accelerates in the West Bank, Security Council told
September 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank alongside threats of annexation and mounting violence there and in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Security Council heard on Monday. Ramiz Alakbarov, UN Deputy Special Coordinator for the Middle East […]Netanyahu hails Israel’s ‘stunning comeback’ after 7 October attacks, vows to ‘finish the job’?
September 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly on Friday that Israel had rebounded from “its darkest day” to deliver “one of the most stunning military comebacks in history,” declaring that his country will not rest until Hamas is eliminated and hostages are freed. “Last year, I stood at this podium and I […]Gaza City suffering escalates as Israeli strikes inflict more heavy casualties
September 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. While the Israeli military’s assault on Gaza City ramps up, conditions in the south of the war-torn enclave are so cramped that displaced and starving Gazans are sleeping on rubble-strewn open ground, UN aid teams said on Thursday. “Intensified strikes on Gaza City, including on tents, residential […]Gaza: UN agencies warn of escalating attacks, mass displacement and famine
September 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN agencies on Wednesday warned that civilians in the devastated Gaza Strip are facing escalating attacks, more mass displacement and worsening hunger. The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OHCHR) says Israeli military tactics in Gaza City – including strikes on homes and schools – are […]Guterres calls for ceasefire as European leaders affirm Ukraine’s rights at UN
September 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Security Council on Tuesday heard a warning from Secretary-General António Guterres on the war in Ukraine, while in the General Assembly, leaders from Lithuania, France and Poland called for stronger international action against aggression. Briefing the Council, Mr. Guterres said the conflict, now in its fourth […]Failure to end Gaza war undermining world’s credibility, UN chief warns
September 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday that the crisis in Gaza has become “one of the darkest chapters of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,” with worsening suffering and deepening regional instability. The high-level meeting attended by foreign ministers and senior officials – came amid Israel’s […]Recommit to a two-State solution for Israel-Palestine conflict, ‘before it’s too late’: Guterres
September 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The time has come to free the 48 hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza and to stop the bombing, massacres and displacement in the embattled enclave, French President Emmanual Macron told delegates in the UN General Assembly Hall on Monday. He was speaking at the […]Gazans flee ‘death and devastation’ with no transportation or means of shelter
September 22, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In the face of escalating Israeli military operations, thousands of Palestinian families continue to flee the northern Gaza Strip amid dire humanitarian conditions and transportation shortages. On average, the journey south costs more than $3,000, according to UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA, making it out of reach […]Security Council: US votes against resolution on Gaza ceasefire
September 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The United States once again vetoed a UN resolution demanding an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, following a vote in the Security Council on Thursday. The negative vote was cast as the 15-member Council held its 10,000th meeting against the backdrop of famine […]Commission proposes suspension of trade concessions with Israel and sanctions on extremist ministers of the Israeli government and violent settlers
September 18, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. Following the announcement of President von der Leyen in her State of the Union address, the European Commission presented today its proposal to the Council to suspend certain trade-related provisions of the Association Agreement between the EU and Israel (“the Agreement”) as well as […]Thirsty and starving, Gazans face ‘inhumane’ evacuation
September 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As bombs continue to fall on Gaza City as part of Israel’s intensifying military operation, families with starving children are being pushed southwards from one “hellscape” to another, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday. The development followed reports that the Israeli military has stepped up […]Gaza: Top independent rights probe alleges Israel committed genocide
September 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Senior independent rights investigators appointed by the Human Rights Council alleged on Tuesday that Israel’s actions in Gaza constitute genocide, a charge flatly rejected by Tel Aviv. In a new report published against the backdrop of intensifying Israeli military operations in Gaza City, the UN Independent International […]Gaza: International community must ‘match words with action’ now
September 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In the Gaza Strip, hope may be all that is left but it is not enough to keep people alive, a veteran humanitarian said on Friday, calling for more action to end the conflict and stop the bloodshed. Olga Cherevko, Spokesperson in Gaza for the UN aid […]Guterres strongly condemns terror attack in Jerusalem
September 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Two Palestinian gunmen opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem on Monday, killing at least six people and leaving others wounded, some in a serious condition, according to Israeli authorities. UN Secretary-General António Guterres strongly condemned the terror attack, his Spokesperson said in a statement. “He […]Window to prevent famine spreading in Gaza is ‘closing fast’, UN warns
September 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The narrow window to prevent the spread of famine from northern Gaza to other parts of the Strip is closing fast, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator said on Sunday. Tom Fletcher’s statement amid what he described as “a massive military offensive” by Israeli forces against Palestinians in […]UN rights office worried over escalation in Gaza City, annexation plans for West Bank
September 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A senior official from the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Thursday he was extremely concerned over intensifying Israeli military operations in northern Gaza – including Gaza City – and warned against any attempt to annex parts of the West Bank. Ajith Sunghay, Head of OHCHR’s […]Attacks across Gaza intensify amid fear and hunger: ‘Leave me here,’ injured girl told fleeing family
September 4, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Thousands of Palestinians have been caught in the crossfire while trying to escape attacks and dire food shortages in war-torn Gaza, with extraordinary challenges for some, according to latest reports from UN officials on the ground and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A 14-year-old […]Daily malnutrition deaths continue as Israeli forces push further into Gaza City
September 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalate attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground. “Military activities continue in and around Gaza City, but also in the south, […]Aid effort underway after Afghanistan quake ‘wipes out’ village
September 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. After a magnitude six earthquake struck remote areas of eastern Afghanistan overnight reportedly killing at least 800 people and wiping out villages, UN chief António Guterres on Monday pledged to “spare no effort” in helping those affected. “I stand in full solidarity with the people of Afghanistan after the devastating […]The descent into ‘a massive famine’ in Gaza has begun, relief agencies warn
September 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave. “We are on a descent into a massive famine,” said […]Gaza death and destruction ‘without parallel in recent times’: Guterres
August 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation. “Israel’s initial steps to militarily take over Gaza City signals a new and dangerous phase,” he told […]Hunger and disease in Gaza will only worsen from ‘man-made’ famine: WHO
August 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation. In an online alert, the UN agency said that disease and hunger will only increase, unless all Israeli […]
