This article is published in association with United Nations. Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price, top UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning of soaring child deaths, starvation and a shattered health system amid continuing bombardment and displacement. Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief […]Gaza war: UN officials warn of unspeakable conditions as children bear the brunt
July 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Conditions in Gaza have reached an unspeakable level of devastation with children paying the highest price, top UN officials told the Security Council on Wednesday, warning of soaring child deaths, starvation and a shattered health system amid continuing bombardment and displacement. Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief […]Gaza war: UN World Food Programme condemns Israeli attack on aid convoy
January 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli airstrikes continued across Gaza overnight into Monday, while the UN World Food Programme (WFP) reported that one of its aid convoys in the war-shattered enclave was targeted by Israeli fire on Sunday. The WFP issued a statement on Monday condemning the attack insisting that its vehicles […]Gaza war continues to shut hundreds of thousands out of class
September 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Monday would have marked the start of the new school year in Gaza, but the ongoing war continues to deprive hundreds of thousands of children of this fundamental right, UN agencies have warned. Almost 625,000 children in the enclave have already lost an entire school year following […]Gaza: Disease and war stalk children, despite vaccine success
September 6, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In Gaza, despite the success of the mass polio vaccination campaign so far, UN humanitarians warned on Wednesday that the very children they are trying to protect have been blighted by disease and heavily traumatized by ongoing fighting. It’s been nearly 11 months since war erupted in […]UN rights office condemns forced evictions of Palestinian families in East Jerusalem
July 31, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN human rights office in the Occupied Palestinian Territory expressed concern on Tuesday over the forced evictions of over 80 Palestinian families in the Silwan area of occupied East Jerusalem. These evictions are “facilitated by the unlawful application of discriminatory Israeli laws against Palestinians in the […]Gaza war grinds on as forcibly displaced run out of space to shelter
July 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Bombing continued overnight into Thursday in Gaza where some of the tens of thousands of people uprooted in response to Israeli evacuation orders have had to turn back after finding nowhere to shelter, UN humanitarians reported. “Thousands are sheltering in UNRWA schools…and government buildings,” the UN agency […]Laws of war likely ‘consistently violated’ in Israeli strikes on Gaza: UN rights office
June 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. 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. […]Conflict and lawlessness hamper food aid delivery in Gaza: WFP
June 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. 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. “Driving through […]Gaza: Deaths and devastation during hostage rescue operation show ‘seismic trauma’ of ongoing war
June 11, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The scenes of devastation witnessed in the aftermath of Israel’s military operation to release hostages from the Nuseirat refugee camp proves that each day the war continues “it only grows more horrific” the UN’s top humanitarian official said on Sunday. According to Gaza’s health ministry, more […]WHO warns of imminent health catastrophe in Gaza, and other health stories you need to know this week
November 9, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you thanks to the collaboration of The European Sting with the World Economic Forum. Author: Shyam Bishen, Head, Centre for Health and Healthcare, Member of Executive Committee, World Economic Forum 1. Imminent ‘public health catastrophe’ in Gaza, WHO says A “public health catastrophe” is imminent in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) has […]EU welcomes opening of Rafah border crossing and safe passage of EU citizens
November 2, 2023 by Leave a Comment
This article is brought to you in association with the European Commission. The EU welcomes the evacuation of a number of EU citizens and other foreign nationals, as well as injured persons via the Rafah border crossing between Gaza and Egypt today. Background The EU has tripled its humanitarian assistance to Gaza to €78 million, aiming to […]
