This article is published in association with United Nations. That’s a wrap That’s it for our live coverage of the General Assembly’s emergency session on protection of civilians in Gaza, although the debate is set to continue. Prior to the vote, President Philémon Yang remarked that once again the Assembly was called upon to take the […]GAZA LIVE: UN General Assembly overwhelmingly adopts resolution demanding immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire
June 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. That’s a wrap That’s it for our live coverage of the General Assembly’s emergency session on protection of civilians in Gaza, although the debate is set to continue. Prior to the vote, President Philémon Yang remarked that once again the Assembly was called upon to take the […]Rising hunger in Gaza highlights urgent need for ‘unfettered’ aid supplies
June 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. People in the Gaza Strip are getting hungrier because of the “very limited” volume of food being allowed in, UN aid agencies reiterated on Wednesday. Only around 6,000 tonnes of wheat flour have entered the war-torn enclave since Israel began to allow limited supplies back in last […]Israeli attacks on Gaza schools could be crimes against humanity: UN probe
June 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The Israeli military’s destruction of Gaza’s education and cultural infrastructure amount to war crimes and the crime against humanity of extermination, a UN investigative body said on Tuesday, as humanitarian agencies warned of continued mass suffering across the Strip. The UN Human Rights Council-mandated Independent International Commission […]Gaza: Search for food puts lives on the line
June 10, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip has reached “unprecedented levels of despair,” the UN said on Monday, amid more reports of people being killed and injured near newly-established distribution sites. Since the end of May, aid distribution in Gaza has been carried out by a […]Gaza: Women and girls struggle to manage their periods amid crisis
June 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Whether it’s their first time or a routine part of their life, menstruation has become a nightmare for women and girls in Gaza. The conditions they are forced to endure – displacement, overcrowded shelters, and lack of basic hygiene – have turned a natural biological process into […]In Gaza, daily food intake has fallen well below ‘survival’ level
June 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians “vulnerable to starvation”, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday. Latest data simulations from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) point to the average Gazan eating just […]US vetoes Security Council resolution demanding permanent ceasefire in Gaza
June 5, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto – blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council. The text, co-sponsored by Algeria, […]Gaza: UN rights chief condemns new killings around private aid hub
June 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN human rights chief Volker Türk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday “trying to access paltry amounts of food” around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel. “Attacks directed against civilians constitute a grave […]Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites
June 3, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the matter. More than 30 people were killed and over 100 wounded while waiting in the morning to get food from two sites […]Gaza is the ‘hungriest place on earth’, as Israel continues stranglehold on aid
June 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday. “Gaza is the hungriest place on Earth,” OCHA spokesperson Jens Laerke told reporters in Geneva, stressing that […]Lifting of Israeli blockade ‘the only way to avert mass starvation’ in Gaza: UNRWA chief
June 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is the only way to avoid “mass starvation”. […]Gaza: Top UN envoy calls on Israel to end devastating strikes, starvation of civilians
May 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Gaza’s population is being “starved and denied the very basics,” while the region stands at a dangerous crossroads, the UN’s Middle East peace envoy warned the Security Council Wednesday, urging immediate action to halt the violence, restore aid and advance a two-State solution before time runs out. […]Gaza: UN agencies call for aid ‘surge’ as Israeli distribution plan begins
May 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an “immediate surge” of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation. After nearly three months of complete blockade by Israel, a “vastly insufficient” amount of aid […]Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza
May 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the stricken population of Gaza, making clear the organization will not take part in any scheme that fails to respect international law or basic humanitarian principles. Addressing reporters outside the Security Council, António Guterres called once again for […]All eyes on Gaza as aid teams retrieve first lifesaving relief in months
May 23, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has finally arrived at warehouses inside the enclave after an 11-week blockade by Israeli authorities. “Today will be crucial. Truckloads of lifesaving aid finally on move again,” said top UN aid relief coordinator Tom Fletcher. Hours […]Gaza: Aid trucks still waiting for Israeli green light inside enclave
May 22, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel to distribute five trucks worth of lifesaving relief that was allowed into Gaza at the start of the week, after an 11-week blockade. Existing supplies of basic necessities have been running dangerously […]UN life-saving aid allowed to trickle into Gaza as needs mount
May 21, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring humanitarian needs, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said on Tuesday. He stressed that the assistance must be delivered swiftly and directly to those most in need. He […]At Arab League Summit, Guterres reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire
May 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General renewed his call for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, and upheld the need for a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, in a speech on Saturday to the League of Arab States Summit in Baghdad. António Guterres told leaders meeting in the Iraqi […]UN humanitarian chief demands resumption of aid in Gaza
May 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening. No aid has entered the enclave since Israel implemented a ban […]Gaza: New displacement orders force thousands to flee as famine looms
May 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday. In addition to ongoing bombardment, Israel issued another three displacement orders over the past two days, covering seven […]UN aid office denounces attacks on Gaza hospital
May 15, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday. OCHA reported that hostilities intensified overnight, with an attack by Israeli forces on the European Gaza Hospital in Khan Younis which killed […]Gaza: Guterres hails hostage release, renews ceasefire call
May 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres welcomed the release of a hostage held in in Gaza on Monday and renewed his call for a permanent ceasefire and greater humanitarian access to the war-torn enclave. Edan Alexander, a 21-year-old American-Israeli national and soldier with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), had […]Gaza: Starvation looms for one in five people, say food security experts
May 13, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Gazans remain at “critical risk of famine,” UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies. “Goods indispensable for people’s survival are either depleted or expected to run out […]Gaza: UN agencies reject Israeli plan to use aid as ‘bait’
May 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as “bait”, UN humanitarians said on Friday. UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) spokesperson James Elder insisted that the Israeli proposal to create a handful of […]Gaza: UN aid teams reject Israel’s ‘deliberate attempt to weaponize aid’
May 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday. “It appears to be a deliberate attempt to weaponize the aid and we […]Guterres alarmed by Israeli plans to expand Gaza ground offensive
May 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of Israeli plans to expand ground operations and prolong its military presence in Gaza, a spokesperson for António Guterres said on Monday. “This will inevitably lead to countless more civilians killed and the further destruction of Gaza,” said UN Deputy […]Reporters in Gaza bear witness and suffer tragic consequences
May 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. “After losing my leg in the war, I returned to photojournalism not just for work, but because I have loved photography since childhood,” said Palestinian reporter Sami Shahada. Mr. Shahada lost his leg due to a severe injury he suffered in Nuseirat in central Gaza in April […]Gaza: ‘Worst-case scenario’ unfolds as brutal aid blockade threatens mass starvation
May 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people are fighting over water amid relentless bombing, the UN’s humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday. Speaking from Gaza City OCHA spokesperson Olga Cherevko told journalists in Geneva that a friend of hers […]Israel must end ‘cruel collective punishment’ in Gaza, urges UN relief chief
May 2, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN’s top humanitarian official on Thursday issued a stark warning over the continuing blockade of aid into Gaza, calling on Israel to lift restrictions that have left civilians without food, medical care, and hope. In a powerful statement on Thursday, Tom Fletcher, the UN Emergency Relief […]Plague of rats and insects provide latest challenge for war-shattered Gazans
April 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. After suffering almost 18 months of deadly bombardment, displacement and lack of access to basic services, the embattled people of Gaza face yet another challenge: the threat of insects and rodents. One displaced woman told UN News’s correspondent in Gaza: “In all camps, we suffer from biting insects, […]Children in Gaza ‘going to bed starving’ amid blockade
April 30, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive amid daily bombings – and the sick and injured without lifesaving medical help. “The siege on Gaza is the silent killer of children, of […]Israel’s restrictions on UN agencies in Gaza highlighted at world court
April 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israel’s continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The ICJ, which sits in The Hague and is the UN’s top court, is expected […]WFP runs out of food stocks in Gaza
April 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to block the entry of all humanitarian aid into the enclave, home to over two million people. On Friday, WFP announced it had delivered its last remaining supplies to kitchens […]
