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 […]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 […]Gaza: Aid ban pushes civilians to the brink
April 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials – including food, shelter and medicine – are rapidly running out. UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told reporters at a news briefing at UN Headquarters on […]Sewage, trash and disease overwhelm displaced communities in Gaza
April 24, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle. In the makeshift coastal encampments of Al Mawasi, families have no choice but to live in unsanitary conditions that […]Gaza: Alongside conflict, an information war is still happening, warns UNRWA chief
April 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to “get international media into Gaza” to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in […]Gaza faces deepening crisis as aid stocks dwindle
April 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands and depriving civilians of shelter, food and medicine. More than 500,000 people are reported to have been newly displaced since 18 March, many of them uprooted multiple times due to […]Israeli strike on hospital ‘further cripples’ Gaza’s fragile health system
April 16, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. An Israeli strike on a hospital in southern Gaza on Tuesday has further jeopardized already limited access to lifesaving medical care in the war-torn enclave. Several staff members, including two nurses, were injured in the strike on the Kuwaiti Field Hospital in Khan Younis according to Gaza’s […]Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians
April 9, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. With no aid allowed into Gaza for more than a month, the UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for guaranteed humanitarian access to the enclave. Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters, António Guterres also repeated his call for a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, and the release […]With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans
April 8, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low. In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war […]More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF
April 7, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more than a million children, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday. No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start […]UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse
April 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the human toll resulting from the intensified hostilities in Gaza. He condemned the reported killing of more than a thousand people, including women and children, since the collapse of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on 18 […]Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders
April 1, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for “justice and answers” after Israeli forces killed eight Palestinian medics, six civil defence first responders and a UN staff member in an attack in southern Gaza. The clearly identified humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent […]Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war
March 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on youngsters of renewed Israeli bombardment and the total aid blockade. UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen, who’s on the ground there, said that hundreds of children had been killed and injured – some with severe […]Guterres to reduce UN aid ‘footprint’ inside Gaza following ceasefire collapse
March 25, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the “difficult decision” to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes – but pledged that “the UN is not leaving” the enclave. “In the past week, Israel carried out devastating strikes on Gaza, […]Gaza: ‘Bring them all home now’, freed hostage tells Security Council
March 21, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. A senior UN political affairs official called for Israel and Hamas to restore the shattered ceasefire in Gaza on Thursday and release all remaining hostages, while one of those freed told the Security Council of his 500-day ordeal in captivity. Briefing ambassadors, Khaled Khiari, Assistant Secretary-General at […]UN staff member killed in central Gaza blast, five others injured
March 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. At least one UN staffer has been killed and at least five others injured – several very severely – following an explosion at two UN guesthouses in Deir al Balah in the central Gaza Strip on Wednesday. The UN is verifying and confirming the details, including the […]Gaza: ‘Dramatic escalation’ as bombardments intensify and displacement surges
March 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people – many of them women and children – and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that leaflets were dropped over Beit […]LIVE NOW: ‘Abject fear’ returns to Gaza, Security Council hears, as UN calls for urgent renewal of ceasefire and hostage releases
March 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Stay on top of the latest news: 18 March 2025 07:49 pm UNFPA: ’Every pregnancy these days is a struggle’ in Gaza © UNFPA / Yasmeen Sous Two weeks into her ninth month of pregnancy, Roozan Abu Jbarah hoped she would manage to give birth safely. “I’ve […]‘Intolerable’ suffering in Gaza amid deadly airstrikes, continued aid blockade
March 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday spoke of new “intolerable” suffering for Gazans following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes, underscoring three immediate needs: a renewed ceasefire, unimpeded humanitarian access and the unconditional release of hostages. “We will not give up on these objectives,” António Guterres said during […]World News in Brief: US strikes on Yemen, Gaza aid update, debt burden weighs on developing world
March 18, 2025 by 1 Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN on Monday expressed concern over the continued threat posed to shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi attacks from their bases in Yemen as well as recent airstrikes by the United States which have left over 50 reportedly dead. In a statement released to correspondents in […]No food deliveries to Gaza as border closures continue
March 17, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN emergency food relief agency has not been able to transport any aid into the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing closure of all border crossing points, which is now in its twelfth day, the UN Spokesperson said on Friday. There is also a shortage of […]Gaza power cut impacts safe water access for hundreds of thousands
March 12, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday. The situation has deteriorated further following Israel’s decision on Sunday to cut power to the enclave – […]Nine out of 10 Gazans unable to access safe drinking water: UNICEF
March 11, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels, with only one in 10 people currently able to access safe drinking water, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday. The situation has deteriorated further following Israel’s decision on Sunday to cut power to the enclave – […]Gaza: Israeli aid cut threatens care for most vulnerable, warns UNICEF
March 6, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has warned. The agency said that despite the huge influx of humanitarian […]Gaza’s recovery must be built on more than steel and concrete: Guterres
March 5, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN Secretary-General on Tuesday stressed that the “true foundation” of recovery and reconstruction in Gaza must be based on a clear and agreed political framework, not just bricks and mortar. Speaking at the emergency summit of Arab nations on the situation in the Middle East and […]Food prices soar as Israel blocks aid into Gaza
March 4, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Israel’s move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan to continue with phase one of the fragile ceasefire has had an immediate impact, including a 100-fold increase in the price of flour and vegetables. That’s according to […]Guterres urges parties to find a way forward on next phase of Gaza ceasefire
March 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. As the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal concludes, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is closely following developments in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory. “The past six weeks have provided a fragile but vital reprieve, offering a measure of relief to both Palestinians […]‘This is our land’ – Building Gaza’s future from the wreckage of war
March 3, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. At night he sleeps under a tarpaulin sheet on the ruins of his family home. Like others returning to northern Gaza after months of being displaced by war, Sufian Al-Majdalawi clings to whatever he can find. Using small tools and his bare hands, he sifts through mounds […]Gaza: Despite challenges, UNRWA says ‘unparalleled progress’ made during ceasefire
February 28, 2025 by Leave a Comment
Since the ceasefire began in Gaza on 19 January, “unparalleled progress” has been made in providing desperately needed aid to families across the devastated enclave, said UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Thursday. Agency teams have worked around the clock to provide services to a people who are overwhelmed following 15 months of constant bombardment, […]Human Rights Council: Gaza ceasefire must hold, Türk insists
February 27, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. UN human rights chief Volker Türk issued a strong appeal on Wednesday for the fragile ceasefire in Gaza to hold, amid delays to talks between Hamas and Israel on extending the truce into the second phase. Addressing the Human Rights Council in Geneva on conditions inside the Occupied Palestinian […]Success for polio campaign in Gaza while West Bank tensions continue
February 26, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Humanitarian Aid UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that aid workers in Gaza supporting local health authorities have now managed to vaccinate nearly 550,000 children under 10 – nearly all those it aimed to reach. The campaign has been extended until Wednesday to ensure full coverage, UN Spokesperson […]UN to continue Gaza vaccination campaign against polio
February 20, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. The UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Wednesday that the mass polio vaccination campaign in Gaza which began successfully last year, will continue in the coming days. Tweet URL https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?creatorScreenName=UN_News_Centre&dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=1892173550733172781&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.un.org%2Fen%2Fstory%2F2025%2F02%2F1160271&sessionId=089acbc8fcc77a06313772f2327bf80d09b7ac85&siteScreenName=UN_News_Centre&theme=light&widgetsVersion=2615f7e52b7e0%3A1702314776716&width=550px WHO said in a news release that more than 591,000 children under 10 years old will receive […]
