This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday killed at least 64 people, aid teams once again pushed back strongly at allegations that aid is being diverted to Hamas, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade. Updating journalists in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Dr. […]Gazans ‘in terror’ after another night of deadly strikes and siege
May 19, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday killed at least 64 people, aid teams once again pushed back strongly at allegations that aid is being diverted to Hamas, demanding an end to Israel’s blockade. Updating journalists in Geneva, World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Dr. […]Gazans face hunger crisis as aid blockade nears two months
April 29, 2025 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become a desperate reality in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid has been blocked for nearly two months. Both the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, and the World Food Programme (WFP) […]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 […]Only 3 per cent of UN emergency food aid getting to desperate Gazans
December 24, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Since October, when Israeli forces launched a ground offensive in northern Gaza, only three per cent of food and water deliveries organized by the UN World Food Programme (WFP) have been permitted to enter areas in northern Gaza. At the end of December, a joint UN convoy […]Winter rains and aid obstacles worsen ordeal for one million Gazans
December 19, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Nearly one million Gazans risk spending winter without adequate shelter as UN agencies struggle to provide cold weather assistance, amid ongoing Israeli bombardment, repeated evacuation orders and restrictions on aid deliveries, they warned on Wednesday. In an update, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, stressed that attacks […]Aid restrictions and dismantling UNRWA will compound Gazans’ suffering
November 5, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. Aid entering Gaza reached a new low in October, the head of UN Palestine refugee agency UNRWA said on Monday, highlighting the continued need for its lifesaving work even as Israel moves to end its activities. The Israeli Parliament, known as the Knesset, recently approved two laws […]Gazans reeling from closed hospitals, malnutrition and heat risks, warns UN health agency
July 10, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an ever more deadly threat to a population under constant attack, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. Briefing journalists in Geneva, UN World Health Organization (WHO) spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said that according to […]‘Better late than never’: Gazans react to Security Council ceasefire resolution
June 17, 2024 by Leave a Comment
This article is published in association with United Nations. 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. The US-led resolution […]
