Middle East

Gaza: Guterres calls on Israel to ensure life-saving aid reaches civilians

Speaking to journalists at UN Headquarters, António Guterres also repeated his call for a renewed ceasefire between Israel and Hamas,…

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With aid blockade into its second month, misery deepens for Gazans

In a joint statement, the heads of the UN’s aid agencies warned that “we are witnessing acts of war in Gaza…

1 year ago

More than one million children in Gaza deprived of aid for over a month: UNICEF

No aid has been allowed into Gaza since 2 March, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start…

1 year ago

UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory

The Palestinian co-director of the documentary, Basel Adra, delivered remarks to the UN Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights…

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Gaza: UN rights chief calls for probe into killings of medical workers

Ambassadors met for an emergency session to discuss the escalation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory.Rights chief Volker Türk said he…

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UN condemns killing of 1,000 people in Gaza since ceasefire collapse

He condemned the reported killing of more than a thousand people, including women and children, since the collapse of the…

1 year ago

Gaza aid worker killings: One humanitarian still missing in mass grave

“This is a huge blow to us…These people were shot,” said Jens Laerke, spokesperson for the UN aid coordination office,…

1 year ago

Gaza: UN relief chief demands ‘answers and justice’ following killings of first responders

The clearly identified humanitarian workers from the Palestine Red Crescent Society, Palestinian Civil Defence and the UN had been despatched…

1 year ago

Gaza: Acts of war bear hallmarks of atrocity crimes, warn UN humanitarians

According to local health authorities in Gaza, 830 people were killed between 18-23 March, including 174 women and 322 children.…

1 year ago

Gaza: UN humanitarians flag impact on children of return to war

UNICEF’s Rosalia Bollen, who’s on the ground there, said that hundreds of children had been killed and injured – some…

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