Palestine

The United Nations has warned that it is unable to deliver critical humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip following the closure of the Rafah and Karem Abu Salim border crossings, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric cited the…

The head of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned of “catastrophic risks” to hundreds of thousands of children in Rafah, Gaza, if Israeli forces launch a ground invasion, VOA reported yesterday. UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell stated that…

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) has warned of the severe psychological impact on children in the Gaza Strip due to the ongoing Israeli military offensive, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. “Children in Gaza are suffering devastating levels of stress,”…

The United Nations issued a dire warning on Friday about the potential consequences of a military operation in the Gaza city of Rafah, emphasizing the grave threat it poses to the lives of an estimated 600,000 children in the region,…

The Gaza Strip is on the brink of a famine crisis, with food insecurity, malnutrition, and mortality expected to surpass critical levels within the next six weeks, Reuters reported yesterday citing the World Food Programme. A U.N.-backed report warned of…

The UN’s Human Rights chief has strongly condemned recent Israeli strikes in Rafah that resulted in the deaths of many women and children, reliefweb reported yesterday. In a statement on Tuesday, Volker Turk also warned against a full-scale incursion into…

Palestinian civil defence crews have recovered 210 bodies so far from a mass grave inside the Nasser Medical Complex in Gaza’s Khan Younis, Al Jazeera reported yesterday. The discovery on Saturday, and ongoing recovery, comes after the Israeli military withdrew…

The death toll of children in Gaza has surpassed the grim mark of 14,000 since Oct. 7, 2023, the UNICEF said on Friday, reiterating its call for a cease-fire, Anadolu Agency reported. It said that James Elder, the organization’s spokesperson,…

Children are bearing a ‘tremendous share of the scars’ of the Gaza war, UNICEF Communication Specialist Tess Ingram said on Tuesday at a UN press briefing in Geneva. Citing the latest figures from the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Ingram said…

The United Nations Security Council has demanded an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, with the US abstaining from the vote, Al Jazeera reported. The resolution, proposed by 10 elected members, was supported by 14 council members, the…