Palestine

The United Nations reports that over 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip have been vaccinated against polio in the first round of an emergency campaign, Xinhua reported yesterday. The World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that the campaign, which…

Amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at least 45,000 six-year-olds are unable to start school, contributing to a staggering 625,000 children who have missed a full school year, TRTWorld revealed in an article yesterday citing UNICEF. Since October 2023, all…

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned the lack of accountability for the deaths of nearly 300 aid workers, two-thirds of whom were UN employees, in Gaza, calling it “unacceptable,” Khaama Press reported yesterday. He urged for a thorough investigation, stating, “We…

As Israel’s air raids on the Gaza Strip escalate, at least 33 individuals, including children, have been reported killed, with dozens more wounded, Al Jazeera reported. This surge in violence marks a grim continuation of hostilities that have persisted for…

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) announced that more than 160,000 children were vaccinated on the first day of the second phase of a polio vaccination campaign in southern Gaza, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. This initiative aims to immunize…

In a critical effort to safeguard children in the Gaza Strip, UNICEF, with support from the Government of Japan, is distributing 450,000 identity bracelets, the organization’s website reported. Since October 2023, the ongoing conflict has left at least 19,000 children…

The office of the esteemed religious authority, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, has issued a statement condemning the grave massacre carried out by the Israeli army yesterday in the Gaza Strip. Israeli forces targeted a school for displaced individuals, resulting in…

The Global Nonviolence Organization, Freemuslim, has strongly condemned the ongoing devastating blockade imposed by the Israeli army on the residents of Gaza for several months. The organization urges the international community to exert effective pressure to allow all forms of…

Gaza’s civil defense agency reported that over 90 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced Palestinians, marking one of the highest death tolls from a single strike in the ongoing conflict, Arab News reported today.…

The World Health Organization (WHO) announced it will dispatch more than one million polio vaccines to Gaza following the detection of the virus in wastewater, Arab News reported yesterday. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus emphasized the urgent need for health…