Palestine

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is intensifying at an alarming rate, with UN officials warning that all aid operations could grind to a halt within just 2-3 days, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. The situation in Gaza, which is under intense…

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, expressed deep distress on Sunday over the rapidly deteriorating conditions in the Gaza Strip as Israeli forces continue to intensify airstrikes in the northern part of the Palestinian enclave, Anadolu…

The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) reported on Friday that around 110,000 people have fled the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip, seeking safety from the escalating Israeli bombardment, Anadolu Agency reported. “As Israel’s bombardment intensifies in…

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…