It’s the innocent civilians who are losing: WHO spokesperson amid ongoing Israel-Gaza conflict
Nov 04, 2023, at 03:54 pm
More funding is urgently needed for lifesaving aid in Gaza while concern is deepening over high numbers of civilians killed since the beginning of the crisis and human rights violations against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Israel-Gaza crisis: IDF says key Hamas commander Ibrahim Biari killed
Nov 01, 2023, at 02:10 pm
The Israel Defense Forces on Wednesday (November 1, 2023) confirmed the killing of Hamas’s Central Jabaliya Battalion commander Ibrahim Biari during an airstrike in Gaza Strip.
Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread, alert UN humanitarians
Oct 31, 2023, at 07:05 pm
With the Israel-Palestine crisis in its fourth week, UN aid teams on Monday (October 30, 2023) highlighted the mounting pressure on north Gaza hospitals where patients and health workers remain, amid reports of expanded Israeli ground operations.
Oct 30, 2023, at 03:26 pm
Hundreds of pro-Palestine supporters stormed an airport in Russia's Dagestan region on Sunday (October 29, 2023) to protest against a flight arriving from Israel, triggering a chaotic situation in the facility.
Israel-Hamas conflict crisis escalates: UN calls for immediate humanitarian ceasefire
Oct 29, 2023, at 07:44 pm
The United Nations on Saturday ramped up appeals for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza after another night of ground incursions and intense bombardment by Israeli forces left healthcare facilities without electricity and civilians across the ravaged enclave virtually “cut off from the outside world”.
Israel-Hamas conflict: Six UN refugee agency workers died in Gaza in past 24 hours
Oct 24, 2023, at 05:16 pm
Six UN’s Palestinian refugee agency workers were killed in the past 24 hours in Gaza amid the ongoing conflict between the Hamas group and Israel.
Oct 23, 2023, at 03:47 pm
More aid arrived in Gaza on Sunday aboard 14 trucks that passed through the Rafah crossing with Egypt, the UN Humanitarian Affairs Coordinator said in a post on social media.
Israel-Gaza crisis: UN independent experts ‘unequivocally condemn’ violence against civilians
Oct 20, 2023, at 02:07 pm
UN independent human rights experts on Thursday (October 19, 2023) voiced deep concern over the fate of civilians and victims of terrorism caught up in the Israel-Gaza crisis.
Security Council rejects Russian resolution on Gaza
Oct 18, 2023, at 12:23 am
The UN Security Council on Monday night in New York failed to adopt a resolution proposed by Russia that would have called for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza, which has been ravaged by almost 10 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas militants.
US: Illinois man kills six-year-old Muslim boy, charged with hate crimes
Oct 16, 2023, at 03:43 pm
An Illinois man was charged with hate crimes after he allegedly stabbed a six-year-old Muslim boy to death and left the minor's mother injured.
Israel-Gaza crisis: US Senators take shelter from Hamas's rocket attack in Tel Aviv
Oct 16, 2023, at 02:28 am
A US Senator has, who is leading a US Senate delegation to Israel, on Sunday shared an image on X where the lawmakers could be seen gathered in a Tel Aviv shelter amid Hamas's rocket attack.
Israel-Gaza crisis: IDF says top Hamas commander Bilal al Qadr killed
Oct 16, 2023, at 01:47 am
The Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said top Hamas commander Bilal al Qadr has been killed.
Gaza Health Ministry says overnight Israeli airstrikes left 51 people dead
Oct 12, 2023, at 04:25 pm
Hamas-run health ministry has claimed Israel's overnight airstrikes have left 51 people dead and 281 hurt.
Thousands gather in Israeli capital in support of peace
May 23, 2021, at 03:13 pm
Tel Aviv/UNI: Thousands of Israelis from all walks of life gathered here in the central part of the city to support peace between Israel and Palestinian, a human rights organization said Sunday.
Gaza blockade causes ‘near ten-fold increase’ in food dependency, says UN agency
May 14, 2019, at 08:45 am
New York, May 14 (IBNS): At a time when Muslims globally are observing the holy month of Ramadan, more than half the population in Gaza depends on the international community for food aid, the director of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) said on Monday, citing a “near ten-fold increase” in need.
Iraq condemns Israeli airstrikes against Gaza
May 06, 2019, at 05:49 pm
Baghdad (Xinhua/UNI) Iraq on Monday strongly condemned the ongoing Israeli airstrikes against the Palestinian people in Gaza Strip, which led to the death of many civilians and the destruction of infrastructure, the Foreign Ministry said.
Deadly violence at Israel-Gaza border escalates dangerously: UN chief condemns in strongest terms
May 06, 2019, at 08:56 am
New York, May 6 (IBNS): The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, is following with “deep concern” the latest developments across the Gaza-Israeli border and urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint. Over the weekend, hundreds of rockets were launched from the Occupied Palestinian Territory into southern Israel, and Israel retaliated with hundreds of airstrikes and tank fire.
Two Palestinians, Israeli man killed in overnight Israel-Gaza conflicts
May 05, 2019, at 06:09 pm
Gaza/Jerusalem, May 5 (Xinhua/UNI) Two Palestinians were killed in Israeli overnight attacks in the conflicts between Israel and the Palestinian military factions for the third day in a row, medic sources said.
At least 3 killed in clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza: medics
Mar 31, 2019, at 09:12 am
Gaza, Mar 30 (Xinhua) At least three Palestinians were killed and 316 injured on Saturday during a day-long clashes with Israeli soldiers in eastern Gaza Strip, close to the border with Israel, medics said.
Aug 02, 2018, at 09:05 am
New York, Aug 2 (IBNS): Children’s rights continue to be violated in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel, according to three leading UN officials in the region who on Wednesday called on all parties responsible to take concrete and immediate steps to “allow children to live free of fear and to realize all their rights”.
Urgent action needed to avoid war, alleviate suffering in Gaza – UN envoy tells Security Council
May 24, 2018, at 07:46 pm
New York, May 24 (IBNS): Gaza is on the verge of collapse and its people becoming increasingly desperate, a United Nations envoy told the Security Council on Wednesday, urging international action to avoid another war, alleviate suffering and empower more responsible government within the enclave.
Force used against protesters in Gaza ‘wholly disproportionate’ says UN human rights chief
May 19, 2018, at 01:09 pm
new York, May 19 (IBNS): A special session of the UN Human Rights Council has ended with a resolution by Member States to investigate weeks of violence on the Israeli border with Gaza, which has claimed the lives of more than 100 people in the enclave and left thousands wounded.
End ‘cycle of violence’ in Gaza, UN deputy chief tells forum on Palestine
May 18, 2018, at 01:45 pm
New York, May 18 (IBNS): The “cycle of violence” in Gaza serves no one and it must end, the United Nations deputy chief said on Thursday, calling on everyone with a stake in Middle East peace, to exercise utmost restraint to avoid further deaths, especially the lives of children.
Security Council calls for calm following deadly Gaza clashes; diplomats debate US embassy move
May 16, 2018, at 03:09 pm
New York, May 16 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council, in an emergency meeting on Tuesday, called for calm along the border of the Gaza Strip following Monday’s deadly clashes, in which dozens of Palestinians were killed, protesting United States recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital and the official opening of its embassy there.