Appalling and apocalyptic, says UN Deputy Secretary-General about situation in Gaza
Dec 03, 2024, at 02:51 pm
Describing the situation in Gaza as “appalling and apocalyptic” the UN Deputy Secretary-General on Monday called on world leaders to act decisively to alleviate suffering and prevent the further devastation of the enclave.
Antonio Guterres expresses shock over death and destruction in north Gaza
Oct 28, 2024, at 04:37 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed shock at the “harrowing levels of death, injury and destruction” in north Gaza amid an ongoing intense Israeli military operation, his Spokesperson said on Sunday.
Oct 18, 2024, at 09:32 pm
Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu sent out a strong message after the 'elimination' of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar and said the war in Gaza is 'not over yet'.
Middle East Crisis: IDF shares video footage showing 'last moments' of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar
Oct 18, 2024, at 09:06 pm
The Israel Defense Forces has released drone footage which shows the 'last moments' of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar.
Fears grow that Lebanon may become another Gaza, say UN humanitarians
Oct 09, 2024, at 02:16 pm
UN humanitarians in Lebanon on Tuesday described the massive challenge of trying to reach some 1.2 million people who have fled heavy Israeli bombardment and evacuation orders, driven by the fear that what happened in Gaza may befall them, too.
Israel-Hamas crisis: Six UNRWA staff killed in strikes at school sheltering displaced people in Gaza
Sep 12, 2024, at 12:34 pm
Six staff members with the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, were killed in Gaza on Wednesday when two Israeli airstrikes hit a school-turned-shelter and its surroundings.
Israel-Gaza crisis: Turkish-American Aysenur Eygi shot dead during West Bank protest
Sep 07, 2024, at 02:49 pm
A Turkish-American woman was shot dead in the Israeli-occupied West Bank during a protest on Friday, media reports said.
UN official describes Gaza situation as ‘absolutely catastrophic’ amid severe shortages
Jul 30, 2024, at 11:15 pm
The top UN humanitarian official for Gaza said on Monday that the situation in the war-ravaged enclave remains “absolutely catastrophic”, with Palestinian civilians enduring a “horrendous maelstrom of human misery.”
Situation in Gaza: Aid constraints and health issues persist amid ongoing conflict
Jun 28, 2024, at 11:45 pm
Delivery of humanitarian aid in Gaza remains a difficult and frustrating task for UN and partner agencies as the conflict there grinds on amid intense civilian suffering.
Gaza: We must prevent a large-scale offensive in Rafah, UN pleads
May 13, 2024, at 09:53 pm
The Secretary-General and the UN human rights chief said again on Sunday that a large-scale Israeli offensive in Rafah must be prevented at all costs, warning of catastrophic consequences in the densely populated southern area in Gaza.
Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon
May 01, 2024, at 08:35 pm
Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “massive collapse” in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country’s southern border with Israel that threaten to spiral into a “full-scale war”, UN child experts said on Tuesday.
Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns expert
Apr 30, 2024, at 10:57 pm
The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine clearance experts warned that the Strip is now at its “most dangerous period”.
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear, say experts
Apr 27, 2024, at 09:32 pm
Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.
UN coordinator in Gaza announces new plan to deliver lifesaving aid
Apr 26, 2024, at 05:26 pm
A new mechanism for getting lifesaving aid into Gaza will start in the coming days, UN Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator Sigrid Kaag announced in a briefing to the Security Council on Wednesday.
World court issues fresh measures for Israel as Gaza crisis deepens
Mar 29, 2024, at 02:33 pm
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday issued new provisional measures for Israel as the humanitarian situation in bombarded and besieged Gaza continues to deteriorate.
Joe Biden interacts with PM Netanyahu, voices 'deep concern' over Israel's possible Rafah operation
Mar 19, 2024, at 07:57 pm
US President Joe Biden had a telephone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (Match 18, 2024), when he expressed 'deep concern' over Israel's possible ground operation in Rafah.
UN claims roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza conflict
Mar 04, 2024, at 05:18 am
The Gaza conflict “is also a war on women”, who continue to suffer its devastating impacts, the UN agency championing gender equality has said.
Gazans eating wild plants to survive, claims UN
Mar 01, 2024, at 09:53 pm
UN News has learned that out of desperation, some Gazans have resorted to selling wild plants with little nutritional value, in the markets of their devastated enclave. In this special report, Ziad Taleb spoke to some of the young people trying to make a living, despite the ever-present dangers.
Jan 23, 2024, at 11:56 pm
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Tuesday it had managed to encircle the city of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strio and advance deep into the area as part of an "extensive" operation that resulted in the elimination of "dozens of terrorists."
Antonio Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages at Non-Aligned Movement summit
Jan 22, 2024, at 02:20 am
UN Secretary-General António Guterres repeated his call for a humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza and the unconditional release of all hostages, in an address to the latest summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), which concluded in Kampala, Uganda, on Saturday.
Gaza ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict with Israel approaches 100-day mark
Jan 13, 2024, at 06:45 pm
As the Gaza conflict approaches the 100-day mark, an immediate ceasefire is “more urgent than ever”, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said on Friday.
IDF neutralizes explosive devices found in a children's playground in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas crisis
Dec 31, 2023, at 08:38 pm
Israel Defense Forces on Sunday said its soldiers discovered explosive devices in a children's playground connected to a kindergarten on the outskirts of the Shati refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Humanitarian ceasefire only way to end Gaza 'nightmare': UN chief Antonio Guterres
Dec 23, 2023, at 03:48 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed hope that a Security Council resolution to get more aid into Gaza, adopted on Friday, could pave the way to a humanitarian ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
UN says aid access to north entirely blocked as war spikes in south Gaza
Dec 05, 2023, at 10:37 pm
Reports of hundreds of fatalities from bombing in southern Gaza over the weekend heightened deep concerns for civilians sheltering there, while UN humanitarians on Monday said that aid teams had only “extremely limited” movement and access to the north was “now entirely blocked”.
Gaza crisis: aid agencies warn of ‘tragic, avoidable surge’ in child deaths
Nov 22, 2023, at 06:32 pm
UN agencies on Tuesday issued an urgent call for action, emphasizing the severe health risks faced by pregnant women, babies and children due to worsening climate catastrophes.
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.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets Benjamin Netanyahu amid ongoing Israel-Hamas crisis
Nov 03, 2023, at 09:46 pm
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken are holding a private meeting at the Kirya in Tel Aviv on Friday amid the ongoing conflict with Hamas terror group.
Nov 01, 2023, at 11:41 pm
The UN chief on Tuesday said levels of aid allowed into the stricken Gaza Strip are “completely inadequate” to meet the rising needs of civilians trapped there amidst the intensifying fighting.
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.
Oct 16, 2023, at 09:56 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Sunday appealed to Hamas to immediately release all hostages and to Israel to grant “unimpeded access for humanitarian aid” into the Gaza Strip.