Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies fear
Nov 11, 2023, at 10:41 pm
Nearly 20 years of development progress could be wiped out in the Occupied Palestine Territories if the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues for a second full month, according to a UN report published on Thursday.
Emmanuel Macron says Israel's strikes on Gaza have no legitimacy, must be stopped
Nov 11, 2023, at 08:33 pm
Paris/UNI: French President Emmanuel Macron said Israel's strikes on the Gaza Strip have no reason or legitimacy and must be stopped.
Nov 08, 2023, at 10:42 pm
Everyone wants to end the ongoing conflict in the Gaza Strip as soon as possible, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday.
Israel-Palestine crisis: UN humanitarians plead for ‘access, access, access’
Nov 08, 2023, at 02:46 pm
A month since Hamas militants killed 1,400 people in Israel, taking over 240 hostage, and as the Israeli offensive into Gaza continues which has led to thousands of civilian deaths, UN humanitarians on Tuesday issued a heartfelt appeal for access to the enclave.
Israel-Hamas conflict: Gaza death toll crosses 10,000
Nov 07, 2023, at 03:11 pm
The number of Palestinian nationals killed in Gaza since the October 7 attack by Hamas members on Israel has touched 10,000.
Israel-Palestine crisis: Humanitarians say ‘enough is enough’
Nov 07, 2023, at 02:34 pm
With the deepening Israel-Palestine crisis about to enter its second month, a dozen UN agencies have reiterated urgent appeals for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire to allow more lifesaving aid into Gaza.
Israel-Hamas war: Gaza death toll crosses 10,000
Nov 07, 2023, at 05:33 am
Gaza: The total number of deaths in Gaza has surpassed 10,000 since the latest round of the Israel-Hamas conflict, the Palestinian health ministry said on Monday.
Israel-Hamas crisis: IDF launches widespread strikes in Gaza
Nov 06, 2023, at 04:35 pm
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has said it carried out expansive airstrikes in Gaza on Sunday (November 5, 2023) while ground troops completed their encirclement of Gaza City, ensuring that the enclave is sliced in two halves, media reports said.
Hamas attack on Israel was an act of war against the civilized world: German Vice Chancellor
Nov 06, 2023, at 06:21 am
Berlin/IBNS: Robert Habeck, the Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister for Germany, declared Saturday that the attack on Israel by the Palestinian Hamas organization was an act of war against the "civilized world" and that the movement itself needed to be crushed.
Gaza: Israeli bombing on Al-Maghazi refugee camp in Gaza leaves 30 dead, claims Hamas
Nov 05, 2023, at 06:33 pm
At least 30 people died in a bombing suspected to be carried out by Israel on a refugee camp in central Gaza on Saturday (November 4, 2023), the Hamas-run health ministry said.
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.
Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza’s north cut off from aid; death toll rising
Nov 03, 2023, at 09:06 pm
The number of people killed in Gaza is nearing the 9,000 mark amid mounting concerns over the aftermath of Israeli airstrikes on a densely-populated refugee camp near Gaza City, while a key hospital has stopped operations and UN humanitarians are unable to deliver aid to the north as the ground war intensifies.
Nov 02, 2023, at 06:35 am
Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev has announced the allocation of $1.5 million to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) to provide all possible assistance to the residents of the Gaza Strip.
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.
UN official says ‘brutal and far-reaching’ war continues in Ukraine
Nov 01, 2023, at 10:06 pm
As the world’s attention focuses on the unfolding emergency in the Gaza Strip, a senior UN aid official on Tuesday urged the Security Council not to overlook the equally “brutal and far-reaching” crisis in Ukraine.
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.
Nov 01, 2023, at 04:17 am
Israeli forces executed several Hamas operatives and targeted their underground tunnels during their ground operations in Gaza on Monday, the counry's military said in their latest update on their war against the Palestinian group.
Death toll in Gaza from Israeli strikes exceeds 8,500, says Palestinian Health Ministry
Nov 01, 2023, at 12:49 am
Gaza/IBNS: The death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip has exceeded 8,500 and over 21,000 people have been injured, the Palestinian Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’: UN
Oct 31, 2023, at 11:22 pm
Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more than a million face dire shortages of essentials and a lifetime of trauma ahead, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
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.
Gaza ceasefire 'will not happen': Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu
Oct 31, 2023, at 06:06 am
Tel Aviv/IBNS: Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Monday said that a ceasefire in its war with Gaza "will not happen" as it would mean "to surrender" to Hamas.
German woman Shani Louk, who was kidnapped and paraded naked by Hamas, found dead, says Israel govt
Oct 30, 2023, at 11:19 pm
A german woman, who was kidnapped by Hamas members on October 7, has died and her body was recovered by Israeli troops in Gaza, Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed on monday.
Oct 30, 2023, at 10:53 pm
The crisis sparked by the Hamas terrorist attack and ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is a "political and humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” said the UN’s independent human rights expert for the Occupied Palestinian Territory this week.
Israel-Hamas crisis: Thousands in Gaza storm UN warehouses
Oct 30, 2023, at 04:02 pm
Relief agencies warned on Sunday that civil order is starting to break down in Gaza after thousands of desperate people stormed UN-operated warehouses and other aid distribution centres in the ravaged enclave, taking wheat flour, hygiene supplies and other basic survival goods.
Situation in Gaza ‘growing more desperate by the hour’, alerts UN chief Antonio Guterres
Oct 30, 2023, at 03:48 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres began his official visit to Nepal by extending deep condolences to the families of the 10 Nepalese students killed in the terror attacks by Hamas in Israel, and once again called for the protection of all civilians in Gaza, where, he said, “the situation is growing more desperate by the hour.”
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.
'A snake will remain a snake': Israel's envoy to UN on Erdogan's Gaza remarks
Oct 29, 2023, at 08:21 pm
Slamming Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan for his comments on the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan said, "A snake will remain a snake".
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 crisis: London, and other cities witness pro-Palestine protest march
Oct 29, 2023, at 07:24 pm
A large number of pro-Palestine protesters have marched in London city and other cities in the UK when they urged Israel to end the attack on Gaza.