Israeli tank strikes Hamas post in Gaza in response to violent border protests : IDF
Mar 22, 2019, at 07:48 am
Tel Aviv, Mar 21 (Sputnik/IBNS) An Israeli tank attacked a Hamas military post in response to violent rioting on the Gaza Strip border, the press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Thursday.
Mar 19, 2019, at 09:49 am
New York, Mar 19 (IBNS): Human Rights Council-appointed investigators urged Israel on Monday to revise its military rules of engagement, shortly before the one-year anniversary of the start of mass demonstrations at the country’s border fence with Gaza, that have left hundreds of Palestinians dead and thousands more injured.
Mar 18, 2019, at 09:18 am
New York, Mar 18 (IBNS): The UN’s Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process has strongly condemned the violent response by security forces in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip during the past three days, towards Palestinian protests over the deteriorating economic situation there.
Israel's Netanyahu convenes military consultation after rocket attack from Gaza
Mar 15, 2019, at 10:02 am
Jerusalem, Mar 15 (Xinhua/UNI) Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on Thursday night an urgent consultation with the country's top military commanders following a rocket attack on Tel Aviv from Gaza.
Israeli live fire at Gaza border hurts 16 Palestinians: Health Ministry
Mar 09, 2019, at 09:32 am
Gaza, Mar 8 (Sputnik/UNI): At least 16 Palestinians were wounded by Israeli live fire on Friday as they marched to the eastern border of the Gaza exclave, the Palestinian Health Ministry spokeswoman said.
Mar 06, 2019, at 09:32 am
New York, Mar 6 (IBNS): Since the beginning of the year, Israeli security forces have responded to protests along Gaza’s border fence with tear gas, rubber coated bullets and live ammunition that have caused death, injury and fear, which the UN’s independent human rights expert on the region described on Tuesday as “a recipe for more bloodshed”.
Israeli air force attacked base of Palestinian movement Hamas in Gaza
Mar 06, 2019, at 09:08 am
Gaza, Mar 6 (Sputnik/UNI): Israeli Air Force attacked the base of the militarized formations of the ruling Palestinian movement Hamas, a Sputnik correspondent reported on Wednesday.
Gaza probe finds 'reasonable grounds' Israeli forces committed international human rights violations
Mar 01, 2019, at 09:13 am
New York, Mar 1 (IBNS): An independent UN report into last year’s protests along Gaza’s border fence involving Israeli security forces, that resulted in the shooting deaths of more than 180 Palestinians, concluded on Thursday that there are “reasonable grounds” to believe Israel violated international humanitarian law.
Palestine refugee crisis ‘expanding’; leaving highest number at risk this century across Gaza
Jan 30, 2019, at 09:05 am
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): “Alarming and expanding” problems affecting Palestine refugees, risk further destabilizing the Middle East, the head of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees, UNWRA, said on Tuesday.
UN calls for funds to ease ‘deteriorating’ humanitarian situation in Gaza and West Bank
Dec 18, 2018, at 09:09 am
New York, Dec 18 (IBNS): The need for aid in the occupied Palestinian territory has increased, following a year that has seen a “serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation,” said Jamie McGoldrick, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for the region, in a statement on Monday.
Gaza: deadly violence continues to escalate, top UN officials work to restore calm
Nov 14, 2018, at 09:38 am
New York, Nov 14 (IBNS): As violence in the Gaza Strip is once again flaring up reportedly following a raid and bombings by Israeli forces and multiple rocket launches from inside the Palestinian enclave, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Tuesday that he was following developments closely, while his Special Coordinator for the region, Nickolay Mladenov, works with all sides to try and restore calm.
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:15 am
New York, Sept 13 (IBNS): The Occupied Palestinian Territory now suffers the highest unemployment rate in the world, with incomes and agricultural production going down, the United Nations trade and development agency said on Wednesday, noting that women and young people were worst affected, as the Israeli occupation continues.
Gaza border: Retaliatory fire from Israel kills pregnant woman, baby
Aug 09, 2018, at 10:44 am
Jerusalem, Aug 9 (IBNS): A pregnant woman and her 18-month-old daughter were among the three people killed in a retaliatory fire by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border.
Aug 09, 2018, at 09:33 am
New York, Aug 9 (IBNS): To avert hospital closures and raw sewage overflowing onto the streets of Gaza, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator on Wednesday called on Israeli authorities to allow UN-purchased emergency fuel back across the border of the Palestinian enclave.
Aug 07, 2018, at 08:58 am
New York, Aug 7 (IBNS): If Bilal Bashir, a Palestinian fisherman and lifeguard living on the coast of the Gaza Strip, does not get work over the summer months, he risks being sent to debtors’ prison.
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”.
Jul 25, 2018, at 09:03 am
New York, July 25 (IBNS): Intense diplomatic efforts by the United Nations and Egypt have helped avoid another Israeli-Palestinian war in Gaza that appeared just “minutes away” over the past weekend, a senior UN official said on Tuesday.
Essential services on verge of shutdown in Gaza as emergency fuel set to run out
Jul 23, 2018, at 09:36 am
New York, July 23 (IBNS): Supplies of emergency fuel provided by the United Nations for critical facilities in Gaza are being fast depleted, a senior UN relief official there warned on Sunday.
Jul 22, 2018, at 04:23 pm
New York, July 21 (IBNS): Voicing deep concern over the latest flare-up of violence around Gaza, the United Nations chief on Saturday urged all sides to “step back from the brink of another devastating conflict”.
Jul 18, 2018, at 09:27 am
New York, July 18 (IBNS): Following further restrictions on goods and supplies that can be moved across the border of the Gaza Strip, the top United Nations humanitarian official there has called for urgent measures to prevent an already critical humanitarian situation from getting worse.
Jul 16, 2018, at 09:37 am
New York, July 16 (IBNS): With a ceasefire largely holding after a day-long flare-up in fighting between Israel and Gaza militants, the United Nation envoy on the Middle East peace process was in the enclave on Sunday urging Israelis and Palestinians to pull back from the brink of a confrontation “that nobody wants…and everybody will lose.”
Jun 20, 2018, at 10:04 am
New York, June 20 (IBNS): A senior United Nations official on Tuesday urged Israel to reverse course over illegal settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land, and for both parties to return to the negotiating table in pursuit of a lasting peace deal.
UN agencies express outrage over killing of Palestinian volunteer medic in Gaza
Jun 05, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, June 5 (IBNS): United Nations officials have expressed their outrage over Friday’s killing by Israeli security forces of a 21-year-old Palestinian volunteer medic who was helping the injured along the Gaza border.
Security Council fails to adopt competing texts on protection of Palestinian civilians in Gaza
Jun 02, 2018, at 08:46 am
New York, June 2 (IBNS): The United Nations Security Council on Friday failed to adopt two competing draft resolutions; one produced by Kuwait, in response to the killing of dozens of Palestinian protestors in Gaza, and the other tabled by the United States, which vetoed the initial resolution saying it was “grossly one-sided” against Israel.
Gaza is ‘on the brink’ warns UN envoy, urging more international intervention
Jun 01, 2018, at 02:06 pm
New York, May 31 (IBNS): Rocket fire this week across the border between Gaza and Israel shows how close the region is “to the brink of war” a senior United Nations official warned on Wednesday, urging the international community to do more to help Israelis and Palestinians return to the negotiating table.
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.
Canadian doctor shot in Gaza, PM Trudeau calls investigation
May 18, 2018, at 04:50 am
Ottawa, May 17 (IBNS): Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called an investigation to probe a reported incident in which one of his countrymen, who is a doctor by profession, was shot in Gaza, media reports said.
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.