Middle East Crisis: IDF shares video footage showing 'last moments' of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar
The Israel Defense Forces has released drone footage which shows the 'last moments' of Hamas Chief Yahya Sinwar.
IDF confirms Hamas leader Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin killed in airstrike
The Israel Defense Forces on Monday confirmed top Hamas leader in Lebanon Fateh Sherif Abu el-Amin was killed during an airstrike in Tyre city.
From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, the vast majority of humanitarian needs are driven by conflict – a catastrophe made by human hands – that is turning the geopolitical dial away from the rule of law and towards brute force and aggression, Prime Minister Keir Starmer of the United Kingdom told the UN General Assembly on Thursday.
Israel-Hamas crisis: Six UNRWA staff killed in strikes at school sheltering displaced people in Gaza
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-Palestine conflict: Intense battle continues in Gaza, IDF attacks Hamas members
Deploying tank fire, artillery and airstrikes against Hamas, Israeli forces are continuing their offensive across Gaza, marking one of the intense phases of the ongoing conflict.
Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon
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
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”.
The cost of damage to critical infrastructure in Gaza is estimated at around $18.5 billion according to a new report released on Tuesday (April 2, 2024) by the World Bank and the United Nations, with financial support of the European Union.
Joe Biden interacts with PM Netanyahu, voices 'deep concern' over Israel's possible Rafah operation
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.
US says senior Hamas leader Marwan Issa died in Israeli operation
The White House on Monday claimed that Hamas leader Marwan Issa was killed during an Israeli operation last week.
UN claims roughly 9,000 women killed so far in Gaza conflict
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
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.
‘Carnage’ in Gaza must end, UN rights chief tells Human Rights Council
The “carnage” in Gaza has left more than 30,000 dead and must end immediately, UN rights chief Volker Türk told the Human Rights Council on Thursday, after almost five months of constant Israeli bombardment and mass displacement in the enclave, prompted by Hamas-led attacks.
Gaza ceasefire ‘more urgent than ever’ as conflict with Israel approaches 100-day mark
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.
Israel-Gaza conflict: IDF recovers bodies of five hostages killed by Hamas
The Israeli Defense Forces on Monday said it recovered the bodies of five hostages who were killed during Hamas captivity.