Search Results  for : "PALESTINE"

According to the world Food Programme, as we approach the 6-month mark in the conflict, famine is ever closer in the north of Gaza. WFP

Six months since the outbreak of the war in Gaza, a United Nations humanitarian official told the Security Council that “there is no protection of civilians in Gaza,” and said that “sadly,” it cannot be said that the killing of 7 World Central Kitchen aid workers “was an isolated incident in this conflict.” UNIFEED

The UN Human Rights Office made a renewed plea for humanitarian aid to flow into Gaza and for humanitarian workers to be protected, in the wake of the deaths this week of seven people working for the World Central Kitchen. OHCHR / UNTV CH

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “WHO is horrified by the killing of seven humanitarian workers from World Central Kitchen in Gaza on Monday,” reiterating that “an effective and transparent mechanism for deconfliction must be put in place to ensure humanitarian convoys can move safely.” WHO

The Israeli military's raid of Al-Shifa hospital in the past two weeks has destroyed Gaza's biggest medical facility, “ripping the heart out” of the enclave's healthcare system, the UN World Health Organization said today. UNTV CH

Around 1.5 million people – including tens of thousands of pregnant women, new mothers and newborns – are crammed into Rafah, with insufficient food to eat, hardly any access to medical care, nowhere to sleep, and nowhere safe to go. UNFPA

Israel's "genocidal incitement" against Palestinians in Gaza transcends the scope of war crimes and crimes against humanity, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territory alleged on Wednesday. UNTV CH

According to the World Food Programme, famine is imminent in the north of Gaza. WFP

Addressing the Security Council, Tor Wennesland, UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, said, “The devastating conflict in Gaza has continued, alongside daily violence in the occupied West Bank.” UNIFEED

A child dreaming of a slice of cucumber to eat and teenage girls saying they hope for death to “end their nightmare.” These are just some of the facets of the horror unfolding in Gaza, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday. UNTV CH