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- Health system ‘barely surviving’ as OCHA calls for Gaza aid restrictions to endon March 28, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Gaza’s health system is ‘barely surviving’ after more than five months of Israeli bombardment, the head of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
- Gaza war: ‘Direct hits’ on more than 200 schools since Israeli bombing began on March 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm
The intense Israeli bombardment of Gaza in response to Hamas-led terror attacks in Israel has included “direct hits” on 212 schools in the enclave, UN-partnered analysis indicated on Wednesday.
- Gaza: ‘Double-digit’ number of children reported killed overnighton March 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Intense hostilities in Gaza continued on Tuesday between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces with a “double-digit number of children killed overnight” and ongoing aid delivery obstacles that are responsible for near-famine conditions, UN humanitarians said.
- UN envoy backs demand for immediate Gaza ceasefire amid ‘cataclysmic suffering’on March 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process on Tuesday issued a fervent plea for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire and release of all hostages, amid “cataclysmic” suffering in the Gaza Strip and continuing violence in the occupied West Bank.
- Rights expert finds ‘reasonable grounds’ genocide is being committed in Gazaon March 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
There are "reasonable grounds" to believe that Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Occupied Palestinian Territories said on Tuesday.
- ISIL growing stronger in Syria, as war enters 14th yearon March 26, 2024 at 12:00 pm
When a group linked to the ISIL terror organization claimed responsibility for the deadly attack on a Moscow concert hall on 22 March, one of the pretexts reportedly given for the killings was Russia’s engagement in the Syrian civil war, which has turned into a proxy war involving several foreign powers.
- ‘We must push for lasting peace in Gaza’, UN chief insists as starvation threat nearson March 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm
With “starvation bearing down” on Gaza, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday repeated his call for a sustainable end to the conflict and the release of all remaining hostages amid “unprecedented and ongoing devastation” in the occupied enclave.
- Gaza: Security Council passes resolution demanding ‘an immediate ceasefire’ during Ramadanon March 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm
The UN Security Council on Monday passed a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire for the month of Ramadan, the immediate and unconditional release of hostages and “the urgent need to expand the flow” of aid into Gaza. There were 14 votes in favour with the United States abstaining.
- UN Security Council demands ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza, ending months-long deadlockon March 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm
The UN Security Council on Monday adopted a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in war-ravaged Gaza during Ramadan and calling for the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages.
- Israel’s new aid ban on UNRWA in Gaza ‘a wrong move’: UN coordinatoron March 25, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Israel’s ongoing restrictions and its new ban on aid deliveries by the largest United Nations agency on the ground in war-torn Gaza are already having a grave impact, the interim UN coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territory warned.
- Israel tells UN it will reject UNRWA food convoys into northern Gazaon March 24, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Israeli authorities informed the United Nations on Sunday that it will no longer approve the passage of any UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, food convoys into northern Gaza.
- At Rafah border crossing to Gaza, UN’s Guterres calls for immediate ceasefireon March 23, 2024 at 12:00 pm
UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists at the Rafah border crossing into Gaza that it is time for a ceasefire and for an "ironclad commitment by Israel" to allow unhindered aid deliveries into the besieged enclave as he began his annual Ramadan solidarity trip on Saturday with planned visits to Egypt and Jordan.
- Russia and China veto US resolution stating imperative of ‘immediate and sustained ceasefire’ in Gazaon March 22, 2024 at 12:00 pm
A draft resolution tabled by the United States was vetoed in the UN Security Council on Friday by China and Russia.
- Gaza: UN aid team reaches stricken north, confirms ‘shocking’ disease and hungeron March 22, 2024 at 12:00 pm
Amid reports of ongoing bombardment across Gaza on Friday, UN humanitarians highlighted “shocking levels of disease and hunger” after visiting an overwhelmed hospital in the north of the enclave.
- Syria: Political deadlock and violence fuels humanitarian crisison March 21, 2024 at 12:00 pm
After thirteen years of conflict in Syria, a continuing political stalemate threatens to prolong the suffering of millions and hinder efforts to bring about peace, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.