“The pain is indescribable” on the anniversary of the “abhorrent” attacks, said UN relief chief Tom Fletcher. “I renew my call for the unconditional, immediate release […]
Category: Middle East
Guterres condemns detention of nine more UN staff in Yemen
“The Secretary-General strongly condemns the continued arbitrary detentions of its personnel and its partners, as well as the ongoing unlawful seizure of UN premises and […]
Father of Gaza hostage calls for an end to war – and a two-State solution
On 7 October 2023, Corporal Nimrod Cohen was guarding the area near the Nirim kibbutz close to Gaza frontier, when his tank malfunctioned and his […]
We are not powerless in face of Gaza, West Bank, Ukraine atrocities, insists UNHCR chief
“The atrocities perpetrated in Gaza and the [occupied] West Bank, in Ukraine, Sudan or Myanmar are evidence of the deliberate abandonment of norms in the […]
Release the hostages in Gaza ‘unconditionally and immediately’: Guterres
“The attackers brutally killed more than 1,250 Israelis and foreign nationals,” he reminded in a statement. “More than 250 others were abducted and taken into the Gaza […]
Gaza: Major UN aid operation ‘ready to go’ if agreement is reached on US peace plan
That’s according to UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric, briefing correspondents in New York on Monday as indirect talks got underway in Egypt, which has been mediating […]
Drone victims, terror and death: 30 minutes inside a Gaza hospital
Speaking from the war-shattered enclave amid the ongoing Israeli military push to take full control of Gaza City, UNICEF spokesperson James Elder described one short […]
UN chief ‘encouraged’ after Hamas indicates willingness to release Israeli hostages
The statement issued by the militant group indicated it was also prepared to hand over administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body as […]
The world is failing Gaza’s starving children, aid teams warn
A total of 151 children have perished through acute malnutrition in the Gaza Strip since the start of the war – and the majority in […]
Gaza: As world waits for Hamas response, aid teams call for ceasefire
Winter is fast-approaching and heavy ongoing Israeli military operations in Gaza City continue to drive mass displacement. “It’s important that we get that ceasefire and […]
