Fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals and under 38 per cent of primary healthcare centres are partially functioning – or are doing so at minimal […]
Category: Middle East
Yemen: ‘Regional turmoil continues to erode prospects for peace,’ Security Council hears
Yemen continues to be one of the world’s most food-insecure countries following over 12 years of war between the Saudi-backed coalition supporting the internationally recognised […]
Hospitals overflowing in Gaza, as malnutrition surges
The humanitarian situation in Gaza continues to deteriorate, UN officials warned on Monday, describing overflowing hospitals, critically malnourished children, and desperate civilians risking their lives […]
Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killing of journalists, as child malnutrition deaths rise
The reporters – five of whom worked for the Al Jazeera media network – were killed in a targeted Israeli strike in Gaza City the previous […]
SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: Ambassadors meet in emergency session, amid starvation in the Gaza Strip
The UN Security Council met Sunday morning in New York following the Israeli cabinet’s decision to again expand its military operation inside the Gaza Strip […]
‘There is no military solution’ to end Israel-Palestine conflict, Security Council hears, as starvation stalks the Gaza Strip
Two top UN officials warned that the Israeli cabinet’s green light this week for a fresh offensive aimed at gaining total military control of Gaza […]
Security Council voices deep concern over deadly escalation in Syria’s Sweida region
Unrest began on 12 July when mutual kidnappings escalated into armed conflict between Druze groups and Bedouin tribes, drawing in Syrian security forces. The violence […]
Aid blockade deepens Gaza crisis as malnutrition deaths rise, warns UNRWA
“For over 150 days, not a single truck from UNRWA has been permitted to deliver food, medicine or other essentials into Gaza,” the agency said […]
Israel’s military takeover of Gaza City would mark ‘a dangerous escalation’: Guterres
The announcement following an Israeli cabinet meeting “marks a dangerous escalation and risks deepening the already catastrophic consequences for millions of Palestinians, and could further endanger more lives, including of the remaining hostages,” it said. […]
Gaza: Hospitals ‘at near-total collapse’, staff overwhelmed by the injured
Meanwhile, UN agencies confirmed the deaths of three Palestinians from Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS), a rare auto-immune disease that can cause sudden muscle weakness and even […]
