Israel carries out new strikes in Gaza, UN chief says many trapped in north
Cairo, Egypt Reuters At least 60 people were killed in Israeli military strikes on Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medics said on Wednesday, as Israeli forces pressed on with a raid in the enclave’s north where a UN aid official said hunger is spreading again. The Israeli military says the raid, now in its fifth day, […]
UNRWA chief: Gaza polio vaccination coverage has reached 90 per cent
Dubai, United Arab Emirates Reuters Polio vaccination coverage in Gaza has reached 90 per cent, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said on Monday, adding that the next step was to ensure hundreds of thousands of children got a second dose at the end of the month. The campaign to vaccinate some […]
UN welcomes progress in Gaza polio campaign, calls for permanent ceasefire
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Good progress is being made in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza but a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war is needed to ease humanitarian suffering, the main UN agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday. UNRWA said that three days into the campaign in areas of central Gaza, around […]
Israel orders more Gaza evacuations after school shelter attack kills scores
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel expanded evacuation orders in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinian residents and displaced families to leave in the dark as explosions from tank shelling reverberated around them. The Israeli military said it was attacking militants from the Hamas group – which administered Gaza […]
Israel yet to show evidence UNRWA staff are members of terrorist groups, review finds
United Nations/Beirut, Lebanon Reuters Israel has yet to provide evidence for its accusations that hundreds of staff with the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) are members of terrorist groups, according to a review of the agency’s neutrality released on Monday that could prompt some donor countries to review funding freezes. The United Nations appointed […]
UNRWA chief warns man-made famine tightening grip across Gaza
United Nations Reuters A man-made famine is “tightening its grip” across the Gaza Strip, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA warned on Wednesday as he accused Israel of blocking aid deliveries and seeking to end UNRWA’s activities in the enclave. “Today, an insidious campaign to end UNRWA’s operations is underway, with […]
Israel kills dozens in airstrikes across the Gaza Strip
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel sustained its aerial and ground bombardment of the Gaza Strip on Friday, killing dozens of Palestinians, as fighting raged around Gaza City’s main Al Shifa hospital, Palestinian officials and the Israeli military said. Palestinian health officials said two Israeli strikes on the Al-Shejaia suburb in eastern Gaza City killed 17 people, […]
Israeli military says it killed 90 gunmen at Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital
Jerusalem/Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israel’s military said on Wednesday it had killed around 90 gunmen and arrested 160 in a raid on Gaza’s Al Shifa hospital, an allegation the Islamist Hamas group denied. Al Shifa, the Gaza Strip’s biggest hospital before the war, is now one of the few healthcare facilities even partially operational in the […]
Israel says air strike on Gaza UN food centre killed Hamas militant
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israel said on Wednesday that its airstrike on a UN food distribution centre in southern Gaza killed a Hamas commander who had been targeted, and Palestinian health officials said it also killed four more people including a UN worker. The Israeli military said the strike killed Mohammad Abu Hasna, whom it described […]
Dozens killed waiting for aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Gaza health authorities said Israeli forces on Thursday shot dead more than 100 Palestinians as they waited for an aid delivery, but Israel challenged the death toll and said many of the victims were run over by aid trucks. At least 112 people were killed and more than 280 wounded in the […]