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| 05.11.2024 | Gaza aid situation not much improved, US says as deadline for Israel looms | WASHINGTON: Israel has taken some measures to increase aid access to Gaza but has so far failed to significantly turn around the humanitarian situation in the enclave, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Monday (Nov 4), as ... |
| 04.11.2024 | West Bank refugee camp gets foretaste of UNRWA's demise | WEST BANK: Residents of Nur Shams camp in the occupied West Bank are fearful for their future after an Israeli raid this week damaged the UN agency for Palestinian refugees office there.
The 13,000 inhabitants of the camp near the northern ... |
| 04.11.2024 | Israel tells UN it is cutting ties with Palestinian aid agency | JERUSALEM: Israel formally notified the United Nations it was cutting ties with the agency supporting Palestinian refugees, it said on Monday (Nov 4), after lawmakers voted to ban the organisation vital to the occupied territories.
The ban,... |
| 01.11.2024 | Hospital hit by Israeli strikes, Gaza ministry says dozens of Palestinians killed | CAIRO: At least 39 Palestinians were killed in Israeli military strikes across the Gaza Strip on Thursday (Oct 31), mostly in the north where one attack hit a hospital, torching medical supplies and disrupting operations, the enclave's heal... |
| 01.11.2024 | Singapore hands over fifth tranche of humanitarian aid for Gaza | Listen to this article
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| 31.10.2024 | Israel wages deadly Gaza strikes as northern areas issue plea for help | CAIRO/GAZA: Israel pummeled the Gaza Strip with new bombardments that killed at least 30 people on Wednesday (Oct 30), Palestinian medics said, a day after one of the deadliest single strikes of the year-old war killed scores in the north o... |
| 29.10.2024 | Israeli strikes in northern Gaza kill at least 88, officials say | In Lebanon, the militant group Hezbollah said Tuesday it has chosen Sheikh Naim Kassem to succeed longtime leader Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike last month. Hezbollah, which has fired rockets into Israel since the ... |
| 29.10.2024 | Outcry as Israel bans main UN Palestinian aid agency | JERUSALEM: Israel faced an international backlash on Tuesday (Oct 29) after its parliament approved a Bill banning the main United Nations aid agency for the devastated Gaza Strip, where deadly bombing continues.
Despite global concerns, in... |
| 28.10.2024 | Israel passes laws to restrict the work of a UN agency that is a lifeline for Gaza | Hamas has been designated a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada, and European Union.
The agency fired nine employees after an investigation but denied it knowingly aids armed groups and said it acts quickly to purge any susp... |
| 28.10.2024 | Israel approves two bills that could halt UNRWA’s aid delivery to Gaza. What does that mean? | Israel accuses the agency of turning a blind eye to staff members it says belong to Hamas, divert aid and use UNRWA facilities for military purposes. Israel says around a dozen of its 13,000 employees in Gaza participated in the Oct. 7, 202... |
| 25.10.2024 | Israel says it killed Hamas commander who doubled as UN aid worker | JERUSALEM: Israel's military said on Thursday (Oct 24) it killed a Hamas commander who took part in the Oct 7, 2023 assault on southern Israel and who also worked for the UN aid agency in the Gaza Strip.
The agency, UNRWA, has been accused ... |
| 23.10.2024 | The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza: A Call for Action | The situation in Gaza is dire. The air is thick with despair. Hospitals are overwhelmed. The streets are littered with bodies. Humanitarian aid is a trickle, while the need is a flood. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) pain... |
| 23.10.2024 | US says 'now is the time' to end Gaza war | TEL AVIV: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday (Oct 23) "now is the time" to end the conflict in Gaza, and urged Israel to avoid further escalation with Iran.
Israel is fighting Iran-backed Hamas in Gaza and Hezb... |
| 23.10.2024 | UN agency head calls for temporary truce in besieged north Gaza | CAIRO: The UN Palestinian refugee agency called on Tuesday (Oct 22) for a temporary truce to allow people to leave areas of northern Gaza as health officials said they were running out of supplies to treat patients injured in a three-week-o... |
| 22.10.2024 | UN agency says Israel still preventing aid from reaching northern Gaza | GAZA: Israeli authorities are still preventing humanitarian missions from reaching areas of northern Gaza with critical supplies including medicine and food for people under siege, the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said on... |
| 13.10.2024 | Commentary | Opinion: Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman: A year of escalating conflict in the Middle East has ushered in a new era of regional displacement
By Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norm... | By Nicholas R. Micinski and Kelsey Norman
A year of conflict has ushered in a new era of mass displacement in the Middle East.
Since Hamas’ attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and the subsequent sustained Israeli bombardment of Gaza, Israel h... |
| 10.10.2024 | The Storms of Politics: Biden vs. Trump Amid Natural Disasters and Global Tensions | In the eye of the storm, President Joe Biden stands firm against the tempest of misinformation swirling around Hurricane Helene and Hurricane Milton. As the winds howl and the rain lashes down, Biden accuses former President Donald Trump of... |
| 10.10.2024 | Biden, Netanyahu speak, Israel vows lethal retaliation against Iran | WASHINGTON/JERUSALEM: US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a call on Wednesday (Oct 9) amid tensions with Iran, while Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant promised an Israeli strike against Iran will be ... |
| 09.10.2024 | Lebanon on the Brink: A Nation Torn by War and Destruction | The landscape of Lebanon is changing, and not for the better. As the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah escalates, the echoes of war reverberate through the streets of Beirut and beyond. This is not just a battle for territory; it’s a fi... |
| 09.10.2024 | Israeli defense minister says an attack on Iran would be ‘lethal’ and ‘surprising’ | Men sleep at the Ramlet al-Baida public beach after fleeing the Israeli airstrikes in Dahiyeh, Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)
Tents set up as temporary shelters by displaced families fleeing the Israeli air... |
| 09.10.2024 | Netanyahu threatens Lebanon with destruction 'like Gaza' | JERUSALEM/BEIRUT: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon Tuesday (Oct 8) it could face destruction "like Gaza" as Israel ramps up its ground offensive against Hezbollah along the southern section of the Lebanese coast.
N... |
| 08.10.2024 | Understanding Gaza: Lessons for the "day after" and beyond | On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other Gaza-based Palestinian armed groups launched a surprise attack on Israel’s southern border communities, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Israel retaliated by imposing a total closur... |
| 04.10.2024 | Understanding Gaza: A reflection on decades of failed policies and their lessons for the “day after” and beyond | On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas and other Gaza-based Palestinian armed groups launched a surprise attack on Israel’s southern border communities, killing 1,200 people and taking 251 hostages. In response, Israel retaliated by imposing a total closur... |
| 01.10.2024 | Lebanese troops pull back from border as Israeli ground invasion looms | WASHINGTON: Lebanese troops pulled back from the border with Israel late on Monday (Sep 30) as a ground invasion by Israel looked imminent, just days after Israel killed the head of the Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in an escalation of reg... |
| 16.09.2024 | Gaza polio vaccination coverage has reached 90%: UNRWA chief | DUBAI: Polio vaccination coverage in Gaza has reached 90 per cent, the head of the United Nations Palestinian refugee agency said on Monday (Sep 16), adding that the next step was to ensure hundreds of thousands of children got a second dos... |
| 15.09.2024 | UN official says staff fear they are 'a target' as Israel hits Gaza shelters | GAZA STRIP: A senior UN official said Saturday (Sep 14) that teachers and other UN staff working in Gaza fear they are now targets after an Israeli air strike hit a school-turned-shelter in the territory this week.
Wednesday's strike on the... |
| 14.09.2024 | Rare death of UN worker as Israel pursues West Bank operation | JERUSALEM: The UN agency for Palestinian refugees said Friday (Sep 13) that one of its employees was killed during an Israeli operation in the occupied West Bank, where raids have escalated since last month.
Israel's military called the UN ... |
| 13.09.2024 | World must pressure Hamas on Gaza deal, Netanyahu says after group's statement | JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Thursday (Sep 12) that more pressure should be put on Hamas to accept a new Gaza deal proposal after the Palestinian militant group said it was only willing to implement a ceasefi... |
| 13.09.2024 | Israel names Hamas gunmen it says were targeted in strike that killed UNRWA staff | JERUSALEM: The Israeli military on Thursday (Sep 12) named nine men it said were Hamas militants killed in Gaza airstrikes that the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA said had left six of its staffers dead.
The Israeli military said three ... |
| 12.09.2024 | Deadly Israeli strike on Gaza school draws global condemnation | GAZA STRIP: Israel faced international condemnation on Thursday (Sep 12) after a strike killed 18 people at a school-turned-shelter for displaced Palestinians in war-torn Gaza, where the Israeli military said it targeted Hamas militants.
Th... |
| 11.09.2024 | Israeli airstrikes hit UN school and homes in Gaza, killing at least 34 people, hospitals say | The Israeli military said it was targeting Hamas combatants planning attacks from inside the school. The claim could not be independently confirmed.
One of the children killed was the daughter of Momin Selmi, a member of Gaza’s civil defens... |
| 10.09.2024 | Philanthropy Takes Center Stage in Hong Kong Amid Global Challenges | In a world where giving often feels like a drop in the ocean, the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust is making waves. The fourth Philanthropy for Better Cities (PBC) Forum kicked off on September 9, 2024, in the vibrant West Kowloon Cult... |
| 10.09.2024 | Polio vaccination starts in north Gaza despite obstacles | GENEVA: A campaign to vaccinate a final 200,000 children in north Gaza against polio began on Tuesday (Sep 10) although health and aid officials said the operation was complicated by access restrictions, evacuation orders and shortages of f... |
| 06.09.2024 | Israeli strikes kill 12 Palestinians in Gaza as polio vaccination resumes | CAIRO: Israeli military strikes killed at least 12 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday (Sep 6), medics said, as health officials resumed vaccination of tens of thousands more children in the enclave against polio.
In Nuseirat, one ... |
| 04.09.2024 | The Tightrope of Diplomacy: UK Arms Suspension and Israel's Dilemma | In the complex theater of international relations, the UK finds itself balancing on a tightrope. The recent decision to suspend certain arms exports to Israel has ignited a firestorm of reactions, illuminating the precarious position of the... |
| 04.09.2024 | UK decision to suspend some arms for Israel frustrates both sides | LONDON: The backlash to Britain's suspension of some arms exports to Israel shows the fine line the Labour government has to tread in its relations with its Middle Eastern ally.
While suggesting it will be tougher towards Israel than Conser... |
| 03.09.2024 | Pressure piles on Israel's Netanyahu over Gaza | JERUSALEM: International and domestic pressure mounted Monday (Sep 2) on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as US President Joe Biden said he was not doing enough to secure the release of Gaza hostages, after the killing of six capti... |
| 01.09.2024 | UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza, as fighting rages | CAIRO: The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday (Sep 1), with Israel and Hamas agreeing to brief pauses in their 11-month war to allow the camp... |
| 27.08.2024 | UN aid operations in Gaza halted after Israel evacuation orders | UNITED NATIONS: United Nations aid operations in Gaza (Aug 26) ground to a halt on Monday after Israel issued new evacuation orders on Sunday for Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip where the UN operations center was located, said a sen... |
| 21.08.2024 | Death 'the only certainty' for Gazans, says UN official | GAZA: In war-ravaged Gaza, death appears to be the "only certainty" for 2.4 million Palestinians with no way to escape Israel's relentless bombardment, a UN official said Tuesday (Aug 20), recounting the growing desperation across... |
| 06.08.2024 | UN fires 9 staff who ‘may have’ taken part in Oct. 7 attack | Israel’s claims that UNRWA workers are involved in terrorist activities have prompted some donors to halt funding to the organization. Israel has alleged that as much as 10% of the relief agency’s 12,000 workers are part of the militant gro... |
| 30.07.2024 | Lebanon on alert as Israel vows 'severe' response to rocket deaths | JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday (Jul 29) vowed a "severe" response to a deadly strike that killed youths in the annexed Golan Heights, as diplomats raced to contain escalation between Israel and Hezb... |
| 26.07.2024 | China’s humanitarian role: Insights from the Syrian refugee crisis | In April 2023, China’s International Development Cooperation Agency (CIDCA) published the first issue of a series devoted to the country’s international development cooperation practices, focused on emergency humanitarian assistance. The re... |
| 23.07.2024 | Israel's Netanyahu says deal could be near for hostages in Gaza | JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told families of hostages held in Gaza that a deal that would secure their release could be near, his office said on Tuesday (Jul 23), as fighting raged in the battered Palestinian enclav... |
| 11.07.2024 | Israeli air strike kills civilians at football match, orders evacuation of Gaza City | GAZA: An Israeli missile slammed into a tent encampment in southern Gaza on Tuesday (Jul 9) just as displaced people had gathered there to watch a football match at a school, eyewitnesses said on Wednesday.
At least 29 people, mostly women ... |
| 09.07.2024 | Heavy battles in Gaza City on eve of new truce talks | GAZA STRIP: Israel pushed on with a major military offensive in war-ravaged Gaza City on Tuesday (Jul 9) that the UN said has once again displaced tens of thousands of Palestinians.
Troops, tanks and aircraft were fighting in Gaza's biggest... |
| 28.06.2024 | Huge mounds of rotting trash pile up around Gaza camps, UNRWA says | GENEVA: Mounds of trash rotting in the heat are piling up close to where displaced people are sheltering in Gaza, a UN official said on Friday (Jun 28), raising fears about the further spread of disease.
Hundreds of thousands of Gazans who ... |
| 25.06.2024 | UNRWA is sued by Israeli victims of Oct 7 Hamas attack | NEW YORK: The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency was sued on Monday (Jun 24) by dozens of Israelis who accused it of aiding and abetting the Oct 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
In a complaint filed with the US District Court in Manhattan, ... |
| 25.06.2024 | At least 2,000 medical evacuations from Gaza prevented by Rafah crossing closure, says WHO | CAIRO: The closure of the Rafah crossing between Egypt and Gaza has prevented the medical evacuations of at least 2,000 patients, a World Health Organization official said on Tuesday (Jun 25), calling for Rafah and other routes to be reopen... |
| 25.06.2024 | UNRWA is sued by Israeli victims of Oct 7 Hamas attack | NEW YORK: The United Nations Palestinian refugee agency was sued on Monday (June 24) by dozens of Israelis who accused it of aiding and abetting the Oct 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
In a complaint filed with the US District Court in Manhattan,... |
| 24.06.2024 | Israeli airstrike kills eight at Gaza aid centre, witnesses say | CAIRO: Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday (Jun 23) in an Israeli airstrike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah.... |
| 24.06.2024 | Israeli air strike kills eight at Gaza aid centre, witnesses say | CAIRO: Eight Palestinians were killed on Sunday (Jun 23) in an Israeli air strike on a training college near Gaza City being used to distribute aid, Palestinian witnesses said, as Israeli tanks pushed further into the southern city of Rafah... |
| 18.06.2024 | Gaza hostilities continue despite Israeli pause announcement, UN says | OSLO: Hostilities continue in Rafah and southern Gaza despite the Israeli military's announcement on Sunday (Jun 16) of tactical pauses in operations to allow humanitarian aid to enter, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini told reporters in Oslo ... |
| 15.06.2024 | G7 says UNRWA, UN agencies must work unhindered in Gaza | BARI: G7 leaders said Friday (Jun 14) the UN Palestinian refugee agency must be allowed to work unhindered in war-torn Gaza, in a statement at the end of their talks in Italy.
"We agree it is critical that UNRWA and other UN organisati... |
| 08.06.2024 | Israel pounds Gaza refugee camp as war enters ninth month | GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces bombarded a Gaza refugee camp on Friday (Jun 7) after a deadly strike on a UN school there, as the war sparked by Hamas's unprecedented attack on Israel entered its ninth month.
Efforts to mediate the first ceasef... |
| 07.06.2024 | Blinken to visit Middle East in effort to rally support for cease-fire | Tel Aviv — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make another trip to the Middle East next week as the U.S. attempts to ramp up support for a cease-fire proposal in the Israel-Hamas war announced last week by President Biden.
Blinken will ... |
| 07.06.2024 | UNRWA chief says Israel hit Gaza school 'without prior warning' | PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: The head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency said Thursday (Jun 6) that Israel had bombed one of its schools in Gaza "without prior warning" to thousands of displaced people sheltering there.
"Anothe... |
| 06.06.2024 | Israeli strike kills at least 33 people at a Gaza school the military claims was being used by Hamas | The hospital initially reported that nine women and 14 children were among those killed in the strike on the school. The hospital morgue later amended those records to show that the dead included three women, nine children and 21 men. It wa... |
| 06.06.2024 | Israeli strike on Gaza U.N. school Israel says was being used by Hamas kills more than 30 | An Israeli strike early Thursday on a school sheltering displaced Palestinians in central Gaza killed more than 30 people, including 23 women and children, according to local health officials. The hospital treating victims said it had recei... |
| 02.06.2024 | Full transcript of "Face the Nation," June 2, 2024 | On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan:
Preet Bharara, former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum
Scott Anderson, director of UNRWA Affairs in Gaza
Ret. Gen... |
| 31.05.2024 | New crossing points and ‘floating dock’ are cosmetic changes, as humanitarian access disintegrates in Gaza, warn aid agencies | As Israeli attacks intensify on Rafah, the unpredictable trickle of aid into Gaza has created a mirage of improved access while the humanitarian response is in reality on the verge of collapse, warn 20 aid agencies. The latest Israeli attac... |
| 30.05.2024 | Israel's Knesset advances bill labelling UNRWA as 'terror organisation' | - |
| 29.05.2024 | Gaza officials say Israeli tanks shell evacuation zone near Rafah, Israel denies it | CAIRO/GAZA: Israel's military denied striking a tent camp west of the city of Rafah on Tuesday (May 28) after Gaza health authorities said Israeli tank shelling had killed at least 21 people there, in what Israel has designated a civilian e... |
| 28.05.2024 | 'All eyes on Rafah': Israeli tanks attack southern Gaza despite global outcry | Children look on, as Palestinians travel on foot along with their belongings as they flee Rafah (Photo: Reuters)
Social media has been flooded with one strong message against Israel's attacks on Rafah city located in war-torn Gaza: All eyes... |
| 28.05.2024 | Canada pledges visas for 5,000 Gaza residents related to Canadians | OTTAWA: Canada said on Monday (May 27) it would grant temporary visas to 5,000 Gaza residents under a special program for Canadians' relatives living in the war-torn enclave, a preparatory move in case they can leave in the future.
That fig... |
| 23.05.2024 | Israeli forces kill dozens of Palestinians as they push deeper in Gaza's north and south | CAIRO: Israeli forces killed 35 Palestinians in aerial and ground bombardments across the Gaza Strip on Thursday (May 23) and battled in close combat with Hamas-led militants in areas of the southern city of Rafah, health officials and Hama... |
| 22.05.2024 | Palestinians welcome EU nations' statehood vow as Israel hammers Gaza, killing a mother and her unborn child | The leaders of three European countries — Norway, Spain and Ireland — announced Wednesday that they would formally recognize a Palestinian state on May 28. The move is intended to pressure Israel to accept a political process to end its war... |
| 18.05.2024 | Fierce fighting in northern Gaza as aid starts to roll off US-built pier | CAIRO/GAZA STRIP: Israeli forces battled Hamas fighters in the narrow alleyways of Jabalia in northern Gaza on Friday (May 17) in some of the fiercest engagements since they returned to the area a week ago, while in the south militants atta... |
| 14.05.2024 | Misery deepens in Gaza's Rafah as Israeli troops intensify operation | - |
| 14.05.2024 | Israeli tanks push into Gaza's Rafah, as displaced civilians flee again | CAIRO: Israeli tanks forged deeper into eastern Rafah, reaching some residential districts on Tuesday (May 14), stepping up an offensive in the southern border city where more than a million people had been sheltering after being displaced ... |
| 13.05.2024 | Israeli forces push into Gaza from north and south | CAIRO: Israeli forces pushed deep into the ruins of Gaza's northern edge on Monday (May 13) to recapture an area where they claimed to have dismantled Hamas months ago, while in the south tanks and troops pushed across a highway into Rafah.... |
| 12.05.2024 | Israel's Aggressive Moves in Rafah Spark International Outrage | The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in the southern city of Rafah has reached a critical point, with Israel's recent orders for new evacuations and preparations to expand its military operations causing a surge of international ou... |
| 11.05.2024 | UNGA passes symbolic vote to allow Palestine full membership | Listen to this article
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| 11.05.2024 | Israel orders new evacuations in Rafah as it gets ready to expand operations | Israel ordered new evacuations in Gaza's southern city of Rafah on Saturday, forcing tens of thousands more people to move as it prepares to expand its operation and adding that it is also moving into an area in northern Gaza where Hamas ha... |
| 10.05.2024 | Israeli demonstrators torch part of UN compound in Jerusalem | JERUSALEM: The main United Nations aid agency for Palestinians closed its headquarters in East Jerusalem after local Israeli residents set fire to areas at the edge of the sprawling compound, the agency said.
Philippe Lazzarini, the head of... |
| 10.05.2024 | Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps crucial aid crossings inaccessible | - |
| 10.05.2024 | Heavy fighting in Gaza’s Rafah keeps aid crossings closed and sends 110,000 civilians fleeing | Israel’s move into Rafah has been short of the full-scale invasion that it has planned. The United States is deeply opposed to a major offensive and is stepping up pressure by threatening to withhold arms to Israel.
But the heavy fighting h... |
| 10.05.2024 | Singapore's 4G leadership will be tested by other countries, has to stand its ground, says PM Lee | Listen to this article
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| 07.05.2024 | Israel tank unit takes control of Gaza side of Rafah border crossing as Netanyahu rejects cease-fire proposal | Jerusalem — An Israeli tank brigade took control Tuesday of the Gaza Strip side of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt, authorities said, as Israel moved forward with an offensive in the southern city even as cease-fire negotiations with H... |
| 28.04.2024 | US State Secretary Blinken to travel to Saudi Arabia next week | Previous
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| 27.04.2024 | UN ends, suspends probes into 5 UNRWA staffers accused by Israel | UNITED NATIONS: A UN probe into Israeli allegations that 19 members of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees participated in the Oct 7 Hamas attacks has closed one case due to the absence of any evidence from Israel and suspended four othe... |
| 26.04.2024 | EU External Partners: Ombudsman Renews Inquiry into EU-Tunisia Deal ― Auditors Raise Concerns About Implementation of EU Deal with Türkiye ― EU Migration Deal with Lebanon May Be Imminent ― NGOs Highl... | The European Ombudsman has renewed her inquiry into human rights issues stemming from the EU-Tunisia Memorandum of Understanding. A new report by the European Court of Auditors has criticised the lack of impact of the EU Facility for Refuge... |
| 24.04.2024 | Fears grow for Rafah as Israel-Hamas war rages on 200th day | GAZA STRIP: The Israel-Hamas war entered its 200th day on Tuesday (Apr 23) as aid groups warned that Israeli plans to invade the southern city of Rafah where most Gazans have taken refuge would create an "apocalyptic situation".
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| 24.04.2024 | Massive Israeli air strikes end weeks of relative calm in Gaza | CAIRO/JERUSALEM: Israeli warplanes pounded the northern Gaza strip for a second day on Wednesday (Apr 24) in a fierce assault that has shattered weeks of comparative calm, and Israel said it was moving forward with plans for an all-out assa... |
| 12.04.2024 | EU External Partners: MEPs Renew Criticism of EU Migration Deals ― Aid Organisations Sue Dutch Government Over EU-Turkey Agreement ― More Reports of Interference and Violence by Libyan Coast Guard ― N... | Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have repeated their criticism of the European Commission for signing migration agreements with North African countries. Three aid organisations are suing the Dutch government over its involvement in... |
| 08.04.2024 | UN court takes up case accusing Germany of facilitating Israel in Gaza | Preliminary hearings are opening Monday at the United Nations' top court in a case that seeks an end to German military and other aid to Israel, based on claims that Berlin is enabling acts of genocide and breaches of international humanita... |
| 25.03.2024 | UN Security Council demands immediate Gaza ceasefire as US abstains | UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Monday (Mar 25) demanding an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants Hamas after the United States abstained from the vote, sparking a spat wit... |
| 24.03.2024 | Only effective way to ramp up Gaza aid is by road, Guterres says | CAIRO: The only effective and efficient way to deliver heavy goods to meet Gaza's humanitarian needs is by road and includes an exponential increase in commercial deliveries, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Sunday (Mar 24).
Sp... |
| 23.03.2024 | UN chief: Gaza starvation is ‘moral outrage,’ massive aid needed | ASSOCIATED PRESS
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks after his visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
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| 23.03.2024 | UN chief to visit Gaza border as Israel vows to go ahead with Rafah attack | GAZA STRIP: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to visit Egypt's border with Gaza on Saturday (Mar 23), after Israel said it would send in troops to fight Hamas in the nearby city of Rafah, even without US support.
During his ... |
| 22.03.2024 | Finland to resume funding to UNRWA | HELSINKI: Finland will resume funding to the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, its foreign trade and development minister said on Friday (Mar 22).
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| 22.03.2024 | House approves $1.2T spending package before shutdown deadline | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at the Capitol in Washington, on Wednesday. The House approved a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills today just a few hours before funding for some key federal agencies i... |
| 21.03.2024 | Blinken begins Middle East tour with strains growing in US-Israel ties amid war in Gaza | GAZA STRIP: US top diplomat Antony Blinken touched down on Wednesday (Mar 20) in the Middle East to bolster efforts for a truce in the war in Gaza, as Israeli forces pushed on with a raid on the territory's largest hospital.
Global concern ... |
| 19.03.2024 | Gaza's catastrophic food shortage means mass death is imminent, says global hunger monitor | JERUSALEM: Extreme food shortages in parts of the Gaza Strip have already exceeded famine levels, and mass death is now imminent without an immediate ceasefire and surge of food to areas cut off by fighting, the global hunger monitor said o... |
| 19.03.2024 | Israel may be using starvation as 'weapon of war': UN | GENEVA: The UN said on Tuesday (Mar 19) that Israel's severe restrictions on aid into war-ravaged Gaza coupled with its military offensive could amount to using starvation as a "weapon of war", which would be a "war crime&quo... |
| 18.03.2024 | Vivian Balakrishnan to visit Palestinian territories and Israel as part of Middle East trip | Listen to this article
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| 17.03.2024 | Israel prepares to return to ceasefire talks; UN says Gaza hunger crisis worsens | Listen to this article
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| 14.03.2024 | Aid ship slowly heads for Gaza as calls for assistance grow | GAZA STRIP: A first boat loaded with 200 tonnes of food aid was making slow progress towards the Gaza Strip on Thursday (Mar 14) as efforts grew to bring more humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian territory besieged by Israel.
The main... |
| 14.03.2024 | Australia resumes funding for UNRWA, pledges more Gaza aid | ASSOCIATED PRESS
Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 22.
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| 13.03.2024 | Israel to direct Palestinians out of Rafah ahead of offensive | ASSOCIATED PRESS / MARCH 12
Palestinians line up for a free meal in Rafah, Gaza Strip.
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Palestinians walk by a pier that could be used to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip in Khan Younis.
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