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| 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 | 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 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 | 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 (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 | 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 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... |
| 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.... |
| 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 | 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... |
| 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 ... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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
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| 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 | 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... |
| 11.05.2024 | UNGA passes symbolic vote to allow Palestine full membership | Listen to this article
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| 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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| 10.05.2024 | Heavy fighting in Gaza's Rafah keeps crucial aid crossings inaccessible | - |
| 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... |
| 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).
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| 23.03.2024 | UN chief: Gaza starvation is ‘moral outrage,’ massive aid needed | ASSOCIATED PRESS
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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
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| 13.03.2024 | UNRWA says Israeli strike hit Gaza food aid center, killing 1 staffer and wounding 22 others | Gaza Strip — The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees on Wednesday said at least one of its staff members was killed in an Israeli strike on a food distribution center in war-torn Gaza.
"At least one UNRWA staff member was ki... |
| 11.03.2024 | Palestinians prepare for Ramadan in the shadow of Gaza war | JERUSALEM: Palestinians prepared for Ramadan in a sombre mood with heightened security measures by Israeli police and the spectre of war and hunger in Gaza overshadowing the normally festive Muslim holy month as talks to secure a ceasefire ... |
| 09.03.2024 | Government issues disbursement of SEK 200 million to UNRWA following new agreement on stricter controls | SWEDEN, March 9 - The Government decided to issue a disbursement of SEK 200 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The decision was taken in light of the acute humanitarian sit... |
| 09.03.2024 | No Women's Day in Gaza, say mothers of hungry children | GAZA: Women's Day? At a tent in Rafah where Um Zaki said she was boiling porridge on an open flame to stave off the hunger of her six children, the holiday passed as a cruel joke.
"Now, all our days look the same. The days of feasts, h... |
| 08.03.2024 | It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in Gaza. Now some are dying of hunger too | By MOHAMED JAHJOUH, JACK JEFFERY and LEE KEATH (Associated Press)
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — It’s not just Israeli bombs that have killed children in war-ravaged Gaza — now some are dying of hunger.
Officials have been warning for months that... |
| 04.03.2024 | Head Of UN Palestinian Refugee Agency Seeks General Assembly Support | UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini says his agency's ability to continue its work is 'seriously threatened' after several countries froze funding AFP
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) is set to defend his organization's... |
| 26.02.2024 | IDF told Egypt that Israeli Rafah operation won't push Palestinians into Sinai: sources | Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi and Shin Bet security agency director Ronen Bar visited Cairo last week to reassure their Egyptian counterparts that Israel will take steps to ensure an operation in Rafah will not create an... |
| 09.01.2024 | What is Hezbollah and what does Lebanon have to do with the Israel-Hamas war? | As the Israeli military and the militant group Hezbollah exchange fire over the border separating southern Lebanon and northern Israel, there are fears the raging war between Israel and Hamas could ignite a wider regional conflict.
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| 23.10.2023 | Gazan parents are writing their children's names on their bodies so they can be identified if killed, report says | Military & Defense Gazan parents are writing their children's names on their bodies so they can be identified if killed, report says
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| 19.10.2023 | WWF: ‘Everyone Has a Role to Play in Tackling the Global Water Crisis’ | 7 Mins Read The annual economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is estimated to be $58T, the equivalent of about 60% of the world’s GDP, according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). Not only does the degradation of water bodi... |
| 11.10.2023 | For people in Gaza, life is about to get even worse, with Israel's siege about to 'starve the population,' NGO says | Boys in the Gaza Strip carrying belongings near a damaged house following Israeli strikes. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa
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| 10.10.2023 | Photos show the devastation in Gaza since Israel launched its counterattack | Lightning strikes as smoke billows following Israeli bombardment of Gaza City on October 9, 2023. Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images
Israel's counteroffensive began over the weekend and continued into Monday, October 9.
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| 10.10.2023 | A Gaza resident says his family and thousands of neighbors fled from Israel's counterattacks and that they don't know what will happen each minute or how they will get food or water | Palestinian citizens are displaced from their homes as a result of Israeli air strikes on October 9, 2023, in Gaza City, Gaza. Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images
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| 14.07.2023 | Why do some Palestinian teens in Jenin dream of ‘martyrdom’? | Jenin, occupied West Bank – The teenagers did not hesitate when asked what they aspired to be when they grew up. “Martyrs,” they said in unison, referring to the term used by Palestinians to describe anyone killed by Israelis.
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| 06.07.2023 | Did Israel achieve its goals in Jenin? | For two days, the Israeli army used its military might to hit Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank. The scene was reminiscent of Israel’s large-scale invasion of the West Bank in 2002: Smoke plumed from buildings destroyed by Israel... |
| 05.10.2021 | Palestinian factions in Gaza call to end latest UNRWA-US deal | Gaza City – Palestinians in the besieged Gaza Strip called for the scrapping of an agreement between the US and the United Nation’s agency for Palestinian refugees, saying the deal violates many of their rights.
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| 26.05.2021 | Biden Reversed Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze To Expand Palestinian Funding—$6.3 Billion Since 1953 | Israel's Iron Dome air defence system intercepts rockets above the coastal city of Tel Aviv on May ... [+] 15, 2021, following their launching from the Gaza Strip controlled by the Palestinian Hamas movement. (Photo by ahmad gharabli / AFP)... |
| 11.02.2021 | How Pioneering Solar Tech Aims To Bring Energy To Gaza’s Refugees | Palestinian girls study by candlelight in the Rafah refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. Gaza residents ... [+] suffer an average of 21 electricity blackouts per day.Abed Rahim Khatib |
| 24.11.2020 | Funding Shortfall Jeopardizes UNRWA’s Critical Sustenance For Over 27,000 Palestinians | The Shu’fat refugee camp has over 12,000 population and was part of Israeli-created Jerusalem ... [+] municipality, until Israel cut off the camp in 2003 with a West Bank Barrier wall and checkpoint. Palestinians continue to pay Jerusalem m... |
| 20.04.2018 | Geeking out in Gaza: Creating a Palestinian coding hub | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 20.04.2018 | Geeking out in Gaza: Creating a Palestinian coding hub | Many in the tech world will point to Tel Aviv when asked which Middle Eastern city is thriving as a tech hub. The bustling Israeli metropolis has indeed developed an impressive entrepreneurial ecosystem over the past few years. But if you h... |
| 19.03.2018 | Why Israel Is Stuck with Hamas | Hamas—the anti-Israel Palestinian faction that rules the Gaza known for its terrorist attacks on Israel—is on the ropes. Although the violent back-and-forth with Israel goes on, Hamas spends much of its energy trying to undermine its Palest... |
| 03.01.2018 | Trump "blackmailing" Palestinians with financial aid threat
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| 14.07.2016 | The Human Cost of the Siege on Aleppo | The United Nations this week said it is “deeply alarmed” by the situation in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. The battle for Castello Road, which connects Aleppo to Turkey and is the key entry point into eastern Aleppo for all cross-bord... |
