GENEVA – AFP UNICEF spokesperson James Elder, who spent nearly two weeks in Gaza, said at a press briefing in Geneva that he was “furious that those with power shrug at the humanitarian nightmares unleashed on a million children” in Gaza. He spoke of the fate of children hospitalised after having undergone amputations and who...
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The UN children’s agency, UNICEF, has said nearly one million children have been displaced in Gaza because of Israeli attacks. “They are now being pushed further and further south into tiny, overcrowded areas without water, food or protection,” said Adele Khodr of UNICEF. “The restrictio...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army raided and sealed an orphanage near Hebron city in the southern occupied West Bank, and seized all its assets and material on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said that the Israeli army raided the headquarters of the Beit Ummar Association for Orphan Care in Beit Ummar town, and seized the association’s ...
LONDON (AA) – The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed deep concern over the situation in the southern region of Gaza, with its spokesperson saying that the Israeli attacks are every bit as vicious as those endured in the north. “Despite what has been assured, attacks in the south of Gaza ar...
Dolow, Somalia – – AFP The floodwaters in the southwestern Somali district of Dolow may have started to recede — for now — but distraught families who have lost their homes and livelihoods in the muddy deluge are now at risk of potentially fatal diseases. Shukri Abdi Osman, a 34-year-old mother of three, is sheltering [...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The Israeli army has detained 880 Palestinian children since the start of this year, a local nongovernmental organization says. “More than 200 children are still in custody, including 26 held under Israel’s policy of administrative detention” without charge or trial, the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Ahmad Shabat, a 3-year-old Palestinian boy, calls for his mother at the Suhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah in central Gaza Strip. Despite fleeing northern Gaza to the south, it is the third time that Ahmad has been targeted by Israeli airstrikes since the outbreak of the war on the […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UNICEF head has called the situation in the Gaza Strip “devastating” amid a deadly Israeli offensive in the besieged Palestinian territory. “Today I visited the Gaza Strip to meet with children, their families and UNICEF staff. What I saw and heard was devastating. They have endured repeated bombardment, loss [&...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – Amid relentless Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since Oct. 7, Gazan refugees have been grappling with the absence of basic needs essential for a life of dignity. An Anadolu team toured the areas that have become, despite their fragility, shelters for people displaced from northern Gaza to the central […]...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The death toll from a power outage at the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City has risen to 15, including six premature babies, the hospital director said Monday. “Six premature babies and nine injured people at the hospital’s intensive care unit (ICU) died today as a result of the power outage,” Mohamed Abu […]
