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...
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories — AFP In what was once the courtyard of the Kamal Adwan hospital in the northern Gaza city of Beit Lahiya, Palestinians wade through the rubble, searching for corpses. The sound of one of them sobbing breaks out while he wraps a body to prepare for burial. Mahmud Assaf, 50, came […]
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The World Health Organization’s executive board on Sunday adopted a resolution on tackling the worsening health situation in the Gaza Strip, calling for immediate and unimpeded humanitarian access. After the UN Security Council declined Friday to demand a cease-fire in Gaza, the 34 countries on the WHOR...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP Gaza’s health system is on its knees and cannot afford to lose another ambulance or a single hospital bed more, the World Health Organization has warned. “The situation is getting more and more horrible by the day… beyond belief, literally,” WHO spokesman Christian Lindmeier told a press ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Health Ministry in Gaza on Friday said the Israeli army is besieging the Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern the Gaza Strip and opening fire towards the hospital. In a statement, the ministry said the Israeli army snipers are taking positions in the surrounding buildings of the hospital and […]
Jerusalem, Undefined – AFP The Israeli army has denied telling the World Health Organization to empty an aid warehouse in southern Gaza within 24 hours before ground operations in the area render it unusable. “We didn’t ask you to evacuate the warehouses and we also made it clear (and in writing) to the relevant #UN […...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The situation of the health sector in Gaza is “unimaginable,” the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned. “The reports of ongoing hostilities and heavy bombardment in Gaza are petrifying,” Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote on X. “Yesterday (Saturday) our team visited Nassar Medical Hospital in the south. It...
LONDON (AA) – The World Health Organization (WHO) chief has said that the deliveries of essential supplies to Gaza must “urgently resume.” “Deliveries of essential supplies to #Gaza must urgently resume and be restored at least to levels reached during the recent truce – but much more than that is needed,” Tedros Adhano...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The WHO has said that a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas was possible, but those with influence were not doing enough to secure it. World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said there was a high chance of fighting resuming after a few days’ pause. The UN health agency is calling [&helli...
Geneva, Switzerland – AFP The United Nations welcomed on Tuesday the increase in aid deliveries into Gaza afforded by a temporary truce but warned it was not enough to even start addressing the Palestinian territory’s massive needs. UN children’s agency UNICEF said the aid flow to the northern Gaza Strip — the largest s...
