ATHENS (AA) – Three major UN agencies involved in relief works in Gaza have called for faster and safer aid access to the besieged enclave via more supply routes. In a joint statement, UNICEF, the World Food Program (WFP) and the World Health Organization (WHO) said: “As the risk of famine grows, and more people […]
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency dispatched humanitarian aid to Gaza’s north for the first time since last month. “We began to dispatch humanitarian aid into northern governorates a week ago, for the first time since the end of a weeklong humanitarian pause on December 1,” Adnan Abu Hasna, a spokesman […]...
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israel must increase humanitarian assistance to civilians in Gaza as the aid entering the enclave meets only 10% of its needs, according to the Israeli media. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz wrote: “Half of Gaza’s population is in a state of severe or extreme hunger, and 90% of Gaza’s more than two million […]...
ANKARA (AA) – The UN Palestinian refugee agency warned Sunday that a Security Council resolution calling for an immediate increase in humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip may do little without a truce. “It is welcome, but only time will tell what real difference this resolution is going to make,” Juliette Touma, a spokesperson for [&hellip...
MOSCOW (AA) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has informed his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas in a phone conversation about steps that Moscow is taking to help de-escalate the situation in Gaza and ensure uninterrupted delivery of humanitarian aid to the millions of displaced survivors. According to a Kremlin statement, Putin als...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Israel’s brutal war is pushing Gaza into famine and a staggering 90% of the people there are on the brink of starvation, UK-based anti-poverty organization Oxfam has warned. “While over 90% of people in Gaza cannot find their next meal, some UN Security Council member states are still toying with words rather [&hell...
GAZA, Palestine (AA) – With limited aid reaching Gaza, Palestinians who have survived Israeli bombings now face the prospect of hunger and thirst. At least 18,787 Palestinians have been killed and over 50,594 others injured in the ongoing Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip since October 7, the Health Ministry in Gaza has said. – [&h...
DOHA, Qatar (AA) – Qatar has pledged $50 million as an initial humanitarian aid package for those affected by Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. Doha also pledged during its participation in the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva to provide 100 scholarships to Palestinian youths, through the Al Fakhoora program of the Education Above All [&h...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – A total of 200 trucks loaded with humanitarian aid entered the Gaza Strip on Tuesday via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing. The aid includes four fuel trucks and others carrying water, food, and medicines, Wael Abu Mohsen, media director of the Rafah crossing, told Anadolu. Qatar announced an agreement late Monday...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel’s proposed so-called “safe zone” is “neither safe nor feasible,” as civilians must be protected throughout Gaza wherever they are, the UN human rights chief has said. “The current Israeli proposal for a so called ‘safe-zone’ is untenable. The zone is neither safe nor fe...
