GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) — Displaced Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are showing signs of disease caused by overcrowding and poor sanitation amid Israeli airstrikes and blockade on the seaside enclave. “We sleep on the ground in hospitals. There is no aid or medicine,” Nadine Abdul Latif, 12, shared. “Patients are sleeping on the ground [&hell...
GENEVA (AA) – While limited aid delivery began last weekend to the blockaded Gaza Strip, there are no security guarantees for getting aid to hospitals in the northern part of the strip, the World Health Organization has warned. Underlining the “huge risk” for people delivering relief, Rick Brennan, WHO regional emergencies di...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An Israeli army spokesman on Saturday said that the political leadership had decided against allowing fuel into the Gaza Strip. In a statement Avichay Adraee, the Israeli army spokesman, claimed: “The humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip is under control. “We appeal to the residents of the northern Gaza Strip t...
Geneva, Switzerland — AFP The UN humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths will be heading to the Middle East on Tuesday to try to help negotiate aid access to the Gaza Strip. In a video statement, Griffiths said he was hoping to hear some “good news” on aid access into the blockaded and besieged Palestinian enclave via the [&helli...
RAMALLAH, Palestine (AA) – The EU on Wednesday said it is engaged in efforts to establish a secure conduit for the expeditious delivery of aid to Gaza Strip, where Israel has launched airstrikes after a surprise attack by Hamas. “Member states of the European Union, in collaboration with undisclosed regional and international entit...
BRUSSELS (AA) – EU member states have given the green light to provide €400 million (approximately $426 million) in disaster relief aid to Türkiye in the aftermath of twin earthquakes that struck the country’s southern regions in February this year. The Council of the European Union announced in a statement that it has agreed on [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – Providing shelter, food, and medical supplies to people in Libya and Morocco who survived two massive lethal natural disasters is the top priority, the UN’s humanitarian affairs chief has said. Speaking at a UN press conference about the earthquake that struck Morocco on September 8 and the devastating floods in Libya on [&...
TRIPOLI, Libya (AA) – The health situation in Libya is catastrophic following a Mediterranean rainstorm and devastating floods, with dead bodies still lying out in the open in many areas, a Libyan health official has said. “The health situation in areas hit by floods is catastrophic, especially in the city of Derna,” the official request...
