GENEVA – AFP The humanitarian aid allowed into the Gaza Strip is not getting to people in need, the United Nations has said, urging Israel to fulfil its legal obligations. “The aid that is getting in is not getting to the people, and that’s a major problem,” Jens Laerke, spokesman for the UN humanitarian agency [&hellip...
GENEVA (AA) – “Everything possible” must be done to avoid intensified hostilities in the Rafah city in southern Gaza, which may lead to a “large scale” loss of civilian lives, the UN humanitarian office warned on Tuesday. “We can warn what might unfold with the ground invasion and we can make clear what the ...
GENEVA (AA) – The cost of meeting the needs of 2.7 million people in the Gaza Strip and occupied West Bank is estimated to be $1.2 billion, the UN humanitarian affairs office has said. Spokesperson Jens Laerke told a UN press briefing in Geneva that the agency will update its flash appeal accordingly on Monday, […]