GAZA CITY- AFP “There are people starving . . . and everyone in Gaza is hungry,” says Samer Abdel Jaber, the WFP Palestine Country Director. “There are people starving in (Gaza) areas and we are not able to give basic food for,” says Samer, adding that the “needs are rising faster than we are able […]
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 […]
THE HAGUE (AA) – Irish members of the European Parliament joined a rally in front of the International Court of Justice at The Hague in support of Gaza, stating that this is a trial on international law as much as Israel. Member of the European Parliament Claire Daly said that she was there representing the […]
GENEVA (AA) – UN rapporteurs have said that starvation and lack of housing due to damages caused by Israel in Gaza aggravate charges of “genocide.” Francesca Albanese, the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, said on X that 45% of people in Gaza experience severe hung...
BEIRUT (AA) – Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the UN Security Council in response to Israel’s accusation of Lebanon’s non-compliance with UN Resolution 1701. A Foreign Ministry statement said the complaint “includes documented evidence of Israel’s violation of Resolution 1701.” The statement accused Israel “of distorting facts by holding L...
Geneva, Switzerland – – AFP The UN has voiced alarm at the killing of journalists in Gaza, a day after two Al Jazeera reporters died in an alleged Israeli strike. Al Jazeera reported that two of its Palestinian journalists were killed in the southern city of Rafah, in what it claimed was an Israeli “targeted […]
Palestinian Territories – AFP Israel bombed southern Gaza Saturday as the UN warned the besieged Palestinian territory has been rendered “uninhabitable” by three months of war. Civilians in the Gaza Strip have borne the brunt of Israel’s attacks as the scale of the destruction has triggered mass displacement and a deepe...
GENEVA (AA) – The UN human rights chief has said that he is “very disturbed” by the Israeli government’s suggestion of mass displacement of Palestinians from Gaza. “Very disturbed by high-level Israeli officials’ statements on plans to transfer civilians from #Gaza to third countries,” Volker Turk said in a ...
United Nations, United States – AFP Eighteen shipping companies are re-routing their vessels around Africa to avoid the Red Sea amid an upsurge in attacks on shipping, blamed by Western countries on Yemen’s Houthi rebels, the UN’s maritime agency said Wednesday. “A significant number of companies, around 18 shipping com...
BEIRUT (AA) – The UN peacekeeping force in Lebanon has voiced deep concern over possible escalation of hostilities after the assassination of Hamas’ deputy chief Saleh al-Arouri in Lebanese capital Beirut Tuesday evening. The escalation could lead to “devastating consequences” for people on both sides of the Blue Line, ...
