GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – The Gaza Health Ministry has announced that the Israeli army detained medical staff, as well as injured patients, at the Kamal Adwan Hospital, which was stormed by Israeli forces on Friday amid an ongoing 22-day offensive. In a statement, the ministry said: “The Israeli occupation forces have detained all male...
GENEVA (AA) – Israel permitted only four out of 66 planned humanitarian aid missions to northern Gaza during the first 20 days of October, with no food aid allowed for 14 days, the UN humanitarian office (OCHA) has said. OCHA spokesman Jens Laerke detailed a severe deterioration in humanitarian access, revealing that Israeli authorities ...
GAZA CITY, Palestine (AA) – United Nations agencies have postponed a polio vaccination campaign for Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip because of a deadly Israeli onslaught. The World Health Organization (WHO) said Gaza’s Health Ministry and UN partners “were compelled to postpone the polio vaccination campaign in northern Gaza” d...
HAMILTON, Canada (AA) – Iran’s mission to the UN on Monday expressed serious concerns over the US involvement in a potential Israeli military attack on Iran, accusing Washington of “complicity.” Iran expressed concern in a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and the Security Council presidency about recent remarks...
LONDON (AA) – A UN commission has said international law obligates the UN’s member states to end Israel’s unlawful presence in Palestinian territories. In a legal position paper, the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, said that it found the advisory op...
Several members of the UN Security Council on Wednesday denounced Israel’s blockade of humanitarian aid into Gaza, causing mass starvation among already suffering civilians. Security Council members convened to discuss the situation in Palestine, after it was requested by the Algerian mission to the UN. Algerian Ambassador to the UN Amar...
ISTANBUL (AA) – The UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) has said it will not abandon its positions despite being “directly and deliberately attacked” by the Israeli military. “Peacekeepers remain in all positions and the UN flag continues to fly,” UNIFIL spokesperson Andrea Tenenti said in an interview. “We will continue our work to imp...
A senior UN official has revealed that Gaza now has the highest number of child amputees in modern history. Lisa Doughten from the UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says 10 children lose limbs daily due to Israel’s ongoing violence in the region. The situation has also worsened for women, who are three […]
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA) – Bangladesh transitional government chief Muhammad Yunus has proposed creating a UN-guaranteed “safe zone” in Burma’s Rakhine state to aid displaced people and address the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Yunus made the suggestion during a meeting with Thomas Andrews, the UN special rapporteur on hum...
ANKARA (AA) – At least 49 more Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip, pushing the overall death toll since October last year to 42,175, the Health Ministry in the enclave said on Saturday. A ministry statement added that some 98,336 others were injured in the ongoing assault.“Israeli forces killed 49 people [&hell...
