Gaza’s Al-Shifa hospital in ruins after 6 months of Israeli attacks: WHO
- 07-Apr-2024
UNITED NATIONS: With the largest hospital in Gaza largely destroyed and out of action, access to healthcare has now become “totally inadequate” following six months of Israeli attacks, the World Health Organization (WHO), a Geneva-based UN agency, has said. That’s the assessment following a WHO-led multi-agency mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza on 5 […]
UN warns of near ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian situation in Gaza
- 19-Jan-2024
UNITED NATIONS: United Nations (UN) humanitarian agencies have issued a dire warning about the humanitarian situation in worn-torn Gaza, describing the level of assistance for many residents as “almost catastrophic.” The UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported continued intense Israeli bombardment of the territory and rocket fire into Israel by Palestinian armed groups. The UN […]
Gaza hospitals buckle under Israeli attacks, denials of aid missions: UN
- 11-Jan-2024
UNITED NATIONS: Repeated refusals by Israeli authorities to allow UN aid teams to deliver desperately needed humanitarian relief inside Gaza have effectively cut off five hospitals in the north from access to “lifesaving medical supplies and equipment”, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) has warned. Amid new reports of intensified bombing and clashes across the […]
UN warns of worsening medical conditions at Gaza’ al-Aqsa Hospital
- 09-Jan-2024
UNITED NATIONS: Majority of Gaza’s 36 hospitals have been put out of action due to relentless Israeli bombardments of the besieged enclave, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said Monday. Remaining medical facilities face dire shortages, the Geneva-based UN agency noted. At al-Aqsa Hospital, the last functioning hospital in central Gaza, a WHO team on […]
UNICEF calls for ceasefire, humanitarian corridor in Gaza
- 07-Jan-2024
UNICEF continues to call for a ceasefire and humanitarian corridor for the provision of critical child survival interventions to avert unnecessary deaths associated with communicable diseases,” the organisation said in a post. UNICEF says it needs the fighting to stop to protect children after the delivery of 600,000 doses of vaccines. “Today the situation is […]
Gaza children facing malnutrition, disease as Israeli attacks continue
- 07-Jan-2024
After almost three months of Israeli bombardments of Gaza, malnutrition and disease are creating a deadly cycle that threatens over 1.1 million children in the ravaged enclave, according to the latest survey by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). A total of 90% of the 1.1 million young people in the region are not fully […]