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The Israeli Defence Forces on Friday (November 17, 2023) said they have recovered the body of a 65-year-old hostage, who was abducted by Hamas members on October 7, close to the Al-Shifa hospital in Gaza. more
Senior UN official warns fuel shortage could put the brakes on trucks delivering aid to Gaza

Trucks transporting desperately needed aid into Gaza could stop rolling on Tuesday due to a lack of fuel, a senior official with the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, has warned.

Israel-Hamas conflict: Babies dying in hospital amid scenes of devastation in Gaza, claim UN humanitarians

More patients, including premature babies, have reportedly died in Gaza City’s Al-Shifa hospital which has gone three days without electricity amid intensifying Israeli military ope ...

Israel-Hamas conflict: UN agencies make plea for international action to end hospital attacks in Gaza

UN agencies issued an urgent call for international action on Sunday to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, as Israeli forces battle Palestinian militants in the heart of the Gaza Strip ...

Senior UN official says attacks on or near Gaza hospitals ‘unconscionable, reprehensible and must stop’

Senior UN officials said on Saturday there could be no justification for any “acts of war” in or around any healthcare facilities, amidst reports that Gaza’s largest hos ...

Toll of Israel-Palestine crisis on children ‘beyond devastating’, says UN

Gaza has become a “graveyard” for children with thousands now killed under Israeli bombardment, while more than a million face dire shortages of essentials and a lifetime of t ...

Gaza hospitals hanging on by a thread, alert UN humanitarians

With the Israel-Palestine crisis in its fourth week, UN aid teams on Monday (October 30, 2023) highlighted the mounting pressure on north Gaza hospitals where patients and health workers ...

Shani Louk: 23-year-old German woman, who was kidnapped and paraded naked by Hamas, found dead, confirms Israel govt

A German woman, who was kidnapped by Hamas members on October 7, has died and her body was recovered by Israeli troops in Gaza, Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed on Monday.

Israel-Palestine crisis has ‘reached an unprecedented level of dehumanisation’, says Independent rights expert

The crisis sparked by the Hamas terrorist attack and ongoing Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip is a "political and humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions” said the UN&rsq ...

Israel-Palestine crisis: Gaza facing fuel shortage, healthcare crisis

On day 17 of the Gaza-Israel crisis, UN humanitarians on Tuesday (October 24, 2023) pleaded for desperately needed fuel deliveries and other relief items to prevent the already dire situa ...