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Nine-year-old Emily Hand, who was initially thought to have been killed in the October 7 attack on Israel, returned to her family after being held hostage by the Hamas militants for 50 days in Gaza, Reuters reported. more
Israel-Palestine crisis: Fuel restrictions curtail Gaza aid efforts amid attacks on UN schools and evacuation plans for Al-Shifa Hospital

Fuel restrictions are curtailing aid efforts in Gaza, UN agencies said on Saturday, as the World Health Organization (WHO) led a "very high risk" mission to Al-Shifa Hospital am ...

Israel-Palestine crisis: UN relief chief says humanitarian crisis in Gaza could get far worse

Fierce hostilities continue across Gaza from the air, sea, and on the ground, the UN’s top humanitarian official told Member States on Friday, reporting that 41,000 houses have now ...

Israel-Palestine crisis: Body of 19-year-old Israeli woman soldier, who was kidnapped by Hamas, recovered from Gaza

The Israel Defence Forces on Friday (November 17, 2023) said the body of a 19-year-old Israeli soldier, who was kidnapped by Hamas members on October 7, has been found adjacent to the Shi ...

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-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-Hamas Conflict: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza

Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.

Israel-Hamas Conflict: Humanitarians call for urgent aid access to Gaza   

Gaza is on the brink of running out of food, water, electricity and critical supplies, UN humanitarians warned on Thursday.

Iran: Rights experts ‘dismayed’ over continued imprisonment of Nobel Laureate Mohammadi

UN independent human rights experts on Wednesday called for the immediate release of Narges Mohammadi, an imprisoned Iranian human rights activist who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize fo ...

Funding woes continue to plague UN Palestine refugee agency

The head of the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees across the Middle East, UNRWA, on Thursday appealed for consistent and sustainable financing to keep its operations running and a ...