Several days after fighting began in Gaza between Israel and Hamas, a flash appeal has been launched seeking $294 million to fund urgent humanitarian work in the region. According to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, which launched the appeal, the funding is needed for many things,
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Israel presses Gaza offensive despite US call for ‘pause’
Israel resisted US calls for a pause in fighting and pressed its siege of Gaza City Saturday, with deadly strikes hitting an ambulance convoy and a school-turned-refugee shelter. As Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rebuffed pressure from visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to enact a temporary humanitarian truce, the
Average Palestinian in Gaza is surviving on 2 pieces of bread a day
The killings in Gaza should stain our moral conscience
Thank you for your presence here with us in New York, and for the special dedication that Brazil has given to peace in our region. I also pay special tribute to our briefers, and to their teams’ dedicated work in the most unimaginable circumstances on the ground in the Gaza Strip. Commissioner-General
Iran is unlikely to attack Israel despite its inflammatory rhetoric
Iran has warned Israel of severe consequences from “multiple fronts” if it does not halt its relentless bombardment of the Gaza Strip. This warning is widely interpreted as a declaration of intent for Iran to enter the conflict via its allies and proxies. The Hezbollah militant group, which is already engaged
Israel expands ground assault into Gaza
Israeli troops and armor pushed deeper into northern and central Gaza on Monday, as the U.N. and medical staff warned that airstrikes are hitting closer to hospitals where tens of thousands of Palestinians have sought shelter alongside thousands of wounded. Video obtained by the Associated Press showed an Israeli tank and
Israel vows again to destroy Hamas, rejecting calls for a cease-fire in Gaza
Israel bombards Gaza as US pledges ‘flow’ of aid
More than 5,000 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza: Hamas
Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry said Monday that more than 5,000 people have been killed in the besieged Palestinian enclave since Israel launched its withering bombing campaign more than two weeks ago. Alarm has surged about the spiralling humanitarian crisis in Gaza amid the war sparked by the October 7 Hamas attack
American weapons used in Gaza trigger war crime accusations against US
The widespread use of American weapons by Israel, which has killed thousands of civilians in Gaza, has triggered accusations of war crimes against the United States. But US has always escaped these charges in contemporary military conflicts –particularly in the killing fields of Afghanistan and Iraq –and also in the use