News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 19)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian agencies working in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) have warned that life-saving aid operations risk collapse unless Israel immediately lifts new barriers that are blocking access and forcing international charities to shut down.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
While the Asia and Pacific region has made notable progress in reducing hunger, persistent challenges remain in addressing malnutrition, food insecurity and unequal access to healthy diets, a new UN report published on Wednesday concludes.
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The ceasefire in GazaāÆremainsāÆfragile, while humanitarians continue to face obstructions in delivering aid to the people, a senior UN official working to promote greater peace in the region told the Security Council on Tuesday.
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Humanitarian assistance in Gaza is being delayed because aid cargo is routinely deprioritised in favour of commercial goods, the UNās aid coordination office (OCHA) warned on Monday, as winter storms continue to worsen already dire living conditions for displaced families.
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In Gaza, as airstrikes, shelling and gunfire continued to kill and maim Palestinians, UN human rights chief Volker TĆ¼rk on Wednesday rejected suggestions by the Israeli military that the so-called āYellow Lineā of concrete blocks it has erected inside the enclave represented a new border.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As another winter storm hits the Gaza Strip, low temperatures and rains are putting the lives of newborns and other vulnerable groups at risk, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Wednesday.
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Mothers whoāve been left starving in Gaza are now giving birth to underweight or premature babies who die in intensive care units or struggle to survive as they endure acute malnutrition, the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) warned on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
In October alone, we admitted 8,300 pregnant and breastfeeding women for treatment for acute malnutrition ā about 270 a day ā in a place where there was no discernible malnutrition before October 2023.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly two months after the latest ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on 10 October, a fragile calm has brought much-needed relief to families who have endured unimaginable suffering and repeated displacement.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Every week in Gaza, at least 15 women give birth outside any health facility, often without a trained midwife, pain relief or basic medical supplies.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN has called for an investigation into the recent āhorrificā killing by Israeli forces of two young brothers in Gaza who were reportedly targeted by a drone while collecting firewood.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN says humanitarian partners in Gaza are scaling up winterisation efforts as cold weather and heavy rain continue to impact displaced Palestinians.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid deliveries into Gaza continue to face difficulties as fighting continues across the territory, with the UN warning that most hospitals are only partially functioning and more than 16,500 patients still require urgent medical evacuation.
ReliefWeb News
Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in camps. IRC teams report rain has already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and freezing nights.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Security Council is meeting against the backdrop of Gazaās fragile ceasefire, with ambassadors expected to urge Israel and Hamas to stick to their commitments amid renewed violence and deepening humanitarian needs. The session is likely to focus on safeguarding the truce, easing aid access restrictions and sustaining political momentum. With tensions also rising in the occupied West Bank and southern Lebanon, the meeting will test whether the Council can help stabilise the situation and keep alive a credible path towards Palestinian self-determination. Follow live below and UN News app users can click here. For in-depth meetings coverage, go here.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Ongoing attacks and airstrikes attributed to Israeli forces in Gaza continue to kill and maim people of all ages in the shattered enclave despite an agreed ceasefire, UN agencies said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Living conditions for Gazans ā particularly children ā are still dire as temperatures drop and families return to bombed-out homes as the fragile ceasefire holds, UN aid workers said on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
With the sanitation systems collapsed after two years of Israeli bombardment, siege and aid restrictions, rainwater no longer drains properly and is now mixed with sewage that has flooded tents.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres hailed Mondayās Security Council resolution paving the way for a consolidated ceasefire via a temporary International Stabilization Force in Gaza, UN aid teams warned that many Palestinian children in the enclave are in no shape to endure another harsh winter.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN is prepared to play āany roleā needed to advance the breakthrough Security Council resolution endorsing the United States-led Gaza peace plan.
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A large-scale campaign under the slogan āWe Will Rebuild Gazaā was launched on Saturday in Gaza City, with the participation of local organisations and United Nations agencies, in an effort to begin cleaning operations and removing debris left by the war.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Images emerged this week of what appear to be mobs of masked Israeli settlers carrying out arson attacks on Palestinian homes and property, the UN human rights office (OHCHR) said on Friday.
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More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying signs of aggressive behaviour linked to more than two years of war between Hamas and Israel, welfare agencies have reported.
ReliefWeb News
People are unable to start repairs to homes without equipment and many are scared to move due to unexploded ordnance or the fear of further airstrikes, Save the Children said.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 600,000 litres of desperately needed diesel fuel has managed to enter the Gaza Strip in less than a week, UN aid coordinators OCHA said in an update.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 21 Rohingya refugees, including two teenage girls, have died after a boat carrying up to 70 people capsized in the Andaman Sea off the coasts of Malaysia and Thailand, according to UN agencies.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A month into the ceasefire in Gaza, families continue to slowly head back to their former homes and communities wherever access is allowed, the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA, said on Monday.
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The United Nations said on Thursday that Israeli authorities have rejected more than 100 requests to bring relief materials into Gaza since the ceasefire began nearly a month ago.
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Food is slowly returning to the shelves in Gaza but supplies are still desperately inadequate, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday, as they issued fresh calls for wider access and continued financial support.
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Any transition in Gaza must uphold unity with the West Bank and a two-State solution between Israelis and Palestinians, the UN Secretary-General said in Doha on Tuesday.