News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 2 from 16)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Thousands of Palestinians have been caught in the crossfire while trying to escape attacks and dire food shortages in war-torn Gaza, with extraordinary challenges for some, according to latest reports from UN officials on the ground and the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Conditions in Gaza are worsening for Palestinians trapped amid spiralling hunger as Israel continues to block aid deliveries amid escalating attacks, according to the latest updates on Tuesday from UN agencies on the ground.
ReliefWeb News
Our colleagues are malnourished and weak, surviving on just one meal a day. But even then, most choose to give that meal to their children. A lack of food kills more slowly, but just as surely as a bomb.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reports of increased Israeli military operations across Gaza City on Friday, UN aid agencies repeated urgent warnings of ongoing famine and a likely rise in preventable disease, linked to the dire living conditions in the war-shattered enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres on Thursday renewed his call for a ceasefire in Gaza, greater humanitarian access and the release of all hostages, as the enclave faces yet another deadly escalation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Nearly two years of war in Gaza along with continued violence and settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank - and talk of an imminent takeover by Israel of the whole Strip - formed the backdrop to a Security Council meeting on Wednesday, as UN officials underscored the need to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday issued a new warning over the deadly impacts of the ongoing Israeli blockade of Gaza on people there now suffering starvation.
ReliefWeb News
Famine means mothers unable to breastfeed because they, too, are starving. And it forces mothers to make the impossible choice between which of their children to feed, and which must be left to perish.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
One of the many ugly consequences of wars and conflict is injuries leading to a loss of limbs. Gaza, which now has the highest number of child amputees per capita anywhere in the world, is no exception.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than half a million people in Gaza are trapped in famine, marked by widespread starvation, destitution and preventable deaths, according to a new UN-backed food security report released on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the Israeli military offensive in Gaza City intensifies, the UN and partners continue to warn against the catastrophic consequences for civilians.
ReliefWeb News
UN Humanitarian Coordinator calls for the facilitation of swift and unhindered delivery of aid and services and commercial supplies across the Gaza Strip through all crossings and land routes.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With intensifying Israeli activity in and around Gaza City reportedly continuing on Thursday, UN chief AntĆ³nio Guterres renewed his urgent call for a ceasefire, as Palestinians fled intense airstrikes, artillery shelling and gunfire.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Israeli military has escalated attacks across Gaza City, reportedly deciding to press ahead with plans to take full control which will only lead to further āmass killings of civiliansā and displacement, UN human rights officials warned on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Hostilities between Israeli forces and Palestinian armed groups in Gaza are intensifying as a devastating ground offensive looms, creating a limited opportunity for humanitarians to bring in shelter items, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, reported on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The small trickle of aid entering Gaza is totally insufficient to alleviate starvation and displacement in the Strip, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN aid teams in Gaza say that theyāre only able to get less than half the lifesaving food support that is needed into the war-torn enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Without an urgent and unrestricted flow of aid, Gazaās already dire humanitarian crisis could deteriorate further, the UN warned on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Dr. Younis Awadallah, a paediatrician who is almost 70 years old, does not hesitate to say that āhumanitarian work cannot be retired.ā
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As hunger and malnutrition deepen in the Gaza Strip, humanitarian missions continue to face delays and impediments, while scorching temperatures are adding to the suffering of the population.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 100 children in Gaza have died from malnutrition and hunger, prompting humanitarians to underscore the need to speed up medical evacuations from the enclave while also allowing more food to enter.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations continues to draw attention to the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip, where starvation and malnutrition are at the highest levels since hostilities began nearly three years ago.
ReliefWeb News
This means that only 232 hectares is currently available for cultivation, down from 4.6 percent as of April 2025, in a territory with more than two million people.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
It is essential to work towards a two-State solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict as the international community addresses the reality of starvation on the ground in Gaza, the Security Council heard on Sunday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) has warned that the Gaza Strip faces a ācatastrophicā humanitarian crisis, with no agency aid allowed in for more than five months and malnutrition deaths climbing sharply.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNās top human rights official insisted on Friday that the Israeli Government must not pursue a complete military takeover of the Gaza Strip, beginning with full control of Gaza City.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Acute malnutrition among children in Gaza has reached the highest levels to date as hunger continues to deepen in the enclave, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Exhausted UN aid workers in Gaza on Thursday continued to report a lack of food across the enclave, while medical teams warned that hospitals are overwhelmed by a daily influx of injured people and close to ānear-total collapseā.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid agencies warned on Wednesday that most partner organizations providing vital relief across Gaza will likely have to shut down their operations within weeks, unless Israel withdraws its demand that they provide sensitive information about Palestinian employees.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN data published on Wednesday underscores the tiny amount of cultivable land that remains in the Gaza Strip, contributing to the famine-like conditions now being endured by more than two million people there.