News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 11 from 19)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The tight Israeli blockade of humanitarian supplies is pushing Gaza closer to an acute hunger crisis, Philippe Lazzarini, the head of the UN agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA), said on Sunday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israelâs renewed bombing campaign and intensifying ground operation in Gaza are reversing gains achieved during the brief ceasefire, UN humanitarians inside the devastated enclave said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
The siege of northern Gaza is again blocking all life-saving supplies, including food and medicines to the area, with Save the Children unable to deliver water due for distribution through a partner.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israeli bombardments continued across Gaza on Wednesday, killing hundreds more people â many of them women and children â and leaving widespread destruction in its wake, according to local authorities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN chief General AntĂłnio Guterres on Tuesday led strong condemnation echoed by multiple United Nations agencies of renewed Israeli airstrikes in Gaza overnight into Tuesday which reportedly left more than 400 people dead.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Security Council met in New York on Tuesday on the Middle East crisis, exactly two months since the start of the fragile Gaza ceasefire and hostages deal came into effect. That's been shattered by deadly Israeli airstrikes overnight following a two-week aid blockade which has strained critical supplies. Well over 400 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured, according to local authorities. We'll have reaction from across the UN and agencies on the ground. UN News app users follow live here.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN on Monday expressed concern over the continued threat posed to shipping in the Red Sea by Houthi attacks from their bases in Yemen as well as recent airstrikes by the United States which have left over 50 reportedly dead.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN emergency food relief agency has not been able to transport any aid into the Gaza Strip, due to the ongoing closure of all border crossing points, which is now in its twelfth day, the UN Spokesperson said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Since March 2, WFP has not been able to transport any food supplies into Gaza due to the closure of all border crossing points for both humanitarian and commercial supplies.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Following 11 days of an Israeli aid blockade in Gaza, âcrucial progressâ made during the first six weeks of the ceasefire between Israeli forces and Hamas militants âcontinues to unravelâ, said UN Spokesperson StĂ©phane Dujarric on Wednesday.
ReliefWeb News
Aid had substantially increased over the course of the ceasefire, but remains a drop in the ocean compared to immense needs on the ground. A commitment to rebuilding essential services is vital.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Severe water shortages in Gaza have reached critical levels with tens of thousands impacted by Israeli power cuts to the enclave, the UN Childrenâs Fund (UNICEF) warned on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The unilateral halt to aid deliveries entering Gaza announced by the Israeli authorities on Sunday has left Gazans afraid of a return to violence and lifesaving healthcare services under threat, the UN Childrenâs Fund, UNICEF, has warned.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday that the continued closure of key border crossings into Gaza is putting civilian lives at risk, just as they begin to recover from months of war, deprivation and hunger.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israelâs move to prevent all aid from entering the Gaza Strip after Hamas reportedly refused to accept a plan to continue with phase one of the fragile ceasefire has had an immediate impact, including a 100-fold increase in the price of flour and vegetables.
ReliefWeb News
The closure of all border crossings for the transportation of aid into Gaza Strip represents a severe risk to the millions of people who have been struggling to survive for 16 months, IFRC warns.
ReliefWeb News
Within four weeks of the ceasefire, WFP delivered âmore food aid than we thought possibleâ, doubling the average for the last months of 2024, with more than 30,000MT, reaching one million people.
ReliefWeb News
During this round, an additional 40,000 children were vaccinated as compared to the previous two rounds conducted in September and October 2024, after poliovirus was detected in the Gaza Strip.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Since the ceasefire began in Gaza on 19 January, âunparalleled progressâ has been made in providing desperately needed aid to families across the devastated enclave, said UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, on Thursday.
ReliefWeb News
More than 50 people, including children, have been reported killed since the IDF operation started five weeks ago. Destruction of infrastructure, bulldozing roads and access restrictions are common.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN humanitarians reported on Tuesday that aid workers in Gaza supporting local health authorities have now managed to vaccinate nearly 550,000 children under 10 â nearly all those it aimed to reach.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid operations in the Gaza Strip continue to reach people from north to south with critical assistance, including cash, the UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the UN and partners continue to deliver life-saving assistance across the Gaza Strip, the scale of needs remains overwhelming, requiring urgent and sustained support, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Lifesaving aid continued to reach Gaza on Thursday while UN humanitarians warned that needs remain enormous after 15 months of constant Israeli bombardment.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN is leading a surge of humanitarian relief and preparing for the monumental task of rebuilding Gaza, as a fragile ceasefire holds but tensions loom over a potential resumption of fighting.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A return to war in Gaza must be avoided at all costs, UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres insisted on Tuesday, amid fears that the three-week-old ceasefire agreement between Hamas fighters and Israel is about to end.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As the Israeli military completed its withdrawal at the weekend from a key security corridor in Gaza that had cut the enclave in two, UN humanitarians issued a fresh appeal for an end to all aid restrictions which continue to prevent the delivery of lifesaving relief.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General has instructed agencies, funds and programmes to pause all activities in Saâada governorate in Yemen for security reasons, the global body said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The humanitarian communityâs plan to flood Gaza with lifesaving aid passed an important milestone on Thursday with the news that more than 10,000 relief lorries have entered the enclave since the ceasefire began on 19 January.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĂłnio Guterres urged the international community to continue pushing for a full ceasefire and the release of all hostages in Gaza, and âto avoid any form of ethnic cleansingâ in the enclave, in a speech in New York on Wednesday.