News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 6 from 16)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid intensifying Israeli bombing and ground operations in Gaza, the UNās relief coordination agency, OCHA, said on Monday that it was in talks with Israel to re-start deliveries of lifesaving supplies to the stricken enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians demand access to the Gaza Strip and already have a plan in place to deliver life-saving assistance to civilians, UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said in a strong call issued late on Friday evening.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reports that Israeli strikes across Gaza overnight into Friday killed at least 64 people, aid teams once again pushed back strongly at allegations that aid is being diverted to Hamas, demanding an end to Israelās blockade.
ReliefWeb News
āThe scale of needs in Gaza in 2024 was enormous. Now it is overwhelming. The health system is completely overstretched. Over 90 per cent of Gazaās population is experiencing acute food insecurity."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Intensified hostilities continue in the Gaza Strip, bringing further death, displacement and destruction as the weeks-long aid blockade grinds on, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN humanitarian affairs office, OCHA, underlined the need to protect civilians and healthcare facilities in the Gaza Strip in a renewed appeal on Wednesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In the aid desert of Gaza, malnourished children are dying while survivors can now expect a lifetime of dire health problems, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Security Council met in New York to discuss the horror unfolding in Gaza, where humanitarians warn of āa critical risk of famineā and aid shipments have been blocked by Israel for over 70 days. UN relief chief Tom Fletcher briefed the Security Council, asking ambassadors if they will finally act decisively "to prevent genocide" and ensure respect for international law. He also called on Hamas to release all hostages and stop putting civilians at risk. App users can follow the coverage here.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
No aid has entered Gaza for more than 10 weeks and every single one of the 2.1 million people there faces famine conditions, the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher said on Tuesday in a briefing to the Security Council in New York.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Gazans remain at ācritical risk of famine,ā UN-backed food security experts warned on Monday, a full 19 months since war began with Israel and 70 days since deliveries stopped of all aid and commercial supplies.
ReliefWeb News
From 11 May to end-September 2025, the whole territory is classified in Emergency (IPC Phase 4), with the entire population expected to face Crisis or worse acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Israelās plan to take control of relief assistance in Gaza would put civilian lives in danger and cause mass displacement while using aid as ābaitā, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
ReliefWeb News
Gaza's health system has been deliberately targeted. "Despite being protected under international law, Gazaās healthcare workers are being erased before the worldās eyes", said MAP.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Students displaced by the war in Gaza have been channeling their anguish into art in psychosocial support sessions provided by the UN agency that assists Palestine refugees, UNRWA.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Grim details emerged on Wednesday of Israeli airstrikes on a UN-run school in Gaza sheltering 2,000 displaced people, which reportedly killed 30 Palestinians sheltering there.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The reported Israeli proposal to deliver humanitarian supplies through hubs controlled by the military would be a breach of the core principles of neutral, impartial and independent aid delivery, the UN said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General is alarmed by reports of Israeli plans to expand ground operations and prolong its military presence in Gaza, a spokesperson for AntĆ³nio Guterres said on Monday.
ReliefWeb News
Without an immediate resumption of aid deliveries, the ICRC will not have access to the food, medicines, and life-saving supplies needed to sustain many of its programmes in Gaza.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN and partners on Sunday issued a stark warning over the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza, as Israeli authorities maintain a near-total blockade on the delivery of aid for a ninth consecutive week.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Two months into a devastating aid blockade of Gaza food has run out and people are fighting over water amid relentless bombing, the UNās humanitarian affairs coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UNās top humanitarian official on Thursday issued a stark warning over the continuing blockade of aid into Gaza, calling on Israel to lift restrictions that have left civilians without food, medical care, and hope.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The biggest UN aid agency in Gaza on Tuesday condemned the two-month Israeli blockade that has left families eating barely enough to survive amid daily bombings ā and the sick and injured without lifesaving medical help.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Surviving on one meal a day and stretching out rapidly dwindling food rations have become a desperate reality in the Gaza Strip, where humanitarian aid has been blocked for nearly two months.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) began hearings on Monday into Israelās continuing severe restrictions on the work of the UN and other international organizations in Gaza and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT).
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The coming days in Gaza are set to be critical, the UN warned on Saturday, as humanitarian operations are severely curtailed amid an intensifying blockade, escalating violence, and soaring humanitarian needs.
ReliefWeb News
Today, WFP delivered its last remaining food stocks to hot meals kitchens in the Gaza Strip. These kitchens are expected to fully run out of food in the coming days.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The World Food Programme (WFP) has run out of food in the Gaza Strip as Israel continues to block the entry of all humanitarian aid into the enclave, home to over two million people.
ReliefWeb News
Over the past 18 months, hostilities in Gaza and the imposition of a full blockade have devastated the lives of 2.2 million Palestinians. Nearly all critical civilian infrastructure has been destroyed, and humanitarian aid has been effectively cut off.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The near two-month ban on humanitarian aid and supplies entering Gaza is driving families to the edge of survival, as critical essentials ā including food, shelter and medicine ā are rapidly running out.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid sweltering heat, raw sewage and overflowing trash, displaced families in southern Gaza are facing an escalating public health crisis as aid remains blocked and medical supplies dwindle.