News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 7 from 16)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The humanitarian crisis in Gaza has reached unprecedented levels, with more than two million people ā mostly women and children ā trapped, starving and desperate, as no aid has been allowed in for the past 50 days.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Families in Gaza were holding on to the slim chance of finding loved ones buried under the ruins of destroyed homes ā but that hope is fading fast.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reported Israeli strikes across the Gaza Strip into Thursday that killed at least 23 people, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, issued an urgent call to āget international media into Gazaā to cover the conflict, in addition to those reporters trapped in the enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United Nations on Wednesday warned that escalating hostilities and access constraints in Gaza are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian crisis, displacing hundreds of thousands and depriving civilians of shelter, food and medicine.
ReliefWeb News
āWith nowhere safe for Palestinians or those trying to help them, the humanitarian response is severely struggling under the weight of insecurity and critical supply shortages, leaving people with few, if any, options for accessing care."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A Gaza City hospital has been put out of action by an Israeli strike at the weekend, while a child patient with reported head trauma died while being evacuated, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Israeli bombardment of Al-Ahli, a Gaza City hospital, has put even more pressure on the remaining health facilities in the occupied Palestinian territory, where the delivery of aid and movement of humanitarian workers is highly restricted by the Israeli authorities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The humanitarian situation in Gaza is now likely the worst it has been in the 18 months since the outbreak of hostilities, the UN relief coordination office, OCHA, reported on Monday.āÆ
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Gaza, where lack of access to water is an existential threat, Ibrahim Alloush stands out as an unsung hero, providing a lifeline to the thirsty people of the Strip.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN human rights office said on Friday it fears that Israel may intend to permanently remove civilians in Gaza as part of an expanded buffer zone, amid evacuations orders and escalating bombardment.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Hostilities across the Gaza Strip continue to take a devastating toll on the population, with daily reports of Israeli strikes killing and injuring many civilians, UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Gaza, ongoing Israeli military operations and the aid blockade have continued to add to daily fears and hardships being faced by those about to give birth in the devastated enclave.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
With no aid allowed into Gaza for more than a month, the UN Secretary-General appealed on Tuesday for guaranteed humanitarian access to the enclave.
ReliefWeb News
More than 2.1 million people are trapped, bombed and starved again, while, at crossing points, food, medicine, fuel and shelter supplies are piling up and vital equipment is stuck.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid the ongoing Israeli aid blockade and bombardment of Gaza, aid teams warned on Monday that civilians trapped there face multiple daily challenges as relief supplies run critically low.
ReliefWeb News
No aid has been allowed into the Gaza Strip since 2 March 2025, representing the longest period of aid blockage since the start of the war, and leading to dire repercussions for children.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The blockade of humanitarian aid in the Gaza Strip is having dire consequences for more than a million children, the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) said on Saturday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) on Friday called for urgent answers over the whereabouts of a missing paramedic, coupled with a full independent investigation into the killing of 15 humanitarian workers in Gaza on 23 March.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the human toll resulting from the intensified hostilities in Gaza.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN humanitarians and partners on Tuesday expressed deep shock at the killing of 15 colleagues on duty in southern Gaza by Israeli forces whose remains were recovered on Sunday from a shallow grave after a week-long rescue operation, noting that one worker is still missing.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher on Monday called for ājustice and answersā after Israeli forces killed eight Palestinian medics, six civil defence first responders and a UN staff member in an attack in southern Gaza.
ReliefWeb News
From 18 to 25 March, an average of 21 women and 40 children were killed in Gaza. They have been stripped of their fundamental rights, forced to exist in a reality where loss is their only constant.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Lifesaving supplies in Gaza continue to run dangerously low, nearly four weeks into the total aid blockade and deadly bombardment of the enclave by Israel, UN humanitarians said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) issued a warning on Thursday over the terrible impact on youngsters of renewed Israeli bombardment and the total aid blockade.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all aid into Gaza, despite daily efforts by UN humanitarians to secure fresh access, they said in an update from the shattered enclave.
ReliefWeb News
Restoring a ceasefire deal is vital as death toll hits 50,000 and continues to rise amid Israeli airstrikes, aid and power blockades and renewed mass forced displacements.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Monday took the ādifficult decisionā to reduce the aid operation inside the Gaza Strip following the resumption of deadly Israeli airstrikes ā but pledged that āthe UN is not leavingā the enclave.
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
Israelās 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.