News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 8 from 19)
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The lack of food entering Gaza caused by ongoing Israeli aid restrictions is leaving increasing numbers of Palestinians āvulnerable to starvationā, with daily energy intake now well below what a human body needs to survive, the UN warned on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A draft resolution calling for an immediate and permanent ceasefire in Gaza failed to pass in the UN Security Council on Wednesday after the United States cast its veto ā blocking the initiative backed by all ten elected members of the Council.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The United States has vetoed a new draft resolution on Gaza, standing as the lone vote against the text which called for an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire, the unconditional release of hostages held by Hamas and others and the immediate lifting of all aid restrictions. Follow live coverage from our Meetings Coverage Section and UN News app users can follow here.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN human rights chief Volker TĆ¼rk has condemned new reports that dozens more Gazans were killed early Tuesday ātrying to access paltry amounts of foodā around a private aid hub in the south of the enclave run by the US and Israel.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General has condemned the reported killing and injury of Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza on Sunday, calling for an investigation into the matter.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid disputed reports of Israeli forces firing on civilians near a new privatised aid distribution point in southern Gaza, the head of the Palestine refugee agency, UNRWA, said on Sunday that lifting the months-long aid blockade of the enclave is the only way to avoid āmass starvationā.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
āI stood helpless in the face of my son's hunger. I cried a lot and told him to drink from our little water to satisfy his hunger,ā said Zeenat, a young Palestinian woman speaking to UN News from the battered Gaza Strip.
ReliefWeb News
Described by UN Secretary-General AntĆ³nio Guterres as āthe cruelest phaseā of the conflict, the situation has left Palestinian civilians enduring unbearable suffering and widespread and engineered deprivation and mass displacement.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Starving Gazans continue to be deprived of aid as international relief efforts are being severely constrained by the Israeli authorities, the UN humanitarian affairs coordination office OCHA said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Desperate hunger drove crowds of people to overrun a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse in central Gaza on Wednesday, reportedly leaving two dead and several injured in a chaotic scramble for food.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
In Gaza, dozens of Palestinians have been reportedly injured and shot trying to collect aid from the new US and Israeli-backed aid distribution facility operating independently of the UN.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As a controversial United States and Israel-backed aid distribution plan gets underway in Gaza, the UN called on Tuesday for an āimmediate surgeā of its own pre-positioned supplies to help prevent starvation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
After another deadly weekend of Israeli attacks in Gaza, aid teams stressed once again on Monday that the ātrickleā of supplies being allowed into the war-torn enclave will not halt famine.
ReliefWeb News
As of April 2025, more than 80% of Gaza Stripās cropland area has been damaged (12,537 hectares out of 15,053) and 77.8% isn't accessible to farmers, leaving just 688 (4.6%) available for cultivation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Long-awaited food supplies have been looted in Gaza overnight while being transported to desperate communities in the war-torn enclave, UN aid teams reported on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Secretary-General on Friday outlined a five-stage plan to provide lifesaving aid to the stricken population of Gaza, making clear the organization will not take part in any scheme that fails to respect international law or basic humanitarian principles.
ReliefWeb News
Vital convoys entered Gaza this week carrying resources to support operations for hot meals; however, after nearly 80 days of a total blockade of humanitarian aid, families still face a high risk of famine.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN agencies in Gaza confirmed on Thursday that desperately needed aid has finally arrived at warehouses inside the enclave after an 11-week blockade by Israeli authorities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More than half the people killed in Gaza over the past week were in shelters and residential buildings, the UN human rights office OHCHR said on Thursday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
UN aid workers said on Wednesday that they are still waiting for permission from Israel to distribute five trucks worth of lifesaving relief that was allowed into Gaza at the start of the week, after an 11-week blockade.
ReliefWeb News
Every day of delay worsens hunger and brings Gaza closer to famine. We cannot allow aid to remain blocked while millions of people see their lives threatened. The international community must act now.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Aid is trickling into Gaza after nearly three months of blockade, but it remains far from enough to meet the soaring humanitarian needs, UN Spokesperson StƩphane Dujarric said on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
The entire population is running out of food and essential supplies, with increasing risk of famine. This means every woman and girl, (more than one million), is facing catastrophic levels of hunger.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN humanitarian affairs chief has welcomed Israelās decision to allow limited aid to cross into Gaza after 11 weeks of complete blockade ā but significantly more is needed āstarting tomorrow morningā.
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.