News Monitor
The latest humanitarian news headlines from around the world. (Page 1 from 19)
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While the ceasefire has formally held, Israeli strikes have continued to kill and injure civilians, destroy homes, and erode any sense of safety, says NRC's Jan Egeland.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The World Health Organization (WHO) has facilitated the delivery of some 106 metric tonnes of lifesaving nutrition supplies to the Gaza Strip ā the first shipment via a mechanism to deliver aid by sea, in line with a UN Security Council resolution and amid the ongoing war in the Middle East.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Asking the softly spoken, veteran humanitarian worker Philippe Lazzarini how he feels as he comes to the end of his second term as the head of the UN agency for Palestinians, UNRWA, is perhaps an unfair question.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian needs are continuing to grow again across Gaza, the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) said on Wednesday, amid mounting pressures on aid delivery and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The escalating violence in the Middle East region is compounding an already dire humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
ReliefWeb News
MSF is calling for a massive scale-up of lifesaving aid and unhindered access amid the ongoing catastrophe in Gaza, where lives continue to be lost due to sustained violence and aid restrictions.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in South Sudan on Friday to visit one of the most under-reported humanitarian crises in the world, as clashes between government and opposition forces continue in Jonglei state.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up its emergency response in South Sudanās Jonglei state, where escalating conflict has displaced hundreds of thousands of people and pushed hunger to critical levels.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
At least 52 people have died after Tropical Cyclone Gezani made landfall on the eastern coast of Madagascar on 10 February, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday, citing the authorities.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The UN has the funds and capacity to scale up relief and reconstruction operations in Gaza but does not have the necessary access to carry out these vital tasks, Alexander De Croo, the head of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), told journalists on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarians in the Gaza Strip continue to face impediments in their efforts to deliver lifesaving aid to the population.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The reopening of the Rafah crossing in the southern Gaza Strip on Monday after more than a year is being met with both optimism and fear, a senior official with the UN agency that assists the Palestinian people, UNRWA, has said.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
The fragile ceasefire in the Gaza Strip is making a difference to the lives of over a million children, and improving overall access to food - but more aid still needs to enter.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Amid reconstruction talks on Gaza linked to President Trump's just-launched Board of Peace, UN aid agencies insisted on Friday that what Gazans need most is immediate relief from the ongoing humanitarian catastrophe there.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Another child in the Gaza Strip has died from hypothermia as winter weather continues to whip the enclave, the UN said on Wednesday, citing information from the health authorities.
ReliefWeb News
Severe storms have rapidly flooded tents and torn through makeshift shelters. Children are sleeping in soaked clothing, with no protection from the cold and nowhere safe to go, warns IRC.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Three months into the ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, the UN and partners have delivered tonnes of assistance items and carried out critical repairs, but this is only a temporary āBand-Aidā solution, a veteran aid worker has warned.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
More children in war-ravaged Gaza are now back in the classroom, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) said on Friday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Fighting the harsh winter storms in Gaza, Amina stays awake at night, hitting the canvas of the tent above her head to prevent it from collapsing under the pooled water.
ReliefWeb News
Since the ceasefire was announced 100 days ago, needs remain desperate. Severe weather has hit Gaza, and there has been a near-total water and sanitation infrastructure collapse.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Airstrikes, drone attacks and hypothermia continue in Gaza despite the ceasefire, with more than 100 youngsters killed since early October, the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) said on Tuesday.
ReliefWeb News
āWhat the world now calls 'calm' would be considered a crisis anywhere else. Unfortunately, the ceasefire has had an unintended effect: Palestinian children in Gaza have disappeared from view."
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Despite harsh winter conditions and continuing access constraints, the UN and partners are maintaining large-scale humanitarian operations in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, with a focus on shelter, water, health and education.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Some 65,000 households in the Gaza Strip were affected by the severe winter storms that whipped through the enclave last month, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Tuesday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
For the first time since 2023, humanitarian assistance will provide Gazans with enough food to fulfil minimum nutritional needs.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Humanitarian partners in the Gaza Strip are struggling to reach hundreds of thousands of vulnerable people as winter storms batter damaged homes and temporary shelters.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
As 2026 begins, residents of the Gaza Strip are confronting life in displacement camps and among the ruins of destroyed neighbourhoods ā facing deep uncertainty after months of war and devastation.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
A sixth child has died in Gaza this month as the enclaveās people continue to endure dire living conditions linked to freezing rains and the Israel-Hamas war, the UN Childrenās Fund (UNICEF) has announced. The development comes as aid agencies urged Israeli authorities to reconsider revoking the licences of dozens of humanitarian partners that provide assistance across the devastated enclave from 1 January.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Severe weather conditions have led to further casualties and heightened health risks in Gaza over the past 24 hours, the UN aid coordination office (OCHA) reported on Monday.
UN News: Humanitarian Aid
Although āsignificant restrictions and impedimentsā continue to hamper humanitarian operations in Gaza, teams are still responding to the populationās needs, the UN aid coordination office OCHA said on Wednesday.