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UN calls for funds to ease ‘deteriorating’ humanitarian situation in Gaza and West Bank

New York: The need for aid in the occupied Palestinian territory has increased, following a year that has seen a “serious deterioration in the humanitarian situation,” said Ja ...

Gaza: deadly violence continues to escalate, top UN officials work to restore calm

New York, As violence in the Gaza Strip is once again flaring up reportedly following a raid and bombings by Israeli forces and multiple rocket launches from inside the Palestinian enclav ...

Economy and living standards of Gaza ‘eviscerated’ by crippling blockade – UN trade and development report

New York,  The Occupied Palestinian Territory now suffers the highest unemployment rate in the world, with incomes and agricultural production going down, the United Nations trade an ...

Gaza border: Retaliatory fire from Israel kills pregnant woman, baby

Jerusalem: A pregnant woman and her 18-month-old daughter were among the three people killed in a retaliatory fire by Israeli soldiers on the Gaza border.

UN officials call for children’s rights to be respected in Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel

New York: Children’s rights continue to be violated in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank and Israel, according to three leading UN officials in the region who on Wednesday called on all ...

Israeli airstrikes in Gaza Strip kill four Palestinians

Jerusalem: In a retaliatory strike, Israeli soldiers have killed at least four Palestinians, including three Hamas militants, in the Gaza Strip on Friday.

New import restrictions risk triggering ‘dramatic deterioration’ in Gaza, says UN Humanitarian Coordinator

New York: Following further restrictions on goods and supplies that can be moved across the border of the Gaza Strip, the top United Nations humanitarian official there has called for urg ...

UN agencies express outrage over killing of Palestinian volunteer medic in Gaza

New York: United Nations officials have expressed their outrage over Friday’s killing by Israeli security forces of a 21-year-old Palestinian volunteer medic who was helping the inj ...

Gaza is ‘on the brink’ warns UN envoy, urging more international intervention

New York: Rocket fire this week across the border between Gaza and Israel shows how close the region is “to the brink of war” a senior United Nations official warned on Wednes ...