Dec. 8, 2023. An estimated 1.9 million people are displaced in Gaza (about 85 percent of the population), lacking necessities such as food, water, dignified shelter, sanitation facilities and medical care, according to the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. (...
The crises UNHCR responded to in 2023 included earthquakes in Syria, Türkiye and Afghanistan; a new conflict in Sudan and flare-ups of old conflicts in Karabakh and Somalia; a deteriorating crisis in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, unprecedented mixed movements of refugees and migrants in ...
Humanitarian crisis in Gaza at unprecedented level: UN People check buildings destroyed in Israeli airstrikes in the southern Gaza Strip city of Khan Younis, Oct 23, 2023. [Photo/Xinhua] UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Wednesday that the...
Bay Area effort to ease humanitarian crisis in Sudan A Bay Area group is hoping to help provide humanitarian aid to Sudan. KTVUs LaMonica Peters spoke with one of the organizers who has family in Sudan. SAN JOSE, Calif. - The U.S. State Department says it will continue evacuating ...
Unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Gaza As fighting continues, civilians face malnutrition, dehydration and unsanitary conditions. UNICEF spokesperson Ricardo Pires joins ABC News to discuss. November 21, 2023 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live...
Humanitarian crisis in Libya The country is now approaching a death toll of 12,000, with tens of thousands still missing after massive flooding. September 17, 2023 Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live View of St. Peter's Square in Vatican City amid Pope Francis' hospitalization ...
The temporary truce and humanitarian aid delivered to Gaza are not enough to deal with the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, according to Karim Amer, director of Partnerships with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) for Palestine Refugees in the Near East....
Turkey and Syria are reeling from the devastating earthquakes which have killed thousands of people. Humanitarian groups warn the earthquakes could worsen a crisis both countries were already facing prior to the earthquakes. Andrew Tabler, a Martin J. Gross senior fellow at the Washington Institute,...
Where Will Separation Lead? The Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza and Future Prospectsdoi:10.1007/978-981-97-4868-6_2The cross-border attack by Palestinian militants on October 7, 2023, gravely disrupted Israel's security policy of closing the Gaza Strip altogether with the Palestinian militant groups....
TEHRAN, Nov. 09 (MNA) – The humanitarian situation caused by the Israeli attacks on Lebanon has reached a critical point in a way that about one-fourth of the population of the Arab country has been displaced into neighboring states.