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UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 19 (XINHUA) -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday once again called for a humanitarian ceasefire, in response to the increasing number of deaths in Gaza. "This war is having a staggering and unacceptable number of civilian casualties, including women and childre...
"According to our partners working on the shelter response, more than 90 percent of housing units in Gaza have been damaged or destroyed over the past 15 months," OCHA said. "Given the scale of destruction and needs in Gaza, we are working to get vital aid to people as fast as humanly...
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"The humanitarian response here is being completely strangled and limiting our ability of what we can do," said Louise Wateridge, spokesperson for UNRWA in Gaza, on Monday. The UN has long complained of obstacles to getting aid into Gaza – Israel inspects and approves all trucks – and says...
An old man in Gaza held a placard that reads: “You take my water, burn my olive trees, destroy my house, take my job, steal my land, imprison my father, kill my mother, bombard my country, starve us all, humiliate us all but I am to blame: I shot a rocket back.” [1] The...
More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. and other agencies that highlights the humanitarian crisis caused by Israel's bombardment and siege on the territory in res
In more than three months of conflict, Israel's campaign has leveled much of the enclave, displaced nearly 2 million Palestinians and killed at least 26,000 people, according to Gaza officials. Israel launched its offensive in October ...
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The UN's Palestinian refugee agency, known as UNRWA, has painted a grim picture of the humanitarian situation inGaza, which has been besieged and bombed by Israel in response to the attacks by Hamas, the militant group that controls the strip. ...