Middle East
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Gaza: WHO and partners provide lifesaving treatment following deadly Israeli strikes in Al Mawasi
The UN health agency and partners are responding to help the hundreds hurt during Saturday’s airstrikes by Israeli forces on…
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Gaza: There is no alternative to UNRWA, Guterres declares
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, standing alongside top officials in New York on Friday, underscored the essential need to bolster the…
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Gaza: WHO chief highlights health risks of latest evacuation orders
More Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza are further threatening the health of people in the embattled enclave, the Director-General of…
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UN humanitarians warn against Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza City
Israel’s order for people to leave Gaza City on Wednesday “will only fuel mass suffering for Palestinian families”, many of…
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Schools ‘bombed-out’ in latest Gaza escalation, says UNRWA chief
Amid reports of intensified heavy shelling in north, central and southern Gaza, the head of the UN agency for Palestine…
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UN pressing for release of staff detained in Yemen
The UN human rights office (OHCHR) remains “extremely worried” for the well-being of 13 UN staff and a number of…
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Gazans reeling from closed hospitals, malnutrition and heat risks, warns UN health agency
In Gaza, overwhelmed hospitals, soaring temperatures, hunger and a lack of even basic sanitation present an ever more deadly threat…
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After nine months of war in Gaza, another UN school suffers Israeli airstrike
The war in Gaza passed the nine-month mark on Sunday with humanitarians left assessing the damage of a fresh Israeli…
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UN warns of escalating tensions on Lebanon-Israel ‘Blue Line’ frontier
The UN voiced deep concern on Friday at the increase in the intensity of exchanges of fire across the Blue…
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Gaza ‘split in two’ as civilians, humanitarians reset lives, aid efforts
The Gaza Strip is virtually “split in two”, with blockades not only restricting the movement of displaced people seeking shelter,…
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