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UNRWA says fuel shortage will shut down aid work in Gaza within 48 hours

UNRWA says fuel shortage will shut down aid work in Gaza within 48 hours

The refugee agency for Palestinians has said that aid work is at a breaking point as the Israeli siege cuts off access to fuel. Published On 13 Nov 202313 Nov 2023 The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees has said that it will be forced to suspend aid work in the Gaza Strip within 48 […]

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‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege

‘Patients are dying’: What we know about Gaza hospitals under Israeli siege

All the hospitals in northern Gaza forced to shut down as Israeli forces continue to attack medical facilities. Newborn babies wrapped in blankets and lined up on a bed after being removed from incubators have become the defining image showing the Israeli siege of hospitals in the Gaza Strip. At least 32 patients, including six

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In a flash, Melissa Joudah lost 60 family members and use of her legs

In a flash, Melissa Joudah lost 60 family members and use of her legs

An Israel air raid that killed the toddler’s family also fractured her spine and paralysed her from the chest down. Deir el-Balah – About 4am one night during the second week of Israel’s bombardment of Gaza, Yasmeen Joudah woke up to her mobile phone ringing nonstop. Astounded, she realised that people were calling to offer their

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Death and disease as Israeli troops approach Gaza’s al-Shifa Hospital

Medics say al-Shifa’s patients, including newborns, are dying due to the lack of fuel as Israeli forces encircle it. Medics have warned of mounting casualties among patients, including newborn babies, and concern of spreading disease is growing, as Israeli forces approach the gates of al-Shifa, Gaza City’s main hospital. Besieged for days by Israel’s military,

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If Gaza were in your city, how much would be destroyed?

Gaza has been ravaged by more than one month of non-stop Israeli bombardment that has levelled entire neighbourhoods and delivered death and destruction to the enclave’s 2.3 million residents. Israel has dropped more than 25,000 tonnes of explosives on the besieged Gaza Strip, which is just 365sq km (141sq miles) in size. That is the

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When Palestinians tell the world what is happening to them, why are they met with disbelief?

The Palestinian viewpoint is credible and vital as Israel continues to unleash carnage on GazaMon 13 Nov 2023 12.30 GMT In these past few sleepless weeks, I have seen images and videos that will haunt me forever. Palestinian parents carrying their children’s charred and dismembered bodies in plastic bags to makeshift morgues; whole families, across

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Thousands of Palestinians Fleeing Last Northern Gaza Shelters 

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Thousands of Palestinians fled Monday from some of the last shelters in northern Gaza even as Israel’s war against Hamas militants left the territory’s largest hospital all but inoperable. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Shifa medical center in Gaza “is not functioning as a hospital anymore” and the situation

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What is happening in Israel and Gaza, and what is Hamas?

Hamas gunmen launched an unprecedented assault on Israel from the Gaza Strip on 7 October, killing about 1,200 people and taking more than 200 hostages. Israel responded with air strikes on Gaza and has launched a ground offensive. More than 11,500 people have been killed, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. What is the goal

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Palestinians face food, water shortages in southern Gaza

UN agency for Palestinian refugees says its operations in Gaza will shut down within two days due to fuel shortages. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has warned its operations in war-torn Gaza would shut down within two days due to fuel shortages as fighting rages between Israel and Hamas.

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More death and destruction in Gaza as Israeli attacks continue

More than 11,000 Palestinians, two-thirds of them women and children, have been killed since the war began. Israeli air strikes in Gaza have killed more than a dozen people and destroyed the main hospital’s cardiac ward, Gaza officials say, as fighting continues in the besieged strip for the 37th consecutive day. At least 13 people

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