Four more children died of malnutrition and dehydration at a hospital in the famine-threatened northern Gaza Strip after five months of war between Hamas and Israel, the Palestinian Islamist group’s health ministry said tonight. These children died at the Kamal Antoine hospital, as reported by the ministry’s spokesman Ashraf al-Kindra. He clarified that a total … Read more
Two children died of malnutrition in a hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled Palestinian enclave said tonight. “Two children died at Al Shifa hospital as a result of dehydration and malnutrition,” said ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Kindra, adding that a total of six children have died in recent days from … Read more
Two non-governmental organizations today accused Israel of continuing to cut humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip despite a request by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) to make every effort to prevent genocide in the besieged territory. Amnesty International said the Israeli authorities had failed to take the minimum steps required to comply with the … Read more
A widespread Israeli operation in Rafah will “put the final nail in the coffin” of humanitarian aid programs in the Gaza Strip, where aid to the population remains “grossly inadequate”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned today. The broad military operation against Rafah, in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, which Israel has announced “will … Read more
The UN’s World Food Program (WFP) said today it is suspending food aid deliveries to the northern Gaza Strip until conditions in the Palestinian enclave allow for safe distribution. “The decision to stop deliveries to the northern part of the Gaza Strip was not taken lightly, as we know it means the situation there will … Read more
The angry reaction of Israeli politicians was caused by a statement by the head of the UN humanitarian affairs agency, Martin Griffiths, who said in an interview that Hamas “is not a terrorist organization, but a political movement.” “Shame on him,” Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz wrote on X, with his post accompanied by a … Read more
The United States has received new information that Russia is receiving weapons from third countries, including the DPRK. These weapons are used by Russia to destroy Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure and kill civilians. “The United States believes that Russia is using additional missiles from the DPRK to destroy more civilian infrastructure in Ukraine and kill Ukrainian … Read more
Palestinian resistance group Hamas condemned Friday’s UN Security Council resolution calling for for expanded humanitarian access, but does not include a demand for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Anadolu Agency reports. Hamas described the resolution as an insufficient step that does not meet the requirements of the catastrophic conditioncaused by the (Israeli) terrorist … Read more
The UN High Commissioner for the Middle East, Tor Venesland, spoke of “limited steps” taken by Israel to allow more humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, which are “positive, but far from sufficient in relation to with all that is necessary.” “The delivery of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip continues to face almost insurmountable … Read more
153 countries voted for the adoption of the resolution by the UN General Assembly, another 23 abstained, and 10 were against. The Czech Republic and Austria were the only European Union members to vote against it. It is worth noting that last week the United States vetoed the same resolution in the UN Security Council. … Read more