Global IssuesNews headlines for “Middle East”, page 2
Guterres calls on Israel and Hamas to end Gaza war
- UN News
With the situation in Gaza “worsening by the day”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday appealed for Israeli and Hamas leaders currently taking part in intense negotiations to reach a ceasefire agreement.
‘Extraordinary, deep anxiety’ in Gaza over feared Rafah attack
- UN News
Ordinary Gazans remain in a “constant state of trauma” over an impending full-scale Israeli attack on the enclave’s southernmost city of Rafah amid a growing number of strikes there, the head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees said on Tuesday.
Gaza war spillover compounds misery for most vulnerable in Lebanon
- UN News
Children as young as four are being forced to go to work in Lebanon amid a “massive collapse” in humanitarian funding and escalating hostilities on the country’s southern border with Israel that threaten to spiral into a “full-scale war”, UN child experts said on Tuesday.
Gaza at ‘most dangerous’ stage amid huge unexploded weapons risk, warns demining expert
- UN News
The head of UN peacekeeping and demining reiterated calls on Monday for a ceasefire in Gaza as a first step to returning the war-ravaged enclave to some normality, while mine clearance experts warned that the Strip is now at its “most dangerous period”.
Children’s shoes left behind illustrate chaos of fleeing Khan Younis: UN humanitarians
- UN News
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, reached one of its now-abandoned schools in Khan Younis at the weekend, where thousands of people appeared to have left at a moment’s notice, fearing further intense Israeli bombardment.
Gaza Teetering on the Brink of Mass Starvation
- Inter Press Service
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Apr 26 (IPS) - As we pass 200 days of war, the population of northern Gaza is teetering on the brink of mass starvation. Oxfam analysis found that the 300,000 people in northern Gaza had been forced to survive on an average of 245 calories per day from January to March—less than a single can of beans, and well below the recommended daily intake of 2,100 calories.
Signing the war in Gaza: Overcoming deafness and displacement
- UN News
Bassem Al-Habal carried a large bag of flour provided by the UN agency for Palestine refugees, UNRWA, inside one of the shelters in the city of Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, part of his daily journey to find food and water for his family while overcoming displacement, bombardment and the challenges of being deaf and mute in a war zone.
Gaza’s unexploded ordnance could take 14 years to clear
- UN News
Making Gaza safe again from unexploded bombs could take 14 years, UN demining experts said on Friday.
By Sending Nuclear Weapons to UK, Could US be Fueling Nuclear Proliferation?
- Inter Press Service
LONDON, Apr 25 (IPS) - For the first time in 15 years, the United States is reportedly planning to station nuclear weapons in the United Kingdom, a decision many experts interpret as attempting to counter growing geopolitical instability.
Syria crisis intensifies in shadow of Gaza war
- UN News
The war in Gaza continues to cast a dark shadow over the wider Middle East region, in particular Syria where a series of strikes and attacks are exacerbating an already dire humanitarian situation, the UN Special Envoy for the country said on Thursday.
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