Global Issues
News headlines for “Middle East”, page 10
Israel, Gaza, and the Erosion of International Order
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON DC, October 3 (IPS) - As a world leader and beneficiary of the international system, the United States should be at the forefront of efforts to enforce rules and laws to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, protect civilians in conflict, and block weapons transfers to states that engage in war crimes or genocide.
Drone victims, terror and death: 30 minutes inside a Gaza hospital
- UN News
UN aid teams on Friday highlighted the disturbing situation in Gaza’s makeshift hospitals, where premature babies cry for scant oxygen and medics attempt to save child survivors targeted by airstrikes in their tents and quadcopter victims reportedly shot while fetching bread.
West Bank: Record Number of Demolitions over Building Permits as Israel Furthers Annexation Agenda
- Inter Press Service
OSLO, Norway, October 2 (IPS) - In less than nine months, Israel has demolished more Palestinian homes and structures in the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, over building permits than in the whole of last year.
Gaza health system overwhelmed as WHO reports 42,000 people have life-changing injuries
- UN News
Nearly 42,000 people in Gaza are living with life-changing injuries from the ongoing conflict – including more than 10,000 children – as the health system collapses under relentless strain, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.
The Syria prison survivor who’s seeking justice for those still missing
- UN News
When the gates of Syria’s notorious Sednaya prison opened soon after the fall of the Assad regime last December, graffiti scrawled on the walls offered a frightening glimpse into what was widely known as the “human slaughterhouse”. “First day, severe beating,” one prisoner wrote.
The world is failing Gaza’s starving children, aid teams warn
- UN News
As Israeli forces continued their push to take full control of Gaza City on Wednesday, reports emerged that another skeletal child whose plight was highlighted by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has now died. Her name was Jana and she was nine years old.
Breathless in Gaza: Health crisis deepens as families burn plastic for fuel
- UN News
Doctors in Gaza are warning of a surge in respiratory illnesses as families – cut off from basic supplies – burn plastic and cardboard to cook and keep warm. They say the outbreak will worsen unless life-saving medicines, fuel and food are allowed into the devastated territory.
Gaza: As world waits for Hamas response to US peace plan, aid teams call for ceasefire
- UN News
UN agencies reiterated calls for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday to help alleviate Palestinian suffering, as a new US 20-point plan raised hopes of a halt to the fighting.
Gaza: UN rights office deplores deadly strikes on Palestinians gathering firewood
- UN News
As Israeli military operations continue in Gaza City, deadly strikes on displaced Palestinians – including people collecting firewood for cooking – raise further concerns about attacks on civilians, the UN human rights office, OHCHR, said in a statement on Monday.
Israeli settlement activity accelerates in the West Bank, Security Council told
- UN News
The past three months have seen an increase in Israeli settlement activity in the occupied West Bank alongside threats of annexation and mounting violence there and in the besieged Gaza Strip, the Security Council heard on Monday.
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